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Unite for Quality Education

  1. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 January 2014

    Unite for Quality Education Conference: Registration opens

    EI is pleased to announce that the conference website and registration system for the Unite for Quality Education Conference, which will take place in Montreal, Canada from 26-31 May 2014, is now available.

    Unite for Quality Education Conference: Registration opens
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 January 2014

    Finland: Commitment to education and teachers vital

    Strong education unions are crucial to ensure a good status for teachers and to provide quality education for all. That was reaffirmed by the Opetusalan Ammattijärjestö(OAJ) at the EDUCA Fair in Helsinki from 23-25 January. The largest education event in Finland, it was attended by 15,000 participants, 150 high level...

    Finland: Commitment to education and teachers vital
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 January 2014

    Global business unites for education

    Business has an important role in helping to achieve education for all – this conviction was voiced by speakers and participants at a recent event organised by the Global Business Coalition for Education and hosted by Facebook’s London office.

    Global business unites for education
  4. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 January 2014

    Francophone unions re-commit to quality education

    EI’s affiliate unions in the Bureau of the Comité Syndical Francophone de l’Education et de la Formation (CSFEF) have pledged their involvement in EI’s flagship campaigns throughout 2014 and reiterated their commitment to free and compulsory public education for all. These assurances were made at the recent CSFEF meeting in...

    Francophone unions re-commit to quality education
  5. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 January 2014

    Brazil: Union to tackle non-education issues in 2014

    ‘Education, development and social inclusion’ was the theme of the 32nd Congress of the Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educação (CNTE), EI’s affiliate in Brazil, held from 16-19 January in Brasilia.

    Brazil: Union to tackle non-education issues in 2014
  6. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 January 2014

    UK: Unions welcome Labour’s commitment to quality teachers

    Two of EI’s national affiliates in the UK, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), have reacted to speeches by Tristram Hunt, UK Shadow Education Secretary. They reiterated their support for a Qualified Teacher Status and a continuing professional development...

    UK: Unions welcome Labour’s commitment to quality teachers
  7. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 January 2014

    Nigeria: Education union sponsors professional training

    EI’s national affiliate, the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), has sponsored 400 teachers to upgrade their professional skills.

    Nigeria: Education union sponsors professional training
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 December 2013

    Tanzania: Workshop promotes quality public education in rural schools

    A book writers’ workshop was organised by EI’s affiliates in Tanzania in collaboration with the national Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT), in Dar es Salaam, from 2-11 September. The workshop was organised in collaboration with the Pan African Teachers’ Centre (PATC), under the umbrella of EI’s Unite for...

    Tanzania: Workshop promotes quality public education in rural schools
  9. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 December 2013

    USA: EI affiliates Unite for Quality Education - Successful national Day of Action for public education

    EI’s US national affiliates, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) participated in a hugely successful National Day of Action for public education on 9 December. This was the largest coordinated action to reclaim the promise of public education in the US, under the banner...

    USA: EI affiliates Unite for Quality Education - Successful national Day of Action for public education
  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 December 2013

    PISA: Quality teacher workforce is key

    Speaking about what educators can take away from the recently published PISA results, the OECD’s Head of Early Childhood Education and Schools, Michael Davidson, has highlighted that where the teaching profession is held in high esteem, the positive impact on effective learning is inevitable.

    PISA: Quality teacher workforce is key
  11. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 December 2013

    PISA: A call for quality teachers and quality public education

    Education International (EI) welcomes many of the policy insights today's release of the results of the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) provides, especially the emphasis on teacher qualifications and quality being the essence of excellent systems. However, EI also...

    PISA: A call for quality teachers and quality public education
  12. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 December 2013

    EI African Region: Unite for Quality Education launched in Kinshasa

    EI affiliates in the African Region have celebrated the recently launch Unite for Quality Education campaign and held an additional regional launch event in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

    EI African Region: Unite for Quality Education launched in Kinshasa
  13. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 November 2013

    Ukraine: trade union demands better living and working conditions for educators

    The Free Trade Union of Education and Science of Ukraine (VPONU), one of EI’s national affiliates, has shown its support for Ukraine’s signing of an Association Agreement with the European Union (EU).

    Ukraine: trade union demands better living and working conditions for educators
  14. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 November 2013

    Private schools won’t lead to achievement of quality education for all, stresses EI

    EI has reacted to an article by James Tooley published by The Spectator on 9 November claiming that Education International is using Malala Yousafza’s story to drive the case for government schools.

    Private schools won’t lead to achievement of quality education for all, stresses EI
  15. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 November 2013

    Georgia: national campaign for quality education

    The Educators and Scientists’ Free Trade Union of Georgia (ESFTUG), one of EI’s national affiliates, launched on 5 October, World Teachers’ Day, a teacher-led campaign for quality education entitled Preserve the Past, Spotlight on Present for Better Future. The trade union linked its campaign aiming at raising the Georgian teachers’...

    Georgia: national campaign for quality education
  16. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 November 2013

    Education International’s statement at the 37th General Conference of UNESCO-Paris, 11 November 2013

    Madam Director-General, Madam Chair of the Executive Board, Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Education International is pleased to join UNESCO and its member states in debating and defining the future of education. As the UN’s lead agency for education, science and culture, UNESCO is strategically positioned to promote and champion...

    Education International’s statement at the 37th General Conference of UNESCO-Paris, 11 November 2013
  17. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 November 2013

    Keep quality education at the top of global agenda, says EI

    In his statement at the 37th General Conference of UNESCO, held in Paris, France, EI General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen has called for a renewed commitment for universal free quality education to be at the centre of the new global development agenda.

    Keep quality education at the top of global agenda, says EI
  18. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 November 2013

    Romania: Teachers strike for better working and living conditions

    Ten thousand teachers affiliated to the Fédération des syndicats libres de l’enseignement (FSLE), one of EI’s national affiliates, marched through Bucharest on 6 November. They were demanding better wages and working conditions and an end to political interference in education.

    Romania: Teachers strike for better working and living conditions