Where Are Teachers Respected?

How much are teachers respected in different parts of the world?  The Varkey GEMS Foundation attempted to find this out by asking more than 330,000 questions in 21 countries related to how teachers are respected in their countries. Results were compiled into the 2013 Global Teacher Status Index.  Here are some key findings:

• Teachers are most highly respected in China, Greece, Turkey and South Korea and least respected in Israel, Brazil, Czech Republic and Italy.  A teacher in China is almost 100 times more respected in China than in Israel.  Finland, with one of the best education systems in the world, came out near the bottom third of countries polled on the status of teachers.
• Parents in China, South Korea, Turkey and Egypt are most likely to give encouragement to children to become teachers.  Similarly, these countries show a higher level of belief that pupils respect their teachers.  Conversely in most of the European countries surveyed, more respondents thought that pupils disrespect teachers than respect them.
• In all 21 countries, more than 59% of respondents (representative sample of citizens in each country) stated teachers ought to be paid
  according to the performance of their pupils.  In Egypt over 90% of respondents agreed with this, while in Israel, Brazil and New Zealand the figure was over 80%.
  
  

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