How Polish universities are supporting adult education, professional development and the skills needed for a changing economy. Poland’s educational expansion: a foundation for transformation Poland’s educational transformation after 1989 provides an important example of how widening access to education can accompany profound economic and social change. The transition from a centrally planned economy to an internationally connected market economy created new demands for know

The global education landscape is undergoing a significant structural shift. Recent UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) data show real progress in access, literacy and data coverage, but also persistent inequalities across regions, levels of education and fields of study. The UIS 2026 Education Data Refresh reports more than 8.26 million published education datapoints and places global youth literacy at 93 percent, while also showing that major gaps remain in completion, le