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Status of Teachers

  1. Standards and working conditions 3 February 2016

    Iraq: Teachers’ salary arrears must be paid immediately

    Education International has strongly protested to the Iraqi Prime Minister about the ongoing delays in the payment of teachers’ salaries in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

    Iraq: Teachers’ salary arrears must be paid immediately
  2. Standards and working conditions 1 February 2016

    New professional pathways programme in Chile is education movement’s victory

    After a decades-long fight, thousands of teachers will benefit from a new national professional pathways plan that includes professional development, higher wages and fewer contact hours.

    New professional pathways programme in Chile is education movement’s victory
  3. Standards and working conditions 13 January 2016

    Filipino teachers granted ‘meagre’ salary increase

    Educators in the Philippines have reacted strongly after a law was passed, granting them a ‘meagre’ and ‘insulting’ salary increase, while other sectors received a much higher salary raise.

    Filipino teachers granted ‘meagre’ salary increase
  4. Standards and working conditions 11 December 2015

    Latvia: One-day warning strike to improve salaries and dialogue

    Over 24,000 people from the educational and science sectors took part in a one-day warning strike organised by the Latvian Trade Union of Education and Science employees (LIZDA) on 27 November.

    Latvia: One-day warning strike to improve salaries and dialogue
  5. Standards and working conditions 19 October 2015

    WTD: Global celebration of teachers

    Across the world, Education International’s affiliates marked World Teachers’ Day with a vast variety of events and projects, from school plays to parades and conferences to celebrate the heads of the class.

    WTD: Global celebration of teachers
  6. Standards and working conditions 15 October 2015

    Polish “Teachers' Protest Day” draws thousands to the capital

    More than 15 thousands teachers and workers in education, from primary to higher education and science, took to the streets of Warsaw Wednesday to protest against education policy on the Day of National Education.

    Polish “Teachers' Protest Day” draws thousands to the capital
  7. Standards and working conditions 14 October 2015

    Study examines impact of austerity on the teaching profession

    A new report on the status of teachers and the teaching profession sheds light on how austerity policies in the education sector undermine free, quality education for all.

    Study examines impact of austerity on the teaching profession
  8. Standards and working conditions 12 October 2015

    EI recommendations included in latest CEART report

    Education International has succeeded in having some of its proposals to the Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendation concerning Teaching Personnel included in the latest report, which is now available online.

    EI recommendations included in latest CEART report
  9. Standards and working conditions 5 October 2015

    World Teachers’ Day: Governments must empower teachers and confer with their unions

    Education International was present at the UNESCO headquarters for the World Teachers’ Day celebrations and reiterated the need to see teachers respected and empowered if the global sustainable goal about education is to be achieved by 2030.

    World Teachers’ Day: Governments must empower teachers and confer with their unions
  10. Standards and working conditions 1 October 2015

    World Teachers’ Day: Empowering teachers, building sustainable societies

    On 5 October, World Teachers’ Day, Education International, with its affiliates and partners worldwide, will highlight the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals, and the crucial role teachers will play in ensuring it is implemented.

    World Teachers’ Day: Empowering teachers, building sustainable societies
  11. Standards and working conditions 25 September 2015

    Uganda: Teachers unveil 2016 manifesto

    A teachers’ manifesto has appealed to the next Ugandan government to increase funds allocated to education, to ensure quality teaching and education for all students.

    Uganda: Teachers unveil 2016 manifesto
  12. Standards and working conditions 24 September 2015

    Russia: “Performance pay makes teachers feel insecure”

    In Russia teacher evaluation procedures and performance pay are creating unrest within the profession. The Russian education union has raised its concern with public authorities at regional, district and municipal levels throughout the country.

    Russia: “Performance pay makes teachers feel insecure”
  13. Standards and working conditions 18 September 2015

    Kenyan schools closed as labour dispute worsens

    Amid increasing tensions, Kenyan teachers have elected to shutter all public and private schools after the government refused to implement a court ordered pay raise for teachers, stating that the long-awaited increase is unaffordable.

    Kenyan schools closed as labour dispute worsens
  14. Standards and working conditions 17 September 2015

    France: a day of strike action in high schools

    An interunion association grouping the largest unions representing secondary education, including four EI affiliates (SNES-FSU, FO, SNETAA-FO, CGT), is in conflict with the French government on the matter of the reform of high schools.

    France: a day of strike action in high schools
  15. Standards and working conditions 31 August 2015

    Australia: education unionists stand up for paid parental leave

    The Australian Education Union has criticised the Abbott Government’s proposed changes to the Paid Parental Scheme, leading up to 47,000 national public educators to lose access to the Commonwealth’s Paid Parental Leave scheme.

    Australia: education unionists stand up for paid parental leave
  16. Standards and working conditions 31 August 2015

    Kenya: education union urges government to respect court order to boost teacher salaries

    The Kenya National Union of Teachers’ General Secretary Wilson Sossion has demanded the Government to comply with a court order requiring the Teachers’ Service Commission to increase teachers’ wages by 50 to 60 percent.

    Kenya: education union urges government to respect court order to boost teacher salaries
  17. Standards and working conditions 27 August 2015

    Germany: researchers support decent wages in education

    The considerable strains of social and educational professions must be appropriately appreciated, leading to better remuneration for educators, the Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft explained following a researchers’ appeal to politics and society.

    Germany: researchers support decent wages in education