Launched in January 2006, the new EFAIDS Programme is an initiative of EI and its partners the WHO (World Health Organisation) and EDC (Education Development Center).
It combines the efforts of teachers' unions in advocating for Education For All (EFA) at national level with their commitment to HIV/AIDS prevention in schools locally. The Programme is essentially a fusion of two previously separate initiatives, namely the HIV/AIDS Prevention Programme and the EFA programme.
Education For All: teachers’ assessment of 25 years of promises
According to the Global Monitoring Report 2012, the education goals agreed on in 1990 at the Jomtien World Conference on Education for All will not be achieved by 2015. Six goals were agreed to by the international community and that commitment was renewed in the Dakar World Education Forum in 2000.
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USA: Union joins global education campaign
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of EI’s national affiliates, has joined in the Global Action Week (GAW) led by the Global Campaign for Education, and held from 21-27 April. The theme of this year’s GAW is “Every Child Needs a Teacher”. [Read more...] [Other news]
Pauline Rose: Business leaders at the World Economic Forum must boost finance for educationAs political and business leaders gather in Davos for another year’s World Economic Forum, the Education for All Global Monitoring Report has released a new policy paper showing that contributions from corporations and private foundations combined total only $683 million a year, equivalent to just 5% that aid donors spend on education. And while aid donors are increasingly backing government-led education plans, private sector contributions often reflect business interests rather than the education needs of the poorest countries.
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Andreas Schleicher: You must emulate and innovate to keep paceThe nature of education has moved on in high-performing nations; it's time the UK moved on too, says Andreas Schleicher, Deputy Director for Education and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the OECD's Secretary-General.
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World Day against Child Labour 2013
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International Conference on Child Labour - "School is the best place to work: Education unions against child labour"
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World Day against Child Labour 2012
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Strategy and Information sharing meeting of EI Member organisations in GCE Coalitions
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