World Teachers’ Day 2020 Fact Sheet - UNESCO

1 World Teachers Day 2020 Fact SheetWorld Teachers Day 2020 Fact SheetTeachers: Leading in crisis, reimagining the futureTeachers are the cornerstone on which we build inclusive, equitable, quality education. The COVID-19 pandemic has substantially compromised teachers capacity to maintain education quality due to school closures, the transition to remote teaching and the challenges of returning to school. Yet the COVID-19 crisis has also shed new light on the way in which teachers lead in classrooms, schools and communities. To ensure quality teaching and learning continue, so that countries do not lose pace in efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, leadership will play an increasing role. To foster a healthy and equitable learning environment for all, including students further marginalised by the pandemic, countries need to provide quality training to ensure teachers acquire relevant skills to strengthen their leadership global teacher workforce has expanded rapidly since 2000, yet many more teachers are needed The total number of teachers worldwide increased by 50% between 2000 and 2019, from 62 million to 94 million teachers (Figure 1).

Ô Post Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) obtained after a Bachelor’s (four-year duration), Master’s or Doctorate degree in an academic field. Source: African Union Commission, 2019. Ô There were overcrowded classrooms in many countries. The ratio of pupils to trained primary teachers was 240:1 in Madagascar and 114:1 in Sao Tome and ...

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