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   Trade union rights are human rights 29 April 2025

   Nepal: Brutal attack on teachers sparks global union outrage and solidarity

   Nepali police brutally attacked teachers peacefully protesting in Kathmandu, leaving more than 60 educators injured, a clear violation of basic human rights and an unacceptable response to teacher concerns. The incident has drawn strong condemnation and international solidarity from the education union movement, highlighting the urgent need for education reform...

   Nepal: Brutal attack on teachers sparks global union outrage and solidarity

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 April 2025

   Education International Asia-Pacific launches calls for quality climate education for all and demands increased funding for education

   Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) is organising a series of impactful activities from 28 April to 3 May 2025 in Kathmandu, Nepal calling for quality climate education for all and urging governments to increase public investment in education and teachers.

   Education International Asia-Pacific launches calls for quality climate education for all and demands increased funding for education

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   Standards and working conditions 21 March 2025

   Nepalese teachers push for governmental action: A call for education reform

   In a powerful display of unity and determination, thousands of Nepalese teachers have once again gathered in the capital, demanding the government pass the long-awaited School Education Bill. The protest, organized by the Confederation of Nepali Teachers (CNT), comes one-and-a-half years after a previous demonstration was called off following a...

   Nepalese teachers push for governmental action: A call for education reform

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 March 2025

   Education unions from Southeast Asia strategise next steps of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign

   Education International (EI) member organisations from Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines came together in Bangkok on March 7 to discuss and plan the next stage of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign in their countries and the region.

   Education unions from Southeast Asia strategise next steps of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign

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   Go public! Fund education 26 June 2024

   Addressing the teacher shortage crisis in Nepal: A call for action

   Nepal is grappling with a severe teacher shortage that threatens the future of its public education system. Despite the 2015 federal Constitution guaranteeing free and compulsory education, there is a critical shortage of over 65,000 teachers, particularly at lower secondary and secondary levels, to maintain national student-teacher ratios. Furthermore, 12.6...

   Addressing the teacher shortage crisis in Nepal: A call for action

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   Standards and working conditions 20 September 2023

   Nepal: Massive mobilisation of teachers denounce education law which aims to restrict their rights

   Education International fully supports the thousands of teachers and members of its affiliates in Nepal demonstrating to demand a respected and valued teaching profession in the face of a new law that seeks to curb their trade union rights.

   Nepal: Massive mobilisation of teachers denounce education law which aims to restrict their rights