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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to grow at an alarming rate and has also become an education crisis. Governments around the world need to develop swift, coherent and proportionate responses. Click to read the full document.
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As governments worldwide step up to combat the COVID-19 outbreak, educators and their unions are doing their part to support each other, their students and their communities. See below what Education International and our affiliates are doing to help.
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Get up to date with the latest news, read the guidelines or see what other unions are doing to minimise the effects of the COVID-19 crisis and get inspired.
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Education union leaders the world over are coming together in myriad ways to find collective solutions to address the needs of their students, colleagues and communities in this pandemic. EI General Secretary David Edwards explains how Education International, its member organisations and the world's’ educators are committed to getting through this crisis together.
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The Teachers’ Union of Serbia has asked the national Ministry of Education to invite all citizens to support educators in Serbia by clapping daily at 9pm. This would acknowledge the tremendous efforts of educators in ensuring quality education for all during the COVID-19 pandemic. A national round of applause already occurs dail...
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Given the current health emergency caused by the Covid-19 virus and the subsequent closure of educational institutions, various branches of the Federación Nacional de Profesores de Enseñanza Secundaria de Uruguay (FeNaPES) are engaged in solidarity initiatives.
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Educators in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden are using well-developed social dialogue channels and information technology to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to grow at an alarming rate, resulting in numerous infections and fatalities across the globe. The impact on education has been devastating, with UNESCO reporting that over 1.5 billion students had been affected due to school closures in 165 countries as of 26 March 2020; this is more than 87 perc...
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Honduran teachers will receive extra support from their union in the form of economic aid for older adults and pregnant women, in a joint effort by teachers to offset the crisis caused by the closure of schools.
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