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 International Workshop on Teacher Workforce Development for Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Partner Countries officially opened at the UNESCO Teacher Education Centre (TEC). Initiated by the New Teacher Fund of Soochow University and hosted by TEC, this workshop focu

From October 12 to 22, 2025, the China-Africa STEM Education Teacher Training Cooperation Program Workshop was successfully held in Shanghai. Nearly 60 STEM professionals from 11 African countries—including Tanzania, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, Nigeria, Malawi, and Côte d’Ivoire—participated in the program. The participants, consisting of educational officials, teacher educators, experts, scholars, and primary and secondary school teachers, gained a solid unders

On the afternoon of October 13, 2025, the pre-departure meeting for the exchange program to Kyoto University of Education was successfully held at Mingyuan Hall of the UNESCO Teacher Education Centre (TEC). The meeting aimed to clarify the itinerary and build consensus for teachers and students about to embark on the exchange trip to Kyoto University of Education, ensuring the exchange activities proceed in an orderly and efficient manner. Attendees included Professor Hu Guoyong, Director of the

On October 13, 2025, the Workshop of the 2025 China-Africa STEM Education Teacher Training Cooperation Program—guided by the Department of International Cooperation and Exchange of the Ministry of Education, the Department of Teacher Work of the Ministry of Education, and the Shanghai Municipal Educ

SHANGHAI/SHARJAH, 9 October 2025 – On the evening of October 8, 2025, a high-level online forum focusing on cutting-edge issues in global teacher professional development was successfully held. Jointly organized for the first time by the UNESCO Teacher Education Centre (TEC) in Shanghai and the UNESCO Regional Centre for Educational Planning (RCEP) in Sharjah, the webinar was held in celebration of World Teachers Day. It attracted over 300 education policymakers, researchers, and practitioners w

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. Overview of the TALIS ProjectThe Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), following the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), is another flagship international education research

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 guidance. The purpose of this visit was to gain an in-depth understanding of the work the Centre has conducted and the achievements it has attained in fulfilling UNESCO’s mission since its establishm

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 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

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