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Articles from Lebanon

  1. Union renewal and development 14 December 2017

    Arab education unions focus on union renewal and quality education

    Teacher union leaders in Arab-speaking countries have discussed ways to better engage with young and new teachers and steps necessary to achieve access to quality education for all by 2030 in their region.

    Arab education unions focus on union renewal and quality education
  2. Standards and working conditions 26 July 2017

    Lebanon: Government moves to increase teachers’ salaries

    After intense advocacy efforts by education unions and civil society organisations, the Lebanese parliament has passed a law providing a salary increase - for the first time in five years - for public services employees, including teachers.

    Lebanon: Government moves to increase teachers’ salaries
  3. Fighting the commercialisation of education 1 May 2017

    This May Day, why not try solidarity?

    As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.

    This May Day, why not try solidarity?
  4. Fighting the commercialisation of education 12 April 2017

    The Syrian refugee crisis is promoting a surge in privatisation

    The interplay between crisis and private profit in the education sector is highlighted in a new study that focuses on the refugee crisis in Syria and the access to education of almost one million displaced children.

    The Syrian refugee crisis is promoting a surge in privatisation
  5. Equity and inclusion 27 May 2016

    Teachers’ role in securing refugee children’s rights cannot be underestimated

    As violent conflict in the Middle East drives scores of children from school, teacher unions from across the region came together to address the regions' educational challenges, including the delivery of quality education to refugees.

    Teachers’ role in securing refugee children’s rights cannot be underestimated
  6. Fighting the commercialisation of education 16 December 2015

    Arab union leaders committed to fight privatisation of education

    The privatisation of education was the focus of two days of meetings in Beirut, Lebanon where the leaders of Education International’s Arab countries cross regional structure addressed the problem head on.

    Arab union leaders committed to fight privatisation of education
  7. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 October 2015

    Lebanese teachers’ union singles out politicians for country’s woes

    The President of the Teachers Syndicate of Lebanon, Nehme Mahfoud, has lashed out at the political elite of his country for not settling their differences, causing the country to have a disfunctional parliament, a paralised government and no head of state.

    Lebanese teachers’ union singles out politicians for country’s woes
  8. Union renewal and development 8 October 2015

    Arab teachers' unions establish new Arab Organization for Education

    Education unions from twelve Arab countries met on 7 and 8 October in Beirut to establish a new Arab organisation to promote education quality, the status of teachers and democratic development in their countries.

    Arab teachers' unions establish new Arab Organization for Education
  9. Union renewal and development 5 March 2015

    Lebanon: government to reconsider making EI Beirut “hub” official

    Lebanese authorities have made a commitment to re-examine Education International's request to establish an office in Beirut, out of which its programmes supporting education unions in the Arab region are coordinated.

    Lebanon: government to reconsider making EI Beirut “hub” official
  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 May 2014

    Lebanon: No deal in Parliament on salary scale bill

    Lebanon’s Parliament has failed to pass a public sector salary scale bill, which would have seen an overall maximum salary increase of $1.4 billion.

    Lebanon: No deal in Parliament on salary scale bill
  11. Union growth 17 April 2014

    Lebanon: strike follows Government failure to decide educators’ salary increase

    The Union Coordination Committee (UCC) comprising Lebanon’s four EI national affiliates – the Ligue des professeurs de l’enseignement secondaire public du Liban (LPESPL), the Teachers Syndicate of Lebanon (TSL), the Comité des enseignants techniques officiels (CETO), and the Public Primary Schools Teachers League in Lebanon (PPSTLL) - along with other...

    Lebanon: strike follows Government failure to decide educators’ salary increase
  12. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 October 2013

    Lebanon: Providing education to refugee children

    “Lebanese educators are doing a splendid job of accommodating the tens of thousands Syrian refugee children who have entered their class rooms in the past two years.” EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, conveyed this message to the Education Minister of Lebanon, Mr. Hassan Diab, and the leaders of the...

    Lebanon: Providing education to refugee children
  13. Standards and working conditions 25 February 2013

    Lebanon: Delay in new wage scale prompts open-ended strike

    EI has sent a solidarity letter supporting its national affiliates, the Teachers’ Syndicate of Lebanon (TSL),) the Ligue des professeurs de l’enseignement public du Liban (LPESPL), and the League of Technical and Vocational Teachers (CETO). It is asking its affiliates to write to the Lebanese Government, to push for the...

    Lebanon: Delay in new wage scale prompts open-ended strike