Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
14 October 2026
Japan’s PISA results a lesson for all: High achievement cannot come at the expense of students and teachers’ wellbeing
Japan’s results in the 2025 edition of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) recently released by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) confirm the strength and relative equity of its public education system. But they also reveal growing pressures on students, severe staffing and resource shortages, and low...
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
1 June 2023
Realising ambitions for apprenticeships
Amanda Brown
At the upcoming International Labour Conference (5-16 June 2023), the International Labour Organisation will discuss the terms of a new international standard which could mark an important step in the improvement and development of national apprenticeship systems.
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
17 September 2019
Germany: Appropriate funding for ICT in educational settings still needed
Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft expresses concern regarding the gap between the allocated 5.5 billion euros announced by the federal government and the 21 billion euros required to ensure the minimum equipment of all general and vocational schools until 2024.