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Status of Teachers

  1. Standards and working conditions 26 April 2017

    DRC: Launch of training for trainers of study circle facilitators

    Thanks to support from colleagues around the world, the educational unions in the Democratic Republic of Congo have launched a series of training courses for education sector union trainers.

    DRC: Launch of training for trainers of study circle facilitators
  2. Standards and working conditions 24 April 2017

    UK: Urgent need to address negative impacts of teaching on teachers

    Education unions in the UK have reasserted the need to support overworked teachers, helping them to reach an adequate balance between their professional and personal lives.

    UK: Urgent need to address negative impacts of teaching on teachers
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 April 2017

    March for Science

    Rob Copeland

    On April 22 a series of rallies and marches (known as the March for Science) are planned for Washington, D.C. and other cities across the world. Education unions can play a key role in the campaign, particularly in pushing for increased public funding for science, greater protection for academic freedom...

    March for Science
  4. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 April 2017

    UK: Unions demand appropriate reform of primary school assessment system

    The UK Government is consulting teachers’ unions on its proposals to reform the system of primary school assessment, which have given a mixed reaction to the government’s proposals for reform.

    UK: Unions demand appropriate reform of primary school assessment system
  5. Standards and working conditions 24 February 2017

    UK: workloads spark a crisis in teacher recruitment and retention

    Following the launch of the Education Select Committee report into the recruitment and retention of teachers, UK education unions have urged public authorities to take urgent measures to tackle this serious national crisis.

    UK: workloads spark a crisis in teacher recruitment and retention
  6. Standards and working conditions 15 January 2017

    World Economic Forum: Teachers won’t be substituted by robots, panel agrees

    Many discussions at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos revolved around how technology impacts society now and in future. The Varkey Foundation and Education International jointly hosted a debate to address this question in relation to education.

    World Economic Forum: Teachers won’t be substituted by robots, panel agrees
  7. Standards and working conditions 13 January 2017

    Germany: teacher union rethinks education

    The German union GEW is gearing up for a new campaign aimed at increasing the national and local governments’ funding for education.

    Germany: teacher union rethinks education
  8. Standards and working conditions 10 January 2017

    Germany: union concerned over state proposals on fees and administration

    The Education International affiliate GEW has strongly criticised the plans of a Southwestern German state to introduce study fees and warns against a dilution of the participation of education staff in the decision-making process.

    Germany: union concerned over state proposals on fees and administration
  9. Standards and working conditions 9 January 2017

    UK: Teacher unions unite to demand salary boost

    Six education unions from the UK have made a joint submission to the national review body calling for a “significant” salary increase for teachers, whose pay has been frozen or capped since 2011.

    UK: Teacher unions unite to demand salary boost
  10. Standards and working conditions 6 January 2017

    Canada: union deal with provincial government to spur teacher hiring spree

    The British Columbia Teachers’ Federation has announced that more than 1,000 teachers will be hired after the government’s first $50 million commitment toward fulfilling last year’s Supreme Court ruling on the province’s classroom conditions.

    Canada: union deal with provincial government to spur teacher hiring spree
  11. Standards and working conditions 2 December 2016

    Cameroon: Teachers press government to take action for improved status

    Teacher unions in Cameroon have unitarily called on primary and secondary teachers to strike in December to force the government to respect commitments on improved teachers’ working and living conditions and fixed status.

    Cameroon: Teachers press government to take action for improved status
  12. Standards and working conditions 24 October 2016

    Belize: education union forces government to agree on its demands

    The Belize National Teachers’ Union has suspended its strike for improved working and living conditions for teachers and quality education after the national government agreed on the educators demands.

    Belize: education union forces government to agree on its demands
  13. Standards and working conditions 16 October 2016

    Portugal: Creative celebration of educators

    Artists from a wide variety of disciplines and locations joined education unionists in Lisbon to celebrate the importance of teachers and education workers to the development of individuals and society as a whole.

    Portugal: Creative celebration of educators
  14. Standards and working conditions 6 October 2016

    Teachers celebrated globally for World Teachers’ Day

    Teachers were acknowledged for being among the most powerful agents to change the world and shape a better future at a special one-day event held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.

    Teachers celebrated globally for World Teachers’ Day
  15. Standards and working conditions 5 October 2016

    Aanbeveling inzake de status van leerkrachten, 1966

    Aangenomen door de Bijzondere Intergouvernementele Conferentie inzake de status van leerkrachten te Parijs, in oktober 1966

    Aanbeveling inzake de status van leerkrachten, 1966
  16. Standards and working conditions 22 September 2016

    The teaching profession is celebrated in New York

    With the United Nations General Assembly as the backdrop, Education International led the way on the largest global stage to mark 50 years of the ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the status of teachers.

    The teaching profession is celebrated in New York