United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession: Recommendations and summary of deliberations

Adopted from UNESCO 

Globally, teaching crisis has execerbated.

"Lack of training, unattractive working conditions and inadequate funding all undermine the teaching profession and aggravate the global learning crisis. UNESCO has always placed teachers at the heart of the fight for the right to inclusive and quality education. There is an urgent need to better recognise this profession on which the future of our children depends" - UNESCO

On this basis, the High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession was convened by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in response to the growing and alarming global teacher shortage.

The Panel brought together a diverse group of experts and stakeholders including ministers of education, former presidents, academics, representatives from civil society, and most importantly, teachers and students and their unions. Education International was represented on the Panel by EI President Susan Hopgood.

This document presents the Recommendations of the Panel and a summary of its deliberations, which drew on the Panel members’ personal expertise, relevant literature and the preparatory work of the Transforming Education Summit, in particular action track 3 on teachers, teaching and the teaching profession.

You may find the report below:

United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession: Recommendations and summary of deliberations (ei-ie.org)