Teacher Policies
The quality of education largely depends on the capacity and motivation of its teaching force which includes teachers and practitioners in the education system, as well as facilitators in the non-formal education programmes. The issues in this area range from teacher recruitment, training, deployment, compensation, retention, status and working conditions. This requires policy makers, education managers and professionals to adopt a systemic approach to dealing with teacher policies.
In Focus
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Towards Quality Learning for All in Asia and the Pacific
19.08.11Regional Policy Seminar
28-30 July 2011
Seoul, Republic of Korea
The Korean Education Development Institute (KEDI) and UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok) came together once again to jointly host a regional policy seminar in Seoul. The focus of discussion at this years’ event was on two important enablers for quality learning: education personnel management...
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