Teacher Shortages Mean ‘Global Learning Crisis’

‘We believe it takes a team to educate a child’, says Education Commission which warns of slow progress on global education goal

The world needs 69 million teachers to be recruited, if it is to achieve the education goals it has set for 2030, a new report says today.

The report, from the Education Commission – an organisation chaired by former UK prime minister Gordon Brown, says that there is a serious risk the goals will not be met – leaving more than 800 million children without the skills they need for work…………..