4 Facts on teachers in ETF partner countries
Working in the EU’s neighbouring regions with a wide range of stakeholders, the ETF is engaged in developing teaching and learning, in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including goal 4 which requires “a commitment by countries to ensure that teachers and educators are empowered, adequately recruited and remunerated, well trained, professionally qualified and motivated to support quality education and learning”.
Take a look at this month’s 4 facts on teachers and get a glimpse of what’s going on in some of our partner countries.
1. 98.8% of primary school teachers in Kyrgyzstan in 2020 were female.
2. Turkey ranked 7th in 2018 in terms of respecting its teachers the most.
3. 30% of secondary school teachers in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2018 were female.
4. Morocco increased its number of university lecturers by 18% in the past 5 years, while student numbers increased by 71%.