The second edition of the International Barometer of Education Staff, with its 26,000 participants from 11 territories on 4 continents, highlights even more clearly than the first edition the wide diversity of working conditions and experiences of education workers around the world.

It is encouraging to see a focus on student mental health increasingly reflected in international education policies.

The African Union (AU) Continental Strategy on Education for Health and Well-being of Young People aims to enhance the physical, mental, and reproductive health of young people while contributing to the achievement of education goals.

Adolescents who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) are often left out of the health and social programming. This is a disproportionately large group in sub-Saharan Africa that has experienced extreme marginalisation during the pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in widespread school closures globally, including in Kenya.

This topic brief highlights how promoting mental health and well-being supports the achievement of education and learning objectives, and explains how intervention benefits can be amplified with a whole-school and systems approach.

This is the first comprehensive study of adolescent school students’ needs, school-related factors impacting the mental health and well-being of adolescent students, and review of existing policies and school strategies for addressing adolescents’ mental health issues in Uzbekistan.

This study analyses primary data regarding adolescent student mental health, including mental health needs and school-based risk factors. The study also includes a review of current adolescent student mental health-related policies and programmes.

This publication presents an overview of the key health challenges faced by adolescents in the region with the objective of catalyzing priority actions to advance toward a better and more equitable future for this population.

This paper outlines the vision for scaling up the Happy Schools Project (HSP) globally.