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World Teachers’ Day 2025 calls for recasting teaching as a collaborative profession. This fact sheet presents new global and regional data on teacher workforce growth, training and qualifications, and...

This article reports on a systematic review exploring the role of teachers as change agents in education. The review aimed to synthesize current knowledge on five key aspects: 1. How teacher change...

The High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession was established by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres following the Transforming Education Summit held in 2022. It was tasked with...

This document presents the highlights of The Global Report on Teachers. Addressing teacher shortages, which is the first edition of a biennial report that will fill a gap within existing data and...

This document compiles the full list of references cited in the highlights of the Global Report on Teachers. Addressing teacher shortages, available here and launched on 8th November 2023. The report...

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...

Présentation par Tahirou Traore, coordonnateur national de la Coalition nationale pour l'Education pour tous du Burkina Faso, lors de l'atelier en ligne Global pathways to an attractive teaching...

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 analyses the results of a survey of undergraduates from a variety disciplines in England that explores whether respondants have considered teaching as a career and which factors attract...

This report presents the findings of a two-year study on understanding the motivations of teachers in joining and remaining in the teaching force in the Philippines.

This case study was carried out as part of the IIEP UNESCO and Education Development Trust research project on ‘Instructional leaders at the middle tier of education systems’. The research looks at...

Open letter launched by youth leaders and global influencers on the International Day of Education 2023 to call on governments and the international community to stand by their commitments and to...