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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Spain: Education unions join national strike to demand fair wages, affordable housing, strong public services, and quality education
Education International stands in solidarity with member organisations in Spain, and with all teachers, education support personnel and workers joining the general strike on 11 November. Their mobilisation brings together demands for fair wages, affordable housing, equity and strong public services, including fully funded quality public education.
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
9 November 2026
Nepal: Education unions turn Go Public! campaign training into local action
Thirty unionists from four Education International (EI) member organisations have developed practical campaigns to win greater investment in public education, strengthen union organisation, and mobilise communities across Nepal.
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
6 November 2026
Caribbean education unions turn regional solidarity into action for fully funded public education
Education unions from across the Caribbean addressed a shared challenge: governments must invest in teachers and public education if they are serious about teacher retention and every student’s right to quality education. Unionists left the regional meeting with concrete commitments to organise, mobilise, build alliances, and hold governments accountable.
Education unions turn collective action into results through the Go Public! Campaign in Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, and Morocco
Education unions from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Morocco gathered in Beirut, Lebanon to turn the growing momentum of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign
into stronger union power and action. The Regional Go Public! Strategic Review and Planning Meeting held on 3–4 October 2026 provided an opportunity to take stock...
EI World Women’s Conference: No gender justice without peace, democracy, and climate justice
On the final day of the 5th EI World Women’s Conference, delegates discussed global challenges and their impact on women in education. Recognising that peace, democracy, and climate justice are preconditions for gender justice, women education unionists committed to join forces to advance a justice-focused agenda around the globe.
The Bahia Declaration: Rising United for Gender Justice
We, women educators and trade unionists from every region of the world, gathered in Bahia, Brazil, for the 5th World Women's Conference of Education International, are united in our struggle for human and trade union rights. We recognise that there is no gender justice without peace, democracy and sustainable development....
