Thematic Research Report
Regional Policy Approaches to Teacher Recruitment in Rapidly Expanding Systems
A comparative policy study of workforce demand, entry routes, deployment, retention and instructional capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
The expansion of basic education has made teacher recruitment a determining question of public capacity. Governments in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are seeking to enrol children previously excluded from school, improve progression through primary education and accommodate larger cohorts entering secondary education. The scale of that undertaking cannot be measured by the number of appointments alone. A recruitment policy succeeds only when sufficient teachers reach the schools and subjects where they are required, possess or acquire the competence to teach the enrolled population, remain in service, and work under conditions that permit regular instruction.
- Research category
- Industry Policy and Regional Regulatory Analysis
- Report archetype
- Comparative Policy and Regulatory Synthesis
- Geographic scope
- Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia