At 8:00 a.m. on June 2, 2024, the first online workshop of the Brazilian Senior High School Gold Medal Mathematics Teachers Exchange project—commissioned by Brazil’s leading think tank Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) and hosted by the UNESCO Teacher Education Centre—was successfully held. Professor Zhang Minxuan, Director of the Centre, Professor Huang Xingfeng, Dr. Ding Ruoxi, Dr. Shen Yihua, and master’s and PhD students majoring in Comparative Education participated in the workshop.At the begin

May 18-19, 2024, the 2024 Symposium for Young and Middle-Aged Comparative Education Scholars of the Comparative Education Branch of the Chinese Society of Education was held at Henan University. With the theme High-Level Opening-Up of Education: International Experience and Chinese Wisdom, the symposium included 2 invited reports, 11 keynote reports, and 16 parallel forums. A total of 13 faculty and students from UNESCO Teacher Education Centre(TEC) participated in the event for presentations an

On May 10, 2024, the 2024 Young Scholars Forum ofJournal of Comparative Educationwas held at the UNESCO Teacher Education Centre (hereinafter referred to as the Centre). With the theme Reform and Development of Basic Education from an International Comparative Perspective, the forum included 4 keynote reports in the main venue and 5 parallel sub-forums. Attendees included Zhang Minxuan, Editor-in-Chief ofJournal of Comparative Education; Li Hongen, Associate Editor-in-Chief ofEducational Researc

On May 8, 2024, the Standing Council Meeting of the Comparative Education Branch of the Chinese Society of Education, hosted by the Branch and organized by the Research Institute for International and Comparative Education (RIICE) of Shanghai Normal University, was held at the UNESCO Teacher Education Centre (TEC). With the theme New Missions and Paths for the Development of Comparative Education Discipline from the Perspective of Building a Strong Country, the meeting was attended by Professor

From May 6 to 7, 2024, Indonesias Annual International Education Forum was held at the Teacher Development Center of Banten Province, with this years theme being Future Education and Curriculum Reform. Ms. Nunuk Suryani, Director of the Teacher Division, Ministry of Education of Indonesia, along with over 200 educational officials, teacher educators, principals, and teachers from 34 provinces of Indonesia, attended the forum. Researcher Li Tingzhou, representing the UNESCO Teacher Education Cent

On April 23, during the 14th International Summit on the Teaching Profession, Huai Jinpeng, Minister of Education, held bilateral talks with Mr. Yoshiki Takeuchi, Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Mr. Andreas Schleicher, Director-General of Education and Skills at OECD, relevant leaders from the Ministry of Education, and members of both delegations attended the talks. Both Huai Jinpeng and Yoshiki Takeuchi expressed satisfaction with

On the afternoon of April 26, 2024, the UNESCO Teacher Education Centre (TEC) received a delegation of 21 teachers from Putuo District Institute of Education, led by its President Liu Youxia. The delegation included middle-level administrators, Party branch committee members, and representatives of the Youth Council.The event was chaired by Professor Wang Jie of TEC. Professor Zhang Minxuan, Director of TEC, delivered a welcome speech, introducing the centre’s responsibilities and functions. Ass

The 14th International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) was held in Singapore from April 22 to 24 local time. Huai Jinpeng, Minister of Education, led the Chinese education delegation to attend the summit at the invitation. Zhang Minxuan, Director of the Centre, participated as an official member of the delegation, and Associate Professor Xu Jinjie attended as an observer. Co-hosted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Education International (EI), and Si

In April 2024, at the invitation of some partners in the Pacific region, a delegation consisting of Professor Zhang Minxuan, Professor Hu Guoyong, Professor Ning Bo, and Associate Professor Zhu Xiaohu visited Gadjah Mada University (Indonesia), Deakin University (Australia), the University of Fiji, and Fiji National University in sequence.The Centre is the only global multilateral cooperation institution established by UNESCO in the field of teacher education. In line with UNESCO’s strategy of p

On February 28, 2024, the results of the 2023 Shanghai Silver Pigeon Award selection and the Promotion of Chinese Culture Globally special support fund project evaluation were announced. The event was guided and supported by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Shanghai Municipal Committee and organized by the Municipal Foreign Publicity Office. TEC’s submitted project Shanghai Mathematics International Communication, which focuses on building the global narrative capacity of

On the morning of February 27, 2024, the opening ceremony of the second in-China training program for educational administrators under the Project for Enhancing the Quality and Capacity of Rural Teachers in Laos was held at Shicheng Lecture Hall of the UNESCO Teacher Education Centre (hereinafter referred to as the Centre). Mr. Keth PHANLACK, Director of the Teacher Training Department, Ministry of Education and Sports of Laos; Professor Zhang Minxuan, Director of the Centre; Miao Hongcai, Presi

On February 26, 2024, the UNESCO Teachers Task Force released its firstGlobal Report on Teachers 2024 - Addressing teacher shortages and transforming the profession, focusing on the global teacher shortage and the experiences of various countries and regions in teacher recruitment and supplementation.Cover of theGlobal Report on TeachersEntrusted by the UNESCO Teachers Task Force, the expert team of the Centre, including Professor Zhang Minxuan, Associate Professor Bian Cui, Associate Professor

On February 1, 2024, the kickoff meeting for the Project on Developing a Core Competency Framework for Chinese Adolescents under the Ministry of Education - United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) initiative was successfully held at Mingyuan Hall of the UNESCO Teacher Education Centre (55 Guilin Road). This project is one of the key tasks in the scientific research segment of the Ministry of Education - UNICEF Adolescent Core Competency Enhancement program. The Institute of International and Comp

On January 31, 2024, a delegation led by Vahid Khamidov, Director of the Science and Methodology Center for Educational Development of Uzbekistan, was invited to attend Parallel Forum 6 of the World Digital Education Conference hosted by the Centre and paid a visit to the Centre. Two technical experts from the Digital Education Development Center, Ministry of Digital Technologies of Uzbekistan accompanied the delegation on the visit. Jiang Mingjun, Vice President of Shanghai Normal University, a