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The World Summit on Teachers is an unprecedented opportunity for the world to move from words to action on education. As ministers and education leaders prepare to convene for the World Summit on Teachers (WST) on 28-29 August, the global teaching profession faces an unprecedented recruitment and retention crisis. The...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 April 2021 USA: Education unions join forces to build back better education system
With a new administration vowing to “build back better” from the public health, education, and economic crises of the Trump era, the two largest US educators’ unions, both Education International affiliates, have a shared agenda to ensure students and school communities receive the support they need for recovery and renewal.
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Trade union rights are human rights 26 March 2021 COVID-19 impact continues to affect terms and conditions in education
Deepening inequalities across the education sector were revealed at a recent Education International webinar. Affiliates shared experiences of working to improve the terms and working conditions of teachers, academics, and education support personnel. The webinar aimed to inform Education International’s work in this area during the current public health crisis.
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Trade union rights are human rights 26 March 2021 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.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 March 2021 Statement by the Francophone Trade Union Committee for Education and Training on the occasion of the International Francophonie Day March 20, 2021
A Francophonie in action for peace, democracy, rights and freedoms.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 June 2020 ‘You can work from home if the situation at home allows’: Teaching in times of the pandemic, by Josiah Taru.
Josiah Taru
The closure of schools has been commended as one of the most effective mitigatory measures to arrest the rapid spread of Covid-19 so far. Millions of learners and educators have been forced to continue learning through emergency remote instruction that involves online teaching. This presents novel challenges for educators in...
‘You can work from home if the situation at home allows’: Teaching in times of the pandemic, by Josiah Taru.