TEACHER FACT SHEET

WANTED: TRAINED TEACHERS TO ENSUREEVERY CHILD’S RIGHT TO PRIMARY EDUCATION

JOINT REPORT BY UIS & UNESCO GMR

AKLIMA SHARMIN

IN ONE-THIRD OF COUNTRIES LESS THAN 75% OF TEACHERS ARE TRAINED

IN SIX SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES, LESS THAN 50% OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE TRAINED

TRAINED TEACHERS: A PERSISTENT SHORTAGE

HOW MANY TEACHERS ARE NEEDED TO ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION?

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA NEEDS THE MOST NEW TEACHERS

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: 45% MORE LEARNERS OVER THE DECADE

GLOBAL PROGRESS TOWARDS UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION HAS HALTED

OVER 40% OF THE 58 MILLION OUT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL NEVER ENTER A CLASSROOM

ANNUAL AID TO EDUCATION CUT BY 10%

AXES COULD FILL A LARGE PART OF THE EDUCATION FINANCING GAP

SOURCE

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/efareport/infographics-figures/?utm_source=EFA+Global+Monitoring+Report+News+Alerts&utm_campaign=4a77549893-NewsAlert_October_201410_1_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e81e1f5be8-4a77549893-221931265