developing world

Children at school in India.

The world is 4 million teachers short. Here’s how to solve that.

Development

When you don’t have enough teachers in a town, state, or country, what do you do? Find and train a person, one expert says, “who’s really committed, and has a sense of caring, a sense of conviction to impart knowledge. If they have certain basic knowledge in terms of the content, I think we can give them the skills to make them” effective teachers.

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