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Status of Teachers

  1. Standards and working conditions 8 July 2008

    Indonesia: Government promises annual increase in education budget and teacher salary at PGRI's national congress

    The government of Indonesia will annually increase the education budget as well as the salaries of teachers. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made that promise to the more than 5000 delegates and observers attending the opening session of the 20th Congress of the Indonesian teachers' union PGRI held in Palembang on...

    Indonesia: Government promises annual increase in education budget and teacher salary at PGRI's national congress
  2. Standards and working conditions 23 June 2008

    NGO and trade unions call for millions more health workers and teachers

    Today, Public Services International, Education International and Oxfam International announced a joint call to world leaders, demanding funds for tens of millions of qualified health workers and teachers worldwide to be trained and hired to deliver public health and education for all. The current gap means that governments are failing...

    NGO and trade unions call for millions more health workers and teachers
  3. Standards and working conditions 12 June 2008

    Belgian teachers join in national protest over declining purchasing power

    EI's Belgian affiliates, CSC-Enseignement, ACOD and CGSP, joined the three national labour confederations in a united front to protest the declining purchasing power of workers.

    Belgian teachers join in national protest over declining purchasing power
  4. Standards and working conditions 28 March 2008

    France: Teachers resist Sarkozy’s job cuts

    French education unions are mobilizing against the government’s plan to cut 11,200 teaching jobs at the beginning of the next school year. Since early last week, secondary teachers have been on strike at various schools throughout the country.

    France: Teachers resist Sarkozy’s job cuts
  5. Standards and working conditions 13 March 2008

    France: Teachers worried about Sarkozy reforms

    “The education public service deserves an ambitious policy. Unfortunately, the service is coming under pressure today due to job cuts.”

    France: Teachers worried about Sarkozy reforms
  6. Standards and working conditions 24 October 2007

    Senegal: 72-hour strike to make government fulfil its promises

    Starting today, Senegalese teachers in primary and secondary public schools are on a 72-hour strike to make the government fulfil its promises on research and housing allowances.

    Senegal: 72-hour strike to make government fulfil its promises
  7. Standards and working conditions 19 October 2007

    South Africa: Teachers Reject Salary Offer

    EI affiliate the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) had rejected the government's proposals on a new teacher payment regime which would link remuneration with performance.

    South Africa: Teachers Reject Salary Offer
  8. Standards and working conditions 17 October 2007

    World Teachers’ Day: Better working conditions means better learning conditions!

    On World Teachers’ Day - October 5th - teachers, students, parents and communities came together to celebrate the achievements of teachers, and to demand Quality Teachers for Quality Education!

    World Teachers’ Day: Better working conditions means better learning conditions!
  9. Standards and working conditions 15 October 2007

    Bulgaria: Strike enters its 3rd week with no resolution in sight

    The teacher strike in Bulgaria that began on 24 Sep has now entered its third week, and a clear resolution to the impasse is still not in sight.

    Bulgaria: Strike enters its 3rd week with no resolution in sight
  10. Standards and working conditions 12 October 2007

    Cameroon: SYNTESPRIC members demonstrated for better job security

    On 5 October, World Teachers' Day, members of the Syndicat des Travailleurs des Etablissements scolaires privés du Cameroun (SYNTESPRIC) held a demonstration to demand the government ratify their collective agreement.

    Cameroon: SYNTESPRIC members demonstrated for better job security
  11. Standards and working conditions 10 October 2007

    South Africa: Graduates to repay state bursaries with service at rural schools

    Newly qualified teachers whose studies have been financed by the Education Department will be required to teach at remote schools for up to four years in an attempt to help schools most in need.

    South Africa: Graduates to repay state bursaries with service at rural schools
  12. Standards and working conditions 9 October 2007

    DRC: strikes suspended after successful negotiations

    EI affiliate, the Syndicat des enseignants du Congo (SYECO), has called off its strike on 8 October after a successful negotiation with the government.

    DRC: strikes suspended after successful negotiations