Continental strategy on mental health and psychosocial support for teachers in Africa
The Continental Strategy on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Teachers in Africa is a landmark initiative aimed at addressing the mental health challenges faced by educators across the continent. Recognizing that teachers are central to Africa’s development, the strategy provides a harmonized, context-specific framework to promote, protect, and restore their mental health and psychosocial wellbeing. It is structured around four strategic pillars: enabling environments, teacher training and community sensitization, school-based interventions, and specialized care and reintegration. By placing teacher wellbeing at the heart of resilient education systems, the strategy seeks to empower educators to thrive despite adversity, and to ensure they are supported through policy, training, and care.
- Publisher
- UNESCO IICBA
- Year of publication
- 2025
- Region
- Africa
- Topics
- Job satisfaction Mental health Workload
- Available in
- English
- Categories of staff
- Teachers
- Resource type
- Downloadable file