The High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession will convene for the first time on July 18, 2023. This inaugural meeting, one of five planned gatherings, will be closed to the general public and conducted online.
The Panel, appointed in June 2023, is an initiative of the United Nations Secretary-General as follow-up to the Transforming Education Summit. Its mandate is to produce a set of evidence-informed recommendations on how to deliver on the commitment that every learner has a professionally trained, qualified, and well-supported teacher who can flourish in a transformed education system. The scope covers educators from early childhood through tertiary education, including technical and vocational education and training. The work of the Panel is being supported throughout by a joint UNESCO-ILO Secretariat.
The Teacher Task Force will be represented at the High-level Panel by one of its co-Chairs, Ms Matsie Angelina Motshekga, Minister of Basic Education of South Africa.
The discussions of the Panel will focus on six imperatives for the future of the teaching profession: quality, equity, diversity and inclusion, humanity, sustainability, and dignity. These imperatives guide the Panel's efforts to shape an inclusive and forward-looking teaching profession that prioritizes the well-being of both teachers and learners.
The working methods are carefully designed to ensure a thorough and comprehensive approach. With co-chairs comprising former Heads of State and the participation of a variety of stakeholders, including youth, the Panel brings together diverse perspectives and experiences. It will also draw on consultations organized by the Secretariat, briefs to inform the Panel as well as existing relevant literature.
The Panel will both draw on and inform preparations for the forthcoming first global report on the teaching profession to be published by UNESCO and the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2023 in early 2024.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought forth educational transformation overnight, resulting in increased digitalization and the rise of online and hybrid learning. It also brought on challenges such as inequity in access to education and learning loss.
The “Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum on the Future of Education” will be convened on 24-26 May 2023, via video conference, to discuss inclusive recovery from the challenges brought on by the pandemic and explore steps to invest in the future of education. The ASEAN Secretariat will host the forum virtually, as it will shape the Future of Education Flagship Reports and Policy Briefs, which will include future-oriented insights, recommendations, and pathways for the transformation of education toward attaining ASEAN Education 2050.
The ASEAN Regional Forum on the Future of Education” will discuss 3 thematic areas:
On 25th May, the session entitled "THE FUTURE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING" will be led by the Teacher Development Chief of Section and the Head of the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 Secretariat M. Carlos Vargas, as he will present the impacts of the developments in the educational technologies brought about by the 4th industrial revolution on the future of education in the region. Teacher education experts on ICT will be invited to define the connection between learning, teaching, new education goals, and employability.
For more information and to register, visit the official website of the conference.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought forth educational transformation overnight, resulting in increased digitalization and the rise of online and hybrid learning. It also brought on challenges such as inequity in access to education and learning loss.
The “Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum on the Future of Education” will be convened on 24-26 May 2023, via video conference, to discuss inclusive recovery from the challenges brought on by the pandemic and explore steps to invest in the future of education. The ASEAN Secretariat will host the forum virtually, as it will shape the Future of Education Flagship Reports and Policy Briefs, which will include future-oriented insights, recommendations, and pathways for the transformation of education toward attaining ASEAN Education 2050.
The ASEAN Regional Forum on the Future of Education” will discuss 3 thematic areas:
On 25th May, the session entitled "THE FUTURE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING" will be led by the Teacher Development Chief of Section and the Head of the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 Secretariat M. Carlos Vargas, as he will present the impacts of the developments in the educational technologies brought about by the 4th industrial revolution on the future of education in the region. Teacher education experts on ICT will be invited to define the connection between learning, teaching, new education goals, and employability.
For more information and to register, visit the official website of the conference.