Eurydice

The fact sheet provides key findings on salaries and allowances of full-time, fully qualified teachers and school heads. It covers 39 education systems within the Eurydice network and is based on the most recent data for reference year 2022/2023.

This Eurydice report focuses on the development of sustainability competences among learners and the support offered to teachers and schools to meet the challenges of the green transition in 39 European education systems. The report analyses how learning for sustainability is embedded in European curricula, and to what extent sustainability competences – defined on the basis of the European GreenComp framework – are included in these steering documents (Chapter 1).

This report presents the results of the 2023 data collection on the Structural indicators for monitoring education and training systems regarding the teaching profession. 

This report investigates existing national/top-level policies and measures that promote diversity and inclusion in school education.

Teachers’ remuneration and career prospects are an intrinsic part of policies aiming to attract the best candidates and ensure they remain in the profession. Are teachers in Europe well paid? What prospects for salary increases do they have as they progress in their career? Have teachers gained or lost purchasing power in recent years?

Teachers’ remuneration and career prospects are an intrinsic part of policies aiming to attract the best candidates and ensure they remain in the profession. Are teachers in Europe well paid? What prospects for salary increases do they have as they progress in their career? Have teachers gained or lost purchasing power in recent years? This report shows the composition and differences in teachers’ earnings among countries in the Eurydice Network.

Educating students at school in informatics is essential to equip every citizen with the basic knowledge required to participate, influence and contribute to the development of the digital world. Moreover, the digital economy, which is due to play a key role in Europe’s recovery from the pandemic, requires digitally competent citizens and workers.

Increasing achievement and motivation in mathematics and science learning in schools.

Are teachers in Europe well paid? What prospects for salary increases do they have as they progress in their career? Have teachers gained or lost purchasing power in recent years?

Teachers play an essential role in the learning process and in making it a fruitful experience for all students. The pandemic, the rapid transition from face-to-face to distance learning have further highlighted their essential contribution to our societies. If in one hand, teachers’ role is evolving as new demands and expectations arise, together with new responsibilities, on the other hand, this profession has been going through a vocational crisis for some years now.