2025 Latin America Report
This regional edition of the 2024/5 GEM Report on leadership in education is the result of a partnership between the GEM Report and the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI). It focuses on empowerment and democracy through the exercise of distributed leadership in Latin America, building on three pieces of evidence.
First, case studies were carried out in six countries: Argentina, Brazil (two studies), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Honduras. Second, country profiles on school leader standards, working conditions, selection processes and training programmes from all Latin American countries collected as part of the preparation of the 2024/5 Global Education Monitoring Report for the PEER website. Third, a survey of ministries of education on their leadership regulations and policies was carried out by OEI with the support of its country offices. Ministerial representatives from 18 Latin American countries responded, providing information on how countries incorporate aspects of distributed leadership, including participation structures in schools, decision-making processes, appraisal and accountability mechanisms. In the case of Bolivia, responses were received after the data analysis had been completed, so they could not be incorporated into the report.
The report will be launched on 23 April in Bogota, Colombia in a high-level event hosted by the Ministry of Education of Colombia, OEI and the GEM Report.