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Articles from India

  1. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 August 2015

    India: court urges state officials’ children to attend governmental schools

    The National Coalition for Education has welcomed the recent judgement of the Allahabad High Court in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh “historic” for urging governmental officials to send their children to governmental school.

    India: court urges state officials’ children to attend governmental schools
  2. Equity and inclusion 23 April 2015

    Communication and sharing at heart of progress in Asia-Pacific women’s networks

    The importance of sharing success stories and common challenges on gender equality issues within women’s networks, unions and communities have been reaffirmed in women’s network meetings in India and Malaysia, organised by the Asia-Pacific Office of Education International.

    Communication and sharing at heart of progress in Asia-Pacific women’s networks
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 February 2015

    India: Winner in Delhi State election commits to the right to education

    Education activists working to implement children’s right to education in India have welcomed the parliamentary election landslide victory of the Aam Aadmi Party in the State of Delhi.

    India: Winner in Delhi State election commits to the right to education
  4. Union renewal and development 2 December 2014

    India: a force for public education is remembered in moving ceremony

    Those who knew Sh. S. Eswaran, a teachers’ union leader and advocate for children’s rights, paid respects to the man who dedicated most of his life working to empower others through quality, public education.

    India: a force for public education is remembered in moving ceremony
  5. Union renewal and development 2 December 2014

    India: a force for public education is remembered in moving ceremony

    Those who knew Sh. S. Eswaran, a teachers’ union leader and advocate for children’s rights, paid respects to the man who dedicated most of his life working to empower others through quality, public education.

    India: a force for public education is remembered in moving ceremony
  6. Union renewal and development 2 December 2014

    Creeping privatisation threatens Indian public school system

    Faced with the challenge of boosting teachers’ ranks and improving school environments, India looks to curb the explosion of privatised education by once again making quality education synonymous with public education.

    Creeping privatisation threatens Indian public school system
  7. Union renewal and development 20 October 2014

    EI remembers Vice President, a leading force for quality education

    Education International Vice President, Subramanian Eswaran, who for nearly 60 years led an illustrious career as a teacher, union activist and leader, died this morning at his home in Chennai, India.

    EI remembers Vice President, a leading force for quality education
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 September 2014

    Educators on the march for Quality Education in New Delhi

    12,000 educators from all over India and international guests from the Asia-Pacific region braved the heat in New Delhi, India, this Friday, to march for Quality Education. The rally was one of the worldwide culmination events of Education International's Unite for Quality Education campaign.

    Educators on the march for Quality Education in New Delhi
  9. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 September 2014

    India: Passionate debates about Quality Education

    At a press conference in New Delhi, India, today, leaders of EI affiliates from Asia-Pacific, joined by EI President Susan Hopgood and Indian singer-songwriter Shankar Sahney, debated what Quality Education meant for the region.

    India: Passionate debates about Quality Education
  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 September 2014

    India: Teachers to be tapped for expert advice on quality education

    Looking to teachers’ experiences to address issues in education is an approach seldom used in policy circles, but unions in India are looking to buck the trend in order to achieve quality education.

    India: Teachers to be tapped for expert advice on quality education
  11. Equity and inclusion 3 June 2014

    India: Women’s network plan ahead

    A South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) women’s network planning meeting was organised recently by the EI Asia-Pacific regional office, together with two affiliates, the All India Federation of Teachers’ Organisation (AIFTO) and Lärarförbundet from Sweden.

    India: Women’s network plan ahead
  12. Equity and inclusion 6 February 2014

    India: Unions develop Action Plan for gender equity

    A South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Women’s Network Planning Meeting has been held in New Delhi, India. Three union leaders from EI affiliate All India Secondary Teachers’ Federation (AISTF) National Office, six AISTF representatives from the Indian Maharashtra State, as well as six AISTF representatives from the Indian...

    India: Unions develop Action Plan for gender equity
  13. Equity and inclusion 29 January 2014

    India: Unions develop Action Plan for gender equity

    A South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Women’s Network Planning Meeting has been held in New Delhi, India. Three union leaders from EI affiliate All India Secondary Teachers’ Federation (AISTF) National Office, six AISTF representatives from the Indian Maharashtra State, as well as six AISTF representatives from the Indian...

    India: Unions develop Action Plan for gender equity
  14. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 August 2013

    Education For All: a teachers’ perspective

    Delhi, India, was the location for a meeting to facilitate EI member organisations to evaluate the implementation of the Education For All (EFA) process in their home countries. The aim was to publicise teachers’ perspectives on EFA, after 25 years of global efforts to achieve education ‘for every citizen in...

    Education For All: a teachers’ perspective
  15. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 May 2013

    India: unionists hold mass demonstration for quality public education

    In early May, the All India Primary Teachers' Federation (AIPTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, organised a picket in front of the Indian parliament in New Delhi to raise awareness amongst the public about the need and importance of quality education for all.

    India: unionists hold mass demonstration for quality public education
  16. Equity and inclusion 8 February 2013

    India: urgent action on violence against women

    Following brutal gang-rape and murder of a female medical student in New Delhi last December, the EI South Asian Women’s Network (SWN) has issued a statement on violence against women in India.

    India: urgent action on violence against women
  17. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 July 2012

    India: educators oppose government plans for PPPs and certification

    The All India Primary Teachers' Federation (AIPTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, has severely criticised the government’s Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) scheme in education. The AIPTF claims PPPs will commercialise education and undermine efforts to achieve Education For All goals. It has also condemned the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) and...

    India: educators oppose government plans for PPPs and certification
  18. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 May 2012

    India: disadvantaged children allocated school places

    One in four places in private schools in India will be reserved for socially and economically disadvantaged groups. This comes after the Indian Supreme Court endorsed Clause 12 in the Right to Education Act last month.

    India: disadvantaged children allocated school places