World needs 44m more teachers in order to educate every child, report finds

A school at Jendema, a rural town in Pujehun, Sierra Leone. Sub-saharan Africa needs 15 million more teachers to ensure education for all by 2030. Photograph: Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA

The world needs 44 million more teachers if education is to be provided to every child, according to new figures from Unesco.

The education and culture agency said 9% of primary school teachers quit the profession in 2022, almost double the rate of 4.6% in 2015.