Global Teacher Shortage

GLOBAL TEACHER SHORTAGE ENROLLMENT IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IS SOARING. BUT QUALITY IS COMPROMISED IN MANY COUNTRIES THAT CAN'T GET ENOUGH TEACHERS INTO CLASSROOMS 1.7 MILLION TEACHERS NEEDED TO FILL NEW POSTS 5.1 MILLION TEACHERS NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO ATTRITION 6.8 MILLION TEACHERS NEED TO BE HIRED IN TOTAL BY 2015 TO MEET THE GOAL OF UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION WHERE NEW TEACHERS ARE MOST NEEDED BY 2015 SUB SAHARAN AFRICA OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS ARA STATES OTHER REGIONS NORTH ANERICA AND WESTERN EURDPE - SOUTH AND WEST ASIA CONSEQUENCES 6 our or 10 NEW POSTS ARE NEEDED N SUB-SAHARAN AaCA RISING NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER TEACHER 21 43 44 48 65 79 84 BANGLADESH OECD AVERAGE CAMBODIA RWANDA MALAWI CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AFGHANISTAN OUT-OF-SCHOL CHILDREN THE SHORTAGE OF WELL-TRAINED TEACHERS IMPEDES ALL DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, DEPRIVING YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE 26% HAVE DROPPED OUT QUALITY INSTRUCTION NEEDED FOR TODAY'S KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES 27% START SCHOOL LATE 47% WILL NEVER ENTER SCHOOL 61 MILLION CHILDREN OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE QUALITY TEACHERS ARE THE PILLARS OF QUALITY EDUCATION - A HUMAN RIGHT. FIRST United Natione Educational, Scientfic and Cuhun Organization Design: www.antoniodivicd.com SOURCE: UNESCO CATLAS OF TEACHERS