January 24th is the International Day of Education. Education is a human right, a public good, and a public responsibility. Free quality public education systems that are fully funded and led by a strong, valued, and respected teaching profession are the single most effective way to ensure the right to education for every child everywhere.
This is why educators around the world have mobilised for the Go Public! Fund Education campaign. We are standing together for public education, for the future our students deserve, for the dignified pay and working conditions educators deserve.
Join us! Use the materials below to raise your voice and call on your government to Go Public and Fund Education!
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Namibia: Education is a national priority, but challenges must be addressed
While the Namibia National Teachers' Union (NANTU) welcomed Namibia’s commitment to publicly funded education, it warned that the promise of free education will remain empty words unless governments also tackle overcrowded classrooms, shortages, infrastructure gaps and the additional hidden costs that keep learners from fully enjoying their right to learn.
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
18 August 2026
Malawi: Unions put education funding and improving working conditions on the national agenda
Education unions strongly reaffirmed that quality public education begins with quality funding during the Education International (EI) Southern Africa Sub-Regional Workshop
on the Go Public! Fund Education
campaign, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from July 23rd-24th, 2026.
Negotiating military checkpoints just to get to school: the daily struggle of a Palestinian teacher
Areej Awadallah
My name is Areej Awadallah, a geography teacher who does not merely draw borders on maps but strives to instil identity in the minds of her students. Today, I stand before you to share chapters from a story that reflects the reality of every teacher in Palestine—a story where anxiety...
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
30 July 2026
Southern African teacher unions’ renewed commitment to Go Public! Fund Education campaign
Education union leaders from across Southern Africa have reaffirmed their commitment to quality, inclusive, equitable and publicly financed education as a fundamental human right and a public good.
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
10 July 2026
Transforming Education Summit +4: Building resilience starts with supporting teachers
The Transforming Education Summit + 4 (TES+4) brings together leaders and partners to review progress since the 2022 UN Transforming Education Summit
and to accelerate action towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 on quality education for all. Education International President Mugwena Maluleke is the voice of the teaching profession...
