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This paper explores the link between teacher wellbeing, attrition, and shortages in crisis-affected contexts, where conflict, refugee influxes, and under-resourced environments exacerbate challenges...

This paper examines Teacher Professional Development (TPD) in conflict zones and refugee settlements in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda through qualitative and quantitative methods...

This study, conducted by UNESCO IICBA in 2021 across 14 African countries, revealed significant psychological impacts of COVID-19. The most prevalent psychological impact was depression, affecting 31%...

This guide is developed to provide guidance, systemic responses, and integration of mental health and psychosocial well-being in teacher education programmes and institutions. It comprises seven...

This case study aims to contribute to the burgeoning evidence base on teachers working in crisis and displacement contexts and to provide the Government of Uganda, UNHCR and other key partners with...

This paper published on World Teachers’ Day 2022 aims to provide a contextual, data-driven overview of the key challenges facing teachers around the world in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and...

In 2016, Ethiopia, one of the largest refugee-hosting countries in Africa, committed both at legal and policy levels to improve access to quality education for refugees. This report presents lessons...

Effective teacher management, directed at building the status, competency and motivation of teachers, is a key policy lever that can help Ethiopia to achieve its aim of developing and sustaining a...

In 2018 IIEP-UNESCO and Education Development Trust jointly published a review of the literature relating to teacher management in refugee contexts. Fragmented information on refugee teachers, coupled...

In 2020, countries around the world moved to temporarily close educational institutions in an effort to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This UNESCO-commissioned report presents the findings...

This report synthesizes available evidence on the policies and practices of 40 sub-Saharan African (SSA) partner countries of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) with respect to teacher...

Education can be a powerful tool to transform harmful gender norms and stereotypes and address sexual and gender-based violence. Yet, in South Sudan women, men, girls and boys all face distinct...