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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 study was commissioned and published for the Global Education Monitoring Report on school leadership (2024/5). It investigates the professionalization of school leadership in eight Latin American...

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%...

The staff working in schools are the most important resource for today’s education systems, both educationally and financially. This report aims to provide guidance for the design of human resource...

Teacher absenteeism is one of the main challenges to achieving universal learning in many developing countries. In Liberia, recurring school absenteeism and post abandonment are considered critical...

The project “Improving Teacher Support and Participation in Local Education Groups” was funded by the Global Partnership for Education as part of the Global and Regional Activities programme to...

The organization and management of teacher careers have been central to Colombia’s strategy for education quality improvement. Since the early 2000s, the country has experienced many education reforms...

The aim of the Regional Strategy on Teacher Policies from the Regional Bureau for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC/UNESCO Santiago) is to produce and disseminate specialized...

This document presents the state of the art with regard to policies for the training and professional development of early childhood teachers in Latin America and the Caribbean and a set of guidelines...

Under the auspices of the Teacher Task Force (TTF), a regional meeting for members from the Latin America and the Caribbean region was held to discuss countries’ challenges and national responses in...

This document reports on a study of initial teacher education in citizenship education in Latin America undertaken as an initiative of the OREALC-UNESCO Regional Strategy on Teacher Policies. Its...

This report reviews the current situation for the teaching profession in Latin America. The regulations of 18 countries in the region were gathered based on four core concepts: the access mechanisms...