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Education and employment
Economic and human capital development
Development research has firmly demonstrated the value of higher levels of education for socio-economic development, poverty reduction, higher incomes, employment, gender equality (see Global employment trends for women brief, march 2007), youth employment (see Global employment trends for youth, 2006) and reducing HIV and AIDS (see HIV/AIDS and work in a globalizing world, 2005). The increased competition and globalization of economic activity, acceleration in technological and scientific knowledge and the information revolution continue to raise the value of education and training in preparing individuals for future employment, upgrading skills for greater workplace mobility, and underpinning wealth creation and economic development through human capital formation. The ILO's World Employment Report, 2004-05 has pointed out the key role played by higher levels of education and skills training in labour mobility, increased wages and reduced unemployment.
Teacher numbers
There are between 66 and 68 million teachers in all levels of formal education systems in the world, of which more than 5 million in pre-primary, 26+ million teachers in primary, as many as 27+ million secondary teachers and more than 8 million teachers in tertiary education.
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