Education International is the federation of organisations representing over 30 million teachers and other education workers, through 384 member organisations in 169 countries and territories. http://www.ei-ie.org en-uk http://www.ei-ie.org/image/rss_logo.gif http://www.ei-ie.org 144 37 http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1195&theme=educationforall&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1195&theme=educationforall&country=global Hopes for achieving universal primary education by 2015 are fading as the Education For All High Level Group (EFA-HLG) meet this week in Ethiopia. The world is facing a US$12 billion a year funding shortfall in donor aid, and many developing country governments need to do more, according to the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) of which EI is a founder member. educationforall Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:14:10 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1191&theme=educationforall&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1191&theme=educationforall&country=global This Saturday 20 April will be the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the Dakar Goals for Education For All. Despite the progress made, much remains to be done to realise the objectives laid down to give all children their right to education. educationforall Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:46:00 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1186&theme=educationforall&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1186&theme=educationforall&country=global The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) has named Grammy Award-winning artist and philanthropist Shakira an ambassador for 1GOAL: Education For All, an international campaign to ensure that all children can exercise their right to an education through achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. As a founding member of the GCE, Education International's affiliates are raising their voices along with the 1GOAL campaigners. educationforall Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:47:13 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1177&theme=educationforall&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1177&theme=educationforall&country=global The board of the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) met at the head office of Education International in Brussels, 26-27 January. educationforall Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:32:14 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1173&theme=educationforall&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1173&theme=educationforall&country=global Education International stands with UNESCO in its urgent call to action for the international community to invest in sustained aid to provide quality education for the most marginalized and poorest learners worldwide. educationforall Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:11:23 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1167&theme=educationforall&country=ghana http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1167&theme=educationforall&country=ghana "We provide a clear vision for education and society, powerful arguments for investing in people, a capacity to mobilize globally, regionally, nationally and locally, and a strategy of proposition for the well-being of our communities and nations," said EI's President Susan Hopgood at the opening of the 50th national conference of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT). educationforall Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:32:26 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1166&theme=hivaids&country=cotedivoire http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1166&theme=hivaids&country=cotedivoire In September 2008 representatives of IE-SCI, the alliance of Ivorian teacher unions working together on the EI EFAIDS Programme, met with the political and administrative authorities of Bondoukou and San Pedro to present the results of their research into the shortage of teachers and its impact on the education system in these two regions of Côte d'Ivoire. hivaids Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:06:00 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1164&theme=hivaids&country=surinam http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1164&theme=hivaids&country=surinam Surinamese teacher unions working on the EI EFAIDS Programme have reached out to almost forty young offenders offering them training on HIV prevention and behaviour change. Catering for the needs of the different age groups, trainers from BvL, SOB and KOB facilitated two one-day workshops at the Santo Boma Reformatory School. hivaids Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:01:13 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1165&theme=hivaids&country=namibia http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1165&theme=hivaids&country=namibia Through their EFAIDS Programme, the Namibia National Teachers' Union is committed to showing in a practical way that that HIV and AIDS is a workplace issue. hivaids Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:00:09 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1151&theme=hivaids&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1151&theme=hivaids&country=global Teacher union activists working on the EI EFAIDS Programme gathered in Grand Bassam in Cote d' Ivoire from 7 - 11 December 2009 to assess their progress to date on educating for HIV prevention and working to achieve EFA, and to plan a full programme of activities for 2010. hivaids Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:29:14 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1169&theme=hivaids&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1169&theme=hivaids&country=global Denis Burke of the World AIDS Campaign emphasises the importance of approaching HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment work from a human rights perspective. hivaids Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:30:08 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1143&theme=hivaids&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1143&theme=hivaids&country=global As 2010 the target year for the fulfilment of universal access to prevention, treatment, care and support approaches teacher unions around the world are using World AIDS Day 2009 as an opportunity to redouble their work on AIDS and equally to petition governments to make the investment necessary to overcome the AIDS crisis. hivaids Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:21:05 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1118&theme=educationforall&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1118&theme=educationforall&country=global Education International is once again joining with the Global Call to Action against Poverty and the United Nations Millennium Campaign in supporting the annual Stand Up and Take Action against Poverty campaign. educationforall Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:32:17 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1116&theme=childlabour&country=uzbekistan http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1116&theme=childlabour&country=uzbekistan Education International and its member organisations around the world are committed to eradicating child labour wherever it occurs. childlabour Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:24:56 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1102&theme=educationforall&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1102&theme=educationforall&country=global In the face of the global economic crisis, it is vitally important that governments invest significantly in public education, making it a cornerstone of economic recovery plans. Education International, the global union federation representing 30 million teachers around the world, is appealing to the international community to take urgent action to ensure that children are not made to pay for the crisis. educationforall Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:02:22 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1110&theme=hivaids&country=papuanewguinea http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1110&theme=hivaids&country=papuanewguinea Papua New Guinea is the latest country to join the EI EFAIDS Programme. The Papua New Guinea Teachers' Association, which represents half of the country's 40,000 teachers, recently held its first training workshop. Twenty-one participants from across the union structure met in Port Moresby for three days of discussion and debate on HIV/AIDS and EFA themes to support them to launch a successful programme of EFAIDS activities. hivaids Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:35:58 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1109&theme=hivaids&country=global http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1109&theme=hivaids&country=global The electric generator was running outside the classroom and the rain pounded on the corrugated zinc roof. The noise might have been a distraction to some, but not to the 30 EFAIDS participants of the National Teachers Association of Liberia (NTAL). 30 teachers met in Monrovia, motivated, focussed, and thirsty for information. The workshop, conducted by Odete Cossa of the WHO, Emanuel Fatoma of EI, Scott Pulizzi of EDC was designed to give participants the skills to serve as master trainers and advocates for both EFA and HIV programmes and policies in their union. hivaids Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:27:02 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1108&theme=hivaids&country=rwanda http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1108&theme=hivaids&country=rwanda In mid June the Rwandan union SYPERWA organised a 3 day workshop in Kicukiro, Rwanda which brought together 45 union trainers as well as 15 teachers living with HIV. hivaids Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:17:35 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1107&theme=hivaids&country=india http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1107&theme=hivaids&country=india EI affiliate, the All India Primary Teacher's Federation published a study on the effectiveness of in-service training for primary teachers in two of the country's states. Research was carried out in Bihar and Tamil Nadu, the third and seventh most populous states in the country. hivaids Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:10:01 GMT http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1106&theme=hivaids&country=kenya http://www.ei-ie.org/efaids/en/news_detail.php?id=1106&theme=hivaids&country=kenya As the school year begins across Kenya, the Kenya National Union of Teachers, KNUT, has successfully initiated legal action to block government plans to hire 'intern' teachers, fearing that this new development would create a new sub-class of underpaid teachers, which would further endanger the achievement of quality education. hivaids Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:03:14 GMT