Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
19 February 2026
Africa ECE Network: Unions sharpen strategies to develop and strengthen early childhood education
Improving the professional status of early childhood education (ECE) personnel is central to improving both access and quality. Education unions across Africa are strengthening their collective advocacy to secure quality ECE, as well as recognition and decent conditions for workers in this sector.
Trade union rights are human rights
18 February 2026
Education International receives the 2026 AOb AcademieKus Award
Education International (EI) has been awarded the 2026 AOb Academy Kiss
, an annual recognition presented by the General Education Union (AOb) in the Netherlands
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.