Official summary

Teacher shortages weaken Member States’ capacities to ensure high-quality, inclusive education. Driven by an ageing workforce, low career attractiveness and mounting workload, the teaching profession faces recruitment and retention challenges. Societal demands and the use of artificial intelligence require new pedagogical skills. This proposal for a Council Recommendation aims to complement Member States’ efforts to make teaching attractive, improve career paths and modernise professional training. This initiative is part of the Education Package; the Call for evidence is published under “Quality Education for All: A 2040 Roadmap”.

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Reference

Ares(2026)7243475

Will become

Proposal for a recommendation

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European Commission

1. Planned28 Jul 2026
2. Call for evidence30 Jul 2026 – 8 Sep 2026Feedback closed
3. Call for evidence7 Aug 2026 – 4 Sep 2026Feedback closed
4. Commission adoptionNext

Documents

• Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament… ↗PDF · 4 pages
• Proposal for a Council Recommendation on attractive teacher… ↗PDF · 4 pages