Ei-iE

Articles

1. 

   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 May 2025

   Mexico: A 10% salary increase and an additional week of vacation in recognition of teachers’ invaluable contribution to the nation

   On May 15, Teachers’ Day in Mexico, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced a significant salary raise of 10% and an additional week of vacation for the country’s teaching workforce. The new measures are the result of constructive and open social dialogue between the government and the National Union of Education...

   Mexico: A 10% salary increase and an additional week of vacation in recognition of teachers’ invaluable contribution to the nation

2. 

   Climate action and literacy 21 February 2025

   Mexico: Caring for water, like education, is everyone's task

   In a country where water scarcity is becoming an increasingly pressing issue, the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (National Union of Education Workers-SNTE) has taken a proactive stance. The union's campaign, ¡El agua es vida, el agua se agota! (Water is life, Water runs out!), launched in 2024,...

   Mexico: Caring for water, like education, is everyone's task

3. 

   Standards and working conditions 7 February 2025

   Academic freedom at risk: the view from North America

   David Robinson

   To fulfil their mission of preserving, sharing, and advancing knowledge, higher education institutions must ensure that academic staff enjoy academic freedom. Academic freedom isn’t a special perk or privilege. Rather, it’s a necessary condition for the job. It is a professional and contractual right ensuring that in their teaching, research,...

   Academic freedom at risk: the view from North America

4. 

   Democracy 26 September 2024

   Mexico: teachers unite for peace

   On the occasion of International Day of Peace, on 21 September, the SNTE, an affiliate of Education International (EI) in Mexico, launched a permanent campaign under the heading “Arm yourself with valour for a culture of peace!” (¡Ármate de valor por una cultura de paz!), to promote peace and non-violence...

   Mexico: teachers unite for peace

5. 

   Standards and working conditions 14 February 2024

   Securing dignity: Mexico's pension reform initiative supports teachers and public sector workers

   Education International’s affiliate in Mexico, Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE) has voiced its support for a Mexican government proposal to reform the pension system for state workers. This reform proposal, put forward by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to the Chamber of Deputies, signifies a pivotal move...

   Securing dignity: Mexico's pension reform initiative supports teachers and public sector workers

6. 

   Fighting the commercialisation of education 26 January 2024

   Educators ready to play an active role in transforming education in North America and the Caribbean

   “Our activities here together these next few days are varied, but our purpose is fundamental – to reflect and learn from each other and to plan ways to encourage our members to play an active role in transforming education across this vast and varied region.” This was the call by...

   Educators ready to play an active role in transforming education in North America and the Caribbean