Addressing teacher shortages and transforming the profession
Teachers are central to unlocking every learner’s potential and achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 of inclusive, equitable and quality education for all. Regrettably, worldwide teacher shortages have been endangering the future of education. ...

Investing in girls’ and women’s education: a smart investment to accelerate development; the latest facts on gender equality in education
Our world is experiencing multiple crises. Investing in girls’ and women’s right to education is essential to build peaceful, just, equitable and inclusive societies; to ensure gender equality; and for the lasting protection of the planet and its ...

This study aims to evaluate the preparedness of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Institutions for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR 4.0) in Brunei. The present study utilises a mixed-methods research design, which c ...

Global report
Climate change, and its effects, have been highlighted more frequently and with more urgency in media across the globe during the past decade. This phenomenon – which is threatening livelihoods, biodiversity, sustainability, and human settlements â ...

Volume I: Thematic chapters
Qualifications frameworks are tools for describing qualifications of an education or training system by classifying them into levels. Each level provides a clear description of what the holder of a qualification knows, understands and is able to do. ...

The Inter-Agency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was convened by UNESCO in 2008 to ensure a good coordination of activities by the key international organizations involved in the delivery of policy advice, programm ...

Volume II: National and Regional case studies
This Global Inventory of National and Regional Qualifications Frameworks is the result of longstanding collaborative work between the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), the European Training Foundation (ETF), the Un ...

Publicly available generative AI (GenAI) tools are rapidly emerging, and the release of iterative versions is outpacing the adaptation of national regulatory frameworks. The absence of national regulations on GenAI in most countries leaves the data p ...

Technology in education: A tool on whose terms?
The adoption of digital technology has resulted in many changes in education and learning, yet it is debatable whether technology has transformed education as many claim. The application of digital technology varies by community and socioeconomic lev ...

Principles and practice in low- and middle- income countries
A broken link between technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems and labor markets prevents TVET from delivering on its promise in low- and middle-income countries. With its unique focus on workforc ...

Technological advancements and digitalization are profoundly reshaping our work and lifestyle, business models and operations, and government policy choices. Digital transformation in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is the plan ...

The Inter-Agency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was convened by UNESCO in 2008 to ensure a good coordination of activities by the key international organizations involved in the delivery of policy advice, programm ...

Guidelines for countries to undertake a strategic planning framework
These guidelines follow the publication of Digital Transformation of TVET and Skills Development Systems in Africa - Guidelines for countries to undertake a situational analysis (‘the Situational Analysis Guidelines’). In concert with the situ ...

Guidelines for countries to undertake a situational analysis
The Pan African Initiative for the Digital Transformation of TVET and Skills Development Systems in Africa (‘the initiative’) was launched on 9 March 2021. The initiative’s overall objective is to create an ecosystem that will enable and accele ...

Perspectives and reviews of six Asia-Pacific countries
A learner-centred approach to teaching in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET ) is based on learner engagement, autonomy and outcome-based activities to support professional development. This report analyses the status of learner-ce ...

The latest facts on gender equality in education
This fact sheet was prepared to mark International Women’s Day 2023 and highlight how gender-transformative education can boost innovation and technology.

The main goal of this methodology is to build scenarios of the future of an activity aiming to determine the skills and competencies that will be needed in the medium term (5 to 10 years) to perform the activity as well as to provide policy recommend ...

Spotlight on levy-schemes in 75 countries
The adoption in 2015 by the international community of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Development generated a renewed emphasis on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) as a key component to succeed today’s education challenges. ...

2021 Highlights
Significant progress has been made in advancing gender equality and girls’ and women’s education. UNESCO data shows that girls’ enrolment has improved dramatically over the past 25 years; 180 million more girls are enrolled in primary and s ...

Micro-credentials are increasingly promoted as a new and more flexible way of recognizing knowledge, skills and competences. Micro-credentials are flourishing with more new brand names constantly emerging. However, acceptance and recognition of micro ...

UNESCO strategy 2022-2029
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) connects education and the world of work, unlocking the potential of young people and adults for a brighter future. Yet, it is estimated that 267 million young people are not in employment, educa ...

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing today’s society. Changes in our behaviour and in our consumption and production patterns are needed to limit the rise in global temperatures. Transition to a greener economy and society will r ...

The Inter-Agency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was convened by UNESCO in 2008 to ensure a good coordination of activities by the key international organizations involved in the delivery of policy advice, programm ...

Education is a basic human right and a global public good with the power to transform individual lives, communities and the planet for the better over generations. UNESCO’s Education Sector provides global and regional leadership to ensure every ch ...

The Inter-Agency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was convened by UNESCO in 2008 to ensure a good coordination of activities by the key international organizations involved in the delivery of policy advice, programm ...