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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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Latest Updates

  1. Worlds of Education 30 January 2026

    From vision to investment: Why the world needs the first-ever international finance summit for early childhood

    Justin W. van Fleet

    In November 2022, more than 150 governments and global stakeholders gathered in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, for the World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education. The outcome—the Tashkent Declaration and Commitments to Action for Transforming Early Childhood Care and Education—was a landmark moment. It reaffirmed a shared global truth: early childhood...

    From vision to investment: Why the world needs the first-ever international finance summit for early childhood
  2. News 30 January 2026

    Harnessing the power of education for inclusion: Education International joins the 2026 Global Appeal to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy

    The 2026 Global Appeal to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy is co-hosted by Education International and the Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen’s disease) Initiative, in partnership with the Damien Foundation. This year’s appeal calls for an end to stigma and discrimination associated with leprosy through the transformative power...

    Harnessing the power of education for inclusion: Education International joins the 2026 Global Appeal to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy
  3. News 29 January 2026

    Taiwan: Teachers fight back a punitive oversight system

    Across Taiwan, thousands of educators, many waving "Save education!" signs demonstrated on January 25th, 2026, against what they describe as an abusive school incident management system that has eroded trust, undermined learning, and pushed teaching conditions to a breaking point. As they repeatedly voiced in the streets: “Education cannot survive...

    Taiwan: Teachers fight back a punitive oversight system
  4. News 27 January 2026

    ICE out of schools! Educators and their unions mobilise for students and demand that immigration enforcement stop terrorizing communities in the United States

    School communities across the United States have been profoundly affected by the violent and destructive behaviour of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents deployed by the Trump administration. Educators have mobilised to support traumatised students and vulnerable families and to stop the authoritarian turn at the top of US politics.

    ICE out of schools! Educators and their unions mobilise for students and demand that immigration enforcement stop terrorizing communities in the United States
  5. News 26 January 2026

    Gabon: teachers resume strike to secure career regularisation

    The widely-followed teachers’ strike launched in Gabon in December is set to continue in the absence of a response from the new government. The SENA (National Education Union) and SYNETECPRO (National Union for Technical and Vocational Education) are calling for the urgent regularisation of teachers’ careers and warn that the...

    Gabon: teachers resume strike to secure career regularisation
  6. Statements 23 January 2026

    Education International denounces the blocking of high level delegation to Palestine

    Education leaders were invited to mark the International Day of Education

    Education International strongly condemns the decision by the Israeli occupation authorities to prevent a delegation of education leaders from entering Palestine, detaining delegation members for hours, subjecting them to interrogation, confiscating their passports, and forcibly returning them to Jordan.

    Education International denounces the blocking of high level delegation to Palestine

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