Education sector
Education, skills and lifelong learning are the paths to social and economic development and employability. Teachers and education workers are at the heart of education and training systems. Secure employment and decent working conditions for teachers are essential strategies to ensure quality education personnel and to address global teacher shortages. The ILO promotes quality teaching through two related Recommendations concerning teaching personnel, as well as the Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel . It also promotes follow-up to the Recommendations of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession.
United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession
Standards and tools
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National labour legislation (NATLEX database)
Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel (CEART)
Events
15 November 2023
10 Years of the ILO Policy Guidelines on ECE personnel
Geneva, 17-21 May 2021
Technical meeting on the future of work in the education sector
Geneva, 18-20 September 2018
Global Dialogue Forum on Employment Terms and Conditions in Tertiary Education
Events
14th Session of the Joint ILO–UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel (CEART)
Technical meeting on the future of work in the education sector in the context of lifelong learning for all, skills and the Decent Work...
World Teachers' Day
News
Education sector
Help educators now so they can help build a better future of work, says ILO
All publications
Transforming the teaching profession
Recommendations and summary of deliberations of the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession (2024)
10 Years of the ILO Policy Guidelines on Early Childhood Education Personnel
Teaching and the teaching profession in a digital world – Bosnia and Herzegovina