2025 East Asia Report

Lead for technology

Building on the themes of the last two global editions of the Global Education Monitoring Report – technology in 2023 and leadership in 2024/5 – this regional edition is the result of a partnership of the GEM Report with Beijing Normal University (China), Sophia University (Japan) and the Korean Educational Development Institute (Republic of Korea). It focuses on the role of education leadership for digital transformation in East Asia, a region where some of the world’s most ambitious technology reforms are being implemented.

This report is based on three country case studies; descriptions of school leadership laws and policies from the GEM Report’s PEER country profiles; and a background paper on education leadership and digital transformation. It documents the three countries’ major efforts to prepare their local education officers, school principals and teacher leaders so that they can facilitate the effective and equitable roll-out of these reforms.

The report was released on 18 August at the Global Smart Education Conference in Beijing, China.