Multiple crises, COVID recovery and strains on public resources have drawn ministries of education’s attention to the interdependent challenges facing education systems and to the need of mobilizing and working with a variety of system actors to find sustainable solutions.
The advent of tech-enabled innovations has disrupted “business as usual” and changed how system actors and components interact with each other. In times of increased uncertainty, it has become more evident that ministry leadership ensures optimal use of the expertise, investments, implementation, technical capacities and alignment of system actors behind national priorities.
By leading and working through coordination bodies, ministries of education can mobilize smarter partnerships, ensure continued commitments to collective action and generate evidence for policy making, learning and adaptation.