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Status of Teachers

  1. Standards and working conditions 10 October 2008

    EI urges Somalia to make schools safe sanctuaries

    With the country in turmoil, the public education system in a state of collapse, and teachers under attack, Education International is deeply concerned that Somali teachers and students are suffering profound violations of their rights on a daily basis.

    EI urges Somalia to make schools safe sanctuaries
  2. Standards and working conditions 6 October 2008

    Teachers matter more than ever!

    Education, schools and children will ultimately pay the highest price as the global financial crisis hits communities everywhere, EI Vice-President Patrick Gonthier warned participants in a Round Table held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on 3 October to commemorate World Teachers’ Day 2008.

    Teachers matter more than ever!
  3. Standards and working conditions 6 October 2008

    Central and Eastern Europe: Teachers united for quality education

    Teachers from across Central and Eastern Europe are reaching out to colleagues facing difficult circumstances in Georgia, Montenegro and Turkey. Representatives of 26 organisations from 17 countries met in Zagreb, Croatia, from 2-4 October.

    Central and Eastern Europe: Teachers united for quality education
  4. Standards and working conditions 3 October 2008

    World Teachers’ Day 2008: Teachers matter!

    Governments the world over must address the dramatic shortage of qualified teachers if they are to meet the social and economic challenges of the knowledge society, according to Education International, the global union federation representing 30 million teachers around the world.

    World Teachers’ Day 2008: Teachers matter!
  5. Standards and working conditions 26 September 2008

    Dramatic increase in attacks on teachers

    The world has seen a dramatic and disturbing increase in attacks against teachers over the past three years, according to the author of a global study commissioned by UNESCO. Journalist and researcher Brendan O’Malley presented his findings to members of the Executive Board of Education International, meeting this week in...

    Dramatic increase in attacks on teachers
  6. Standards and working conditions 12 September 2008

    Suriname: teachers achieve substantial wage increases

    Following difficult months of conflicts and long strikes, the teacher unions in Suriname have won substantial wage increases from the government, as well as a collective agreement which addresses discrepancies between teachers' working conditions.

    Suriname: teachers achieve substantial wage increases
  7. Standards and working conditions 10 September 2008

    Indonesia: Teachers' pay increased by 15%

    Teachers in Indonesia are celebrating the success of their long legal and political struggle to compel their government to live up to the Constitutional requirement to dedicate 20 percent of the national budget to education. The PGRI, EI’s affiliate, took the case for increasing education funding to the Constitutional Court...

    Indonesia: Teachers' pay increased by 15%
  8. Standards and working conditions 10 September 2008

    Moldova: review of salary urgently needed

    In support of its member organisation the Education and Science Trade Union (ESTU), EI has requested the education minister of Moldova, Larisa Savga, to open a dialogue with the teacher union to review teachers' salary.

    Moldova: review of salary urgently needed
  9. Standards and working conditions 5 September 2008

    Teachers Matter! Celebrate World Teachers' Day with millions of educators worldwide on 5 October

    Every day, in millions of classrooms around the world, the universal endeavour of teaching and learning takes place. The gift of literacy is passed from one generation to the next, along with love of learning and thirst for knowledge. When knowledge is shared, skills are gained and lives can be...

    Teachers Matter! Celebrate World Teachers' Day with millions of educators worldwide on 5 October
  10. Standards and working conditions 4 September 2008

    Teacher training project launched

    Education International and Oxfam Novib from the Netherlands have embarked on a joint pilot project on teacher training in developing countries. The Education for All targets and the education-related Millennium Development Goals, to which EI is committed, cannot be achieved without adequate numbers of properly trained and qualified teachers.

    Teacher training project launched
  11. Standards and working conditions 4 September 2008

    World Teachers’ Day 2008: Teachers matter!

    Every day, in millions of classrooms around the world, the universal endeavour of teaching and learning takes place. The gift of literacy is passed from one generation to the next, along with love of learning and thirst for knowledge. When knowledge is shared, skills are gained and lives can be...

    World Teachers’ Day 2008: Teachers matter!
  12. Standards and working conditions 4 September 2008

    France: 13,500 more teaching jobs cut

    The French Minister of Education, Xavier Darcos, announced in July an additional 13,500 job cuts in 2009. These cuts come on top of 11,200 jobs already cut in the 2008 school year.

    France: 13,500 more teaching jobs cut
  13. Standards and working conditions 20 August 2008

    COPE-UNESCO-UNICEF conference on "Improving Status of Teachers" a success

    Together with UNESCO and UNICEF, EI's sub-regional organisation, the Council of Pacific Educators (COPE) organised a conference on "Improving the Status of Teachers as per ILO-UNESCO's 1966 Recommendation and promoting Children's Rights to Quality Education" from 18-20 August 2008 in Nadi, Fiji.

    COPE-UNESCO-UNICEF conference on "Improving Status of Teachers" a success
  14. Standards and working conditions 12 August 2008

    Algeria: Teachers on hunger strike

    Education International (EI) has sent a message of solidarity to its affiliates in Algeria regarding the 35 teachers on hunger strike since 15 July 2008.

    Algeria: Teachers on hunger strike
  15. Standards and working conditions 4 August 2008

    Brazilian teachers win national standard professional wage scale

    Brazilian educators are celebrating a new law that establishes a national standard salary, bringing to an end decades of inequity between teachers’ salaries in different regions of the country.

    Brazilian teachers win national standard professional wage scale
  16. Standards and working conditions 30 July 2008

    COPE, UNESCO and UNICEF to hold conference on Improving Status of Teachers

    Together with UNESCO and UNICEF, EI's sub-regional organisation, the Council of Pacific Educators (COPE) will be holding a conference on "Improving the Status of Teachers as per ILO-UNESCO's 1966 Recommendation and promoting Children's Rights to Quality Education".

    COPE, UNESCO and UNICEF to hold conference on Improving Status of Teachers
  17. Standards and working conditions 22 July 2008

    Guatemala: New government brings positive change for teachers and students

    Six months ago, the newly elected centre-left government of Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom Caballeros started reversing the privatization of the school system. The government also introduced collective bargaining in the public sector. As a result, a few weeks ago the unions were able to sign a new collective agreement that...

    Guatemala: New government brings positive change for teachers and students
  18. Standards and working conditions 8 July 2008

    Address by Fred van Leeuwen, EI General Secretary, at the 20th National Congress of the Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI), June 30 – July 4 2008, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia

    "Improving the Quality of Education through Professional, Prosperous, and Protected Teachers"

    Address by Fred van Leeuwen, EI General Secretary, at the 20th National Congress of the Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI), June 30 – July 4 2008, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia