Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
12 December 2025
Indonesia: Teacher union and global partners urge government to go public and fund education
At its national Seminar of the Go Public! Fund Education
campaign, the Teachers' Association of the Republic of Indonesia (PGRI, from its Indonesian acronym) rallied hundreds of educators and international allies to demand the government fulfill its constitutional promise of quality education for all. Union leaders and international organizations called...
Netherlands: Successful fight to close pay gap between primary and secondary teachers
Through a continuous movement of industrial action embracing individual teachers’ demands, the Algemene Onderwijsbond (AOb) has been able to win public support and obtain greater investment in public education and teachers from the new government. This led to a significant reduction of the pay gap between primary and secondary teachers.
Mauritania: Educators’ strike for pay increase and better living conditions
On 22 March, teachers engaged in a three-day general strike to demand a pay increase and better living conditions. This strike was punctuated with massive protests near the Education Ministry headquarters in the capital city, Nouakchott, and in the various provinces.