His work, said the UN Deputy Director, Amina Mohammed, is “the heart of education, the cornerstone of sustainable development and the guardians of our future.”
Speaking Thursday at the opening of the Unesco World Summit about teachers in Santiago, Chile, Mrs. Mohammed requested an urgent global action to address the crisis of deep teachers.
“Let’s honor their influence with the policies and respect that teachers need, and future generations deserve,” he urged, presenting a five -point plan to support educators and strengthen educational systems worldwide.
A crisis with global consequences
The UN deputy director warned that the world faces a “deepening masters crisis” that threatens progress in sustainable development objectives.
“We are failing our teachers,” he said, pointing out a global deficit of 44 million educators necessary to meet the objectives of universal education by 2030.
She described the crisis as “an emergency of slow combustion” that is undermining the results of learning, expanding inequalities and weakening the social fabric of communities. “We must respond to those truths,” he said.
No actor can only fix this alone
The general director of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, also addressed the summit, emphasizing the complexity of the challenge. “No actor can only close the gaps we see, and that is what brings us together here in Santiago,” he said.
Mrs. Azoulay highlighted the multiple causes behind the crisis: low wages already often delayed, a master workforce that ages, growing without equalizing school registration and inequalities of persistent gender gender, especially in the Stem fields. Addressing these problems, he said, requires levels of level and “clear thinking.”
The numbers are marked
To meet the global education objectives by 2030, the world must recruit 44 million teachers, more than double the population of Chile. However, instead of progress, profits are being reversed.
“Too many young teachers leave in their early years,” said Mohammed, citing low wages, heavy work loads and lack of professional development. “Ultimately, we are asking the impossible of teachers: build the future without the tools, trust and conditions they need.”
Finance the future
The cost of recruiting the necessary teachers by 2030 is estimated at $ 120 billion annually. But the financing of education is falling short.
“More than 40 percent of the world’s population lives in countries where governments spend more on interest payments than in education or health,” he warned.
It is projected that education aid decreases by 25 percent between 2023 and 2027, with a 12 percent drop already recorded last year.
The Undersecretary General Amina Mohammed offers comments to the World Summit on teachers in Santiago, Chile.
Five areas for urgent action
Mrs. Mohammed presented a five -point plan to address the global teacher’s crisis:
- Raise the profession: Implement the high -level panel recommendations: fair salary, stable contracts, safe workplaces, manageable class sizes, promotion investment and clear professional careers.
- Financial Education: Make education a priority of the higher budget. Expand national financing, look for debt relief and consider a global background for emergencies.
- Advance gender equality: Recognize and raise women’s leadership in a profession dominated by women, but often lacks women decision makers.
- Support digital transformation: Travel teachers to lead inclusive digital learning, especially as the labor market reformulates. Equip classrooms and prioritize the human agency.
- Protect teachers in crisis areas: From Gaza to Sudan and Ukraine, educators risk their lives. “We owe them more than admiration: we owe them protection, resources and unwavering support.”
From the summit to action
Mrs. Mohammed urged leaders to convert the results of the summit into concrete commitments before the World Social Summit in Doha this November.
She proposed:
- The national teacher is compacted with recruitment, retention and payment objectives.
- A financing track that links the aid and exchanges of debt with teacher investments.
- A digital pact led by teachers to establish standards for AI and ED-TECH, with funded training.
“Quality education is the basis of everything we hope to achieve with the objectives of sustainable development,” he concluded. “Without teachers, none of that is possible.”