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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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
31 July 2026
New study: Nearly half the world's population live in countries which spend more on debt than health and education
Rising debt burdens across much of the world are forcing developing countries to cut back on education with alarming consequences, according to a new United Nations report
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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.
Keeping education alive in exile: Palestinian teachers supported by global union solidarity
Solidarity and emergency support by Education International (EI) and its member organisations have made a concrete difference for Palestinian teachers displaced by war, enabling them to continue supporting students and upholding the right to education under extraordinarily difficult circumstances.
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...
A historic victory for workers—and for education unions worldwide
Today marks a historic victory for workers everywhere—and for education unions across the globe. The confirmation that the right to strike is protected under Convention No. 87 of the ILO affirms what education unions and Education International have long defended: freedom of association is meaningless without the power to act...
May Day: Wisdom workers of the world, unite, inspire, lead!
We are Education International. We are over 33 million teachers and education workers across 180 countries and territories. We educate the world.
In our classrooms, in our schools and universities, in our communities, we stand together for public education, for our profession, for people and planet.
