Leadership in education
Lead for inclusion: new regional report on Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia
Building on the 2024/5 GEM Report’s focus on leadership in education, the GEM Report has partnered with the Network of Education Policy Centres (NEPCs) for the 2025 regional edition on school leadership and inclusion in Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia
This report offers a comparative analysis of leadership practices for inclusive education, drawing from insights across education systems and in-depth studies in eight countries, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Poland, and Slovenia. It provides evidence-based recommendations to help governments and key stakeholders advance inclusion and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) across the region.
The UNESCO SDG 4 Scorecard dashboard visually displays progress towards countries SDG 4 benchmarks.
Summaries of key facts and trends in education around the world through five themes.
Highlights circumstances like wealth, gender, ethnicity and location in shaping opportunities for education.
Leadership in education
The 2024/5 GEM Report examines the requirements of good leadership in education and how they vary between countries and over time.
Leadership is at the heart of quality education. There is a growing belief that educational leadership is the second most important factor, after teachers, explaining learning outcomes. Leaders at multiple levels matter, from those within the school, to those outside of the school such as middle managers, and including those outside of education systems in government, or those working on legislature and oversight.
Download the full report, the summary version, executive summary, social media resources and visit the report page for more online resources.
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