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"Celebrating the value and virtue of public service."
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Alarming new child labour numbers reiterate the need for quality public education
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News 23 June 2021 G20 Education Ministers’ Meeting: A missed opportunity to prioritise climate education
Despite global calls from teachers, students and civil society, G20 Education and Labour Ministers meeting under the Italian Presidency, failed to recognise the imperative need for universal climate education.
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Opinion 23 June 2021 "Celebrating the value and virtue of public service."
David Edwards
United Nations Public Service Day was established by the General Assembly in 2002. It “celebrates the value and virtue of public service to the community; highlights the contribution of public service in the development process; recognizes the work of public servants and encourages young people to pursue careers in the...
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News 21 June 2021 Taiwan: Union successful in prioritising COVID-19 vaccination for teachers
Teachers in Taiwan have been prioritised to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. This is a huge win for the National Teachers Association (NTA) which advocated for this during the second wave of the pandemic in the country.
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Opinion 21 June 2021 “The mutation of cultural species in the digital ecosystem.”
Omar Rincón
We are living through a cultural mutation that has driven the digital revolution, as very poetically documented by the writer Alessandro Barrico (2008, 2019), when he speaks of a “barbaric mutation”, which makes us live “amphibiously between two civilisations”. This mutation has meant that in the 20th century, there has...
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News 18 June 2021 World Refugee Day: Education unions stand with refugee students and educators
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a damaging impact on refugee students, teachers and other education personnel. On World Refugee Day, education unions call on governments to guarantee inclusive education and decent living, learning, and working conditions for all migrants.
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News 17 June 2021 Honduras: Union acts on the needs of educators with disabilities during pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to innovation and renewed engagement by education unions. In Honduras, the Colegio Profesional Superación Magisterial (COLPROSUMAH) has done its utmost to guarantee decent living and working conditions for teachers and educational support personnel living with disabilities.
Honduras: Union acts on the needs of educators with disabilities during pandemic