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Education International

We are the voice of teachers and education workers around the world.

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 25 April 2025

    Starting strong: Education unions mobilise for the right to early childhood education

    Despite its essential role, early childhood education (ECE) is undermined by chronic underfunding. Recognition of the importance of early childhood education, as well as the salaries, job satisfaction, working conditions, and status of ECE workers remain low. Meanwhile, private actors are working to take over the sector, filling the funding...

    Starting strong: Education unions mobilise for the right to early childhood education
  2. Worlds of Education 25 April 2025

    The 25th of April and the paths of the teaching profession in Portugal

    Almerindo Janela Afonso

    The 25th of April, forever! This is the rallying cry of those who continue to believe in the key promises of our democratic revolution of 25th April 1974. In recent years, contrary to what the utopias of the revolutionary process promised, the idea of emancipation has been forgotten or has...

    The 25th of April and the paths of the teaching profession in Portugal
  3. News 24 April 2025

    Trade union delegation pushes for quality inclusive education for all at Global Disability Summit

    At the Global Disability Summit (GDS), the Education International (EI) delegation reaffirmed that inclusive education is a fundamental human right and key to thriving communities. They championed a social model of disability—breaking down barriers, not people. In the framework of the EI Go Public! Fund Education campaign, they also called...

    Trade union delegation pushes for quality inclusive education for all at Global Disability Summit
  4. Worlds of Education 24 April 2025

    Teachers at the heart of climate justice: Addressing the crisis in Philippine schools

    Ruby Bernardo

    “These are not new problems; they are the result of decades of neglect in the education sector, now magnified by the escalating climate crisis. If we continue to ignore these urgent issues, our schools will remain not just ill-equipped for learning, but hazardous places for both students and teachers.”

    Teachers at the heart of climate justice: Addressing the crisis in Philippine schools
  5. News 23 April 2025

    Education International brings hope and effective strategies to curb child labour

    Thanks to an Education International project on child labour, working with union members and their local communities, 1,880 children were brought back to school last year in six participating countries: Burundi, Malawi, Mali, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

    Education International brings hope and effective strategies to curb child labour
  6. Worlds of Education 21 April 2025

    A vision for greener schools: How unions are leading the charge for climate justice in the United States

    Adrienne Coles

    Climate change is a pressing global issue, yet achieving international consensus on enforceable action remains a significant challenge. In the United States, climate policy is often dictated by the political party in power at the federal level, leading to inconsistent progress. Given the current political landscape, substantial federal action on...

    A vision for greener schools: How unions are leading the charge for climate justice in the United States

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