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Education For All

  1. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 May 2009

    SADTU predicts Ministry split will improve South African education system

    EI affiliate, the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU), has welcomed the new Government’s decision to reorganise the education sector by creating two distinct ministries - the Ministry of Basic Education and the Ministry of Higher Education and Training.

    SADTU predicts Ministry split will improve South African education system
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 April 2009

    Count down to The Big Read!

    On Monday 20 April, teachers and their unions around the world will join students and NGOs in the launch of Global Action Week 2009. EI Executive Board members will be participating in celebrations to advocate for youth and adult literacy and lifelong learning.

    Count down to The Big Read!
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 April 2009

    Two weeks to go for Global Action Week!

    The 7th edition of the Global Campaign for Education's (GCE) world-wide action is fast approaching. From 20-26 Apr, many exciting advocacy and awareness-raising activities will be carried out by teacher unions around the world to advocate for the two most neglected of the six objectives on Education for All: Youth...

    Two weeks to go for Global Action Week!
  4. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 January 2009

    Roma education: slow steps to inclusion

    We [teachers] can begin. I hope we are clever enough to understand that somebody has to take the first step for nothing. And the second step for nothing. And maybe after 10 steps I can expect something from gypsy kids, and gypsy families. Because I like to hope that we...

    Roma education: slow steps to inclusion
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 January 2009

    Defend MDGS against the economic crisis, EI tells World Bank

    EI’s General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen got immediate agreement when he called on World Bank President Robert Zoellick to defend the Millennium Development Goals, and especially Education for All, against the ravages of the current financial and economic crises.

    Defend MDGS against the economic crisis, EI tells World Bank
  6. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 January 2009

    The end of education in Somalia

    Five teachers and eight students have been killed, and nearly 30, 000 more students have been deprived of the right to education after the last schools still operating in Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu were closed in mid-October due to the unacceptable risk of violence.

    The end of education in Somalia
  7. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 January 2009

    Former teacher wins Nobel Peace Prize

    Martti Ahtisaari has travelled a long way from the classroom in Oulu, Finland, where he began his career half a century ago. From primary school teacher to distinguished diplomat, President of Finland, and now Nobel Peace Prize winner, Ahtisaari has always raised his voice for education, human rights and peace.

    Former teacher wins Nobel Peace Prize
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 December 2008

    Millions more teachers needed to achieve Education for All

    Education International is committed to achieving quality Education For All, both in word and deed, and helping to train more highly-qualified teachers is at the heart of that commitment.

    Millions more teachers needed to achieve Education for All
  9. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 November 2008

    Sacrificing education quality is not an option

    The Education For All Global Monitoring Report 2009 provides a useful blueprint for achieving greater equality of opportunity and improved quality of education for learners of all ages around the world.

    Sacrificing education quality is not an option
  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 November 2008

    In Search of Teachers in Tanzania

    ‘In Search of Teachers’ is the most recent research to emerge from the partnership between the EI EFAIDS Programme and the University of Amsterdam.

    In Search of Teachers in Tanzania
  11. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 September 2008

    Spotlight on Literacy for Global Action Week 2009

    ‘Youth and Adult Literacy and Lifelong Learning’ is the theme of Global Action Week 2009.

    Spotlight on Literacy for Global Action Week 2009
  12. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 September 2008

    Chad: Education on life support in Eastern Chad

    Goz Beïda, Eastern Chad—The town is surrounded by camps for Sudanese refugees and displaced Chadians, bare hills on which a few bushes struggle to survive, shrivelled by the sun. Beyond lies the desert, which now is only crossed by armed men: bandits, soldiers or rebels.

    Chad: Education on life support in Eastern Chad
  13. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 September 2008

    Ending the cycle of poverty: Empowered children are key to economic injustice

    Educators everywhere strive to give children the knowledge and skills to become self-reliant, fully-engaged citizens. But, despite their best efforts, the cycle of poverty often continues through the generations.

    Ending the cycle of poverty: Empowered children are key to economic injustice
  14. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 May 2008

    Back to School during Global Action Week

    Global Action Week 2008 lived up to its name and proved to be a truly global occasion, with coalitions of teachers’ unions issuing a simultaneous call in support of education rights everywhere for everyone. The World’s Biggest Lesson was a record-breaking event and brought the theme to a large global...

    Back to School during Global Action Week
  15. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 April 2008

    The Global Campaign for Education breaks World Record for the Biggest Lesson ever

    More than 7.5 million children, adults, teachers and campaigners in more than 100 countries took part in the Global Campaign for Education’s “World’s Biggest Lesson” about the importance of everyone having the chance for a quality education. The world record for the largest simultaneous lesson in history has been broken...

    The Global Campaign for Education breaks World Record for the Biggest Lesson ever
  16. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 April 2008

    Millions participate in Global Action Week

    Midway through Global Action Week 2008, events and celebrations are continuing apace.

    Millions participate in Global Action Week