Ei-iE

This year we turn our attention to fostering equity and well-being in our education systems, starting from those essential early years, and to empowering students to actively participate in shaping their futures and the world.

We will also focus on the well-being of teachers and education support personnel as a prerequisite for quality education. Research increasingly demonstrates a positive correlation between teacher well-being and students’ academic achievement and their social, emotional, and cognitive development. This relatively new policy priority is challenging as it includes and cuts across a number of distinct policy areas: employment status; remuneration and conditions of work; respect and social status; professional autonomy and agency; and occupational safety and health. As such, a policy commitment to enhancing teacher well-being requires a holistic approach.