South Africa to host global education stakeholders during 14th Policy Dialogue Forum
The Department of Basic Education - on behalf of the South African Government - and the UNESCO International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 (Teacher Task Force) are jointly organizing the 14th Policy Dialogue Forum (PDF), a global platform for education stakeholders, which aims to foster advocacy, knowledge exchange, peer learning and monitoring of progress towards target 4.c of SDG 4 on teachers and teaching. The Teacher Task Force’s Global Report on Teachers: Addressing teacher shortages will be launched at the PDF. As co-chair of the Teacher Task Force Steering Committee, the Minister of Basic Education, Mrs Angie Motshekga will lead a ministerial panel discussion of the report.
At the same forum the report of the High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession will also be launched. The High-Level Panel, of which Minister Motshekga is also a member, is co-chaired by two former state presidents and composed of ministries of education and labour, representatives of teachers’ unions and civil society, teachers, students, private sector and academia.
A media briefing on the two reports will be held after the launches.
For accreditation purposes, members of the media are requested to confirm their attendance by sending an email to khala.t@dbe.gov.za / mdhlalose.t@dbe.gov.za
Members of the media are invited to attend the PDF as follows:
Date: Monday 26 February 2024
Time: 09h00
Venue: The Capital on The Park, 101 Katherine St, Sandown, Sandton
