Target 4.c: Increase supply of qualified teachers
By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States
Owners voting their values help. Others must carry most of it.
Why shareholder democracy is helpful
Teacher supply and qualification are set by public teacher-training and pay systems. Private school chains that rely on low-paid, under-qualified staff affect the teaching workforce where they operate. Education International states that the Bridge International Academies model 'undermines the professional standards and qualifications of teachers'. Civil society groups cited labor-rights violations and major teacher pay cuts in Kenya and Liberia when the IFC divested from Bridge in 2022. In 2024 the Right to Education Initiative and 45 partners urged British International Investment, Proparco, the European Investment Bank and Norfund to divest as well. Investor pressure on education operators over teacher qualifications and pay is a documented lever. It helps at the margin while public systems determine the overall supply of qualified teachers.
How this was scoredHelpful
Helpful. Owners voting their values help. Others must carry most of it.
We have not yet written down the two answers behind this rating. Recording them on every item, so a reader can check the reasoning and not only the conclusion, is work in progress.
Every rating is the higher of two answers, one for what companies do and one for what they spend to stop the outcome, because the same vote reaches both. See the full method.
Sources
- Exposed: Collusion and Cover-Up, A World Bank and Bridge International Academies Scandal, Education International, 2024-03-21
- Civil society groups celebrate IFC's divestment from profit-driven school chain Bridge International Academies, Oxfam International, 2022-03-16
- RTE, alongside 45 partners, urges investors to immediately divest from Bridge International Academies following damning report, Right to Education Initiative, 2024-04-24
No shareholder advocacy found yet
We looked and found nothing that met our standard, which is a source we opened and confirmed. No shareholder advocacy located on teacher qualification or teacher pay at listed companies. Bridge International Academies is privately held, so there is no proxy ballot. The 2024 call by the Right to Education Initiative and partners asks development finance institutions to divest, which is civil society advocacy directed at owners rather than action taken through ownership, and we could not confirm the letter on the Right to Education Initiative news index we opened, so nothing is recorded. Education International's criticism of the Bridge model is union advocacy, not shareholder advocacy.
How this rating was made
Every item on every one of our maps is read against one question: how far does this depend on the people who own companies voting their values? We answer it twice, once for what companies do and once for what they spend to stop the outcome, and take whichever answer is higher, since the same vote reaches both. The score carries its reasoning and its sources so that a reader can check it rather than take it.
- Pivotal. Owners voting their values can deliver most of the outcome.
- Necessary. Owners remove an obstacle nothing else removes, and others must also act.
- Helpful. Owners voting their values help, and others carry most of it.
- Independent. This moves without owners. Other levers carry it.
The advocacy record on this page holds only what a source we opened says happened. Where we searched and found nothing, the page says so rather than leaving a silence. Where a campaign names a filer the source does not name, it says that too. Ratings are ours; the list of subjects is UN Sustainable Development Goals's, and we link to their original.
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