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Education International

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Through our 375 member organisations, we represent more than 33 million teachers and education support personnel in 180 countries and territories.

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Informed and empowered by teachers and education support personnel everywhere, we develop tools and strategies that enable us to work across all sectors of education and all regions of the world to effect change and create a better future for our students. Click here to see how we work and find out more about our priorities below.

  1. Quality education for all

  2. The profession

  3. Rights and democracy

  4. Building union power

Latest Updates

  1. News 6 November 2025

    Iran: Conditional release of French education unionists brings great relief, but concerns remain for Iranian teacher trade unionists in jail

    After 1,277 days of weaponised detention, French teacher trade unionists Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris are now safe within the French embassy in Tehran. While news of their conditional release was received with great joy by Education International and its member organisations, the Iranian government continues to persecute education unionists....

    Iran: Conditional release of French education unionists brings great relief, but concerns remain for Iranian teacher trade unionists in jail
  2. Take action! 5 November 2025

    Education International calls for renewed solidarity with educators and students in Palestine

    Education International (EI) welcomes the ceasefire and peace agreement reached in the Gaza Strip in October but remains deeply concerned by the sustained military operations that have followed. The fragile pause offered by the agreement has not halted the cycle of violence that is devastating communities across Gaza. The ongoing...

    Education International calls for renewed solidarity with educators and students in Palestine
  3. News 5 November 2025

    Ukraine: Coordinated action secures salary increase for teachers

    The multifaceted union campaign to raise teacher salaries and value the teacher union as a prominent social dialogue partner in Ukraine stands as a compelling example of the power of collective union advocacy and international solidarity.

    Ukraine: Coordinated action secures salary increase for teachers
  5. News 4 November 2025

    Mongolia: Major union victory as persistent mobilisation and widely supported strike lead to substantial increase in teachers’ basic salary

    After more than 13 weeks of strike and nine rounds of negotiations, the teachers’ strike in Mongolia has been called off following a favourable agreement between the Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions (FMESU) and Mongolia’s Ministry of Education. Teachers’ basic salary will increase by 50%.

    Mongolia: Major union victory as persistent mobilisation and widely supported strike lead to substantial increase in teachers’ basic salary
  6. News 3 November 2025

    From Geneva to the world: Educators demand urgent action and investment as SDG4 slips out of reach

    Addressing the Social Forum of the Human Rights Council, Takashi Kajiwara, Education International (EI) Vice-President and President of the Japan Teachers’ Union (JTU), made a powerful case for education as an enabling right that supports the fulfilment of all human rights and that must be fully funded around the world.

    From Geneva to the world: Educators demand urgent action and investment as SDG4 slips out of reach

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