Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
22 June 2026
Go Public: Unions work together to defend and invest in public education throughout the Pacific
Confronted with severe teacher shortages, Education International (EI) member organisations have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen collective action to defend educators’ wellbeing and fair working conditions, and to advocate for the sustainable public investment needed to secure quality education for every child across the Pacific. They also underscored what education...
Early childhood educators under strain: OECD evidence strengthens union demands for quality jobs and fair pay
New findings of the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) Starting Strong, an international large-scale survey conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), underline a global reality and union demand: quality early childhood education (ECE) depends on stable jobs, supported by fair pay, time, training, and staffing...