44 million new teachers must be recruited by 2030: UNESCO

44 million new teachers must be recruited by 2030: UNESCO

Oct 5, 2023

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Byron Adonis Mutingwende

in Community, Development, Education

On World Teachers’ Day, new UNESCO projections reveal a serious global shortage of teachers in all regions of the world. 44 million new teachers are needed to meet the SDG goal of achieving primary and secondary education for all by 2030. While the new figure is significantly lower than the 69 million gap calculated in 2016, progress…