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Using literacy and numeracy outcome measures for grades 1 and 2, this study evaluated the benefits of the following ingredients: (1) teacher PD and teacher instructional support and coaching; (2)...

This document is a call to actively step up the implementation of more effective teacher policies in Latin America, building on the efforts that many countries in the region have already set in motion...

Presentation by Carlos Vargas Tames, Chief of Section for Teacher Development at UNESCO and Head of the TTF Secretariat, at the online event Teacher education in emergencies to support attraction and...

Presentation by Dr. Oula Abu-Amsha, Coordinator Learning and Development at INEE, the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies, at the online event Teacher education in emergencies to support...

This study analyzes whether the Indian government is able to recruit and deploy teachers where necessary, whether practices are informed by policies, and if all of this is being done in a transparent...

These guidelines are intended to assist Education Ministries in Southeast Asia, as well as other relevant ministries and agencies in both professionalizing early childhood teachers and promoting...

In recent decades, several educational systems in Latin America have undertaken reforms to professionalize teaching. In this current study, the Latin American Coalition for Teaching Excellence, in...

This report reviews Shanghai’s education system, in particular the aspects related to teachers as a critical element in the system, and compare them with the situation in Central America to identify...

This report uses OECD data, primarily from the PISA 2015 and TALIS 2013 cycles, and seeks to evaluate the Ibero-American teaching profession in support of policy makers across the region. It provides...

In sub-Saharan Africa, the loss of teaching hours due to teacher absenteeism corresponds to a waste of approximately 46 cents for every US dollar invested in education, an annual wastage of 1–3% of...

There is a learning crisis. Fifty-three per cent of children in low- and middle-income countries are in ‘learning poverty’, i.e. they cannot read and understand a simple text by the end of primary...

In 2020 World Teachers’ Day was celebrated with the theme, “Teachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the future”, in the context of the unprecedented disruption that the COVID-19 pandemic was causing...