From October 31 to November 3, Professor Hu Guoyong (Deputy Director of the UNESCO Teacher Education Centre, TEC), Associate Professor Lü Jiexin, Dr. Li Ruimiao, and doctoral student Olga, a four-member delegation from TEC, visited Uzbekistan. They attended the UNESCO Category Ⅱ Education Institutes Conference and paid visits to the Samarkand Education Skills Center and Samarkand No. 8 School.At the UNESCO Category Ⅱ Education Institutes Conference, the TEC delegation listened to reports from va

From October 20 to 27, 2025, the overseas internship program in Japan, organized by the UNESCO Teacher Education Centre (TEC), was successfully carried out. A total of 14 graduate students participated in this program, accompanied by Professor Wang Lixin (Vice Dean of the Graduate School of Shanghai Normal University), Dr. Song Qingqing (International Teacher Education Center of Shanghai Normal University), Teacher Li Jialing (Graduate Student Affairs Department of Shanghai Normal University), a

On the morning of October 27, 2025, the second phase of the Norwegian National Centre for Mathematics Education Shanghai Seminar was inaugurated at the UNESCO Teacher Education Centre (TEC). The event brought together Associate Professor Ding Liping from the Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), alongside four representatives from the Norwegian National Centre for Mathematics Education and NTNU’s Department of Teacher Education:

On the morning of October 27, the 2025 Belt and Road Teacher Development Exchange Project officially opened at the UNESCO Teacher Education Centre (TEC). Initiated by the New Teacher Fund of Soochow University and hosted by TEC, this workshop focuses on the theme Social and Emotional Learning for Te

On October 13, 2025,the the 2025 China-Afica STEM Educators Acceleration Program—guided by the Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges of the Ministry of Education, the Department of Teacher Education of the Ministry of Education, and the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, and ho

On October 7, 2025, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) launched the international survey results of TALIS 2024 in Singapore. Titled The State of Teaching Today, the report highlights emerging challenges and developments for teachers in a rapidly changing era.I. Overvie

From September 7 to 13, 2025, Professor Noriko Katayama and Dr. Yoshihiro Akagawa from Kyoto University of Education, Japan, led a delegation of 8 graduate students to visit theTeacher Education Centre under the auspices of UNESCO (UNESCO TEC). During the visit, the delegation conducted exchanges with graduate students from Shanghai Normal University (SNU) and, under the organization of UNESCO TEC, visited frontline primary and secondary schools in Shanghai as well as cultural facilities for obs

On the morning of September 22, 2025, Ms. Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), paid an inspection visit to theTeacher Education Centre under the auspices of UNESCO (UNESCO TEC)for supervision and

On September 21, 2025, marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the UNESCO International Institute for STEM Education (UNESCO IISTEM) was officially established in Xuhui Binjiang, Shanghai. Following nearly two years of preparation, the institute has been formally completed. It is the 10th Category 1 Institute established by UNESCO worldwide and the first global Category 1 Institute in the Asia-Pacific region,

From August 27 to September 1, a delegation consisting of Director Zhang Minxuan from the Teacher Education Centre under the auspices of UNESCO (UNESCO TEC), Professor Huang Xingfeng from the International Centre for Teacher Education at Shanghai Normal University (SHNU), Associate Researcher Guo Jing from the Shanghai Teacher Institute, and Dr. Shen Yihua from the Research Institute for International and Comparative Education at SHNU, was invited to visit Norway. They conducted in-depth exchang

From September 2 to 6, a delegation comprising Director Zhang Minxuan from the Teacher Education Centre under the auspices of UNESCO (UNESCO TEC), Professor Huang Xingfeng from the International Centre for Teacher Education at Shanghai Normal University (SHNU), and Dr. Shen Yihua from the Research Institute for International and Comparative Education at SHNU, was invited to visit the UK. They conducted academic visits and exchange activities focusing on issues such as teacher education, educatio

From August 27 to 29 local time, the World Teachers Summit, co-hosted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Chilean government, took place in Santiago, Chile. The summit aimed to address the global challenge of teacher shortages and advocate for sustained support for teachers professional development amid complex economic, social, and political contexts. Attendees included Gabriel Boric, President of the Republic of Chile; Audrey Azoulay, Direct

On August 25, a delegation comprising Professor Hu Guoyong, Deputy Director of the Teacher Education Centre under the auspices of UNESCO (UNESCO TEC); Associate Professor Yan Wenle, Deputy Director of the International Centre for Teacher Education at Shanghai Normal University (SHNU); and Professor Yang Fan, Deputy Director of the Academic Affairs Office at SHNU and Adjunct Researcher of UNESCO TEC, visited the College of Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The delegation engaged in

China, with its vast territory and long borders, regards its neighboring regions as a crucial foundation for development and prosperity, a key focus for national security, a priority in overall diplomatic strategy, and a cornerstone for promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind. Marking the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Indonesia, the International STEM Education Volunteer Team and Regional Country Education Research