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
23 January 2026
Defending the value of education: leadership, solidarity, and collective power
Tsogtgerel Zambal
Education is the backbone of social progress and national development, yet in Mongolia, those who dedicate their lives to teaching have long been undervalued. From classrooms to the frontlines of protests, through courage, resilience, and collective action, teachers have secured historic victories. The Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Trade...
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
22 January 2026
Education budget reform: Maximising the impact of education funding to ensure quality and equity in Indonesia
Unifah Rosyidi
Indonesia deserves recognition for making education a constitutional priority. This commitment reflects our country’s awareness of the fact that education is not merely a development sector, but the very foundation for human development, democracy, and citizenship. However, despite the state’s attention to education, the fundamental question remains: to what extent...
Trade union rights are human rights
14 January 2026
Yemen: Education International demands the immediate and unconditional release of three teachers who face execution
Education International (EI) demands the immediate and unconditional release of three Yemeni teachers, Ismail Mohammed Abu al-Ghaith, Saghir Fareh, and Abdulaziz Al-Uqeili, who face imminent execution by the Houthi authorities in Yemen. The three teachers, who are members of the EI-affiliated Yemeni Teachers’ Syndicate, have been arbitrarily sentenced to death...
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
15 December 2025
Cambodia: Trade unions’ united push for greater national investment in public education and teachers
The Cambodian education system continues to face acute teacher shortages, with average class sizes reaching around 44 students in rural areas and up to 71 students in major cities such as Phnom Penh. Teachers’ salaries also remain insufficient to ensure a decent standard of living, contributing to low morale, high...
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
31 October 2025
Go Public! Fund Education successfully takes off in Pacific Islands
Education union leaders from the Pacific Islands came together to share experiences, challenges, and Go Public! Fund Education
campaign priorities in their respective countries.
Education leaders call for urgent action to address global crisis in the teaching profession
World Summit on Teachers presents roadmap to address 50 global million teacher shortage and fully fund public education
SANTIAGO, CHILE – As ministers and education leaders prepare to convene for the World Summit on Teachers (WST) on 28-29 August 2025, the global teaching profession faces an unprecedented recruitment and retention crisis. The world needs 50 million more teachers by 2030 across early childhood, primary and secondary education, yet...
