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 April 2026
Hold the flame high: EI joins the Global Action Week for Education
The 2026 edition of the Global Action Week for Education
(GAWE) is taking place from the 20th to the 25th of April, mobilising millions of education activists all around the globe. With education financing at risk, activists are calling on governments to invest in education and honour their commitment to...
Global Unions call for a permanent and sustainable ceasefire in the Middle East
The undersigned Global Unions call for a permanent and sustainable ceasefire across the Middle East and an immediate end to the relentless cycle of war and militarism that continues to exact a devastating toll on civilians, workers, and entire communities.
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
8 April 2026
Elevate, support, and invest in the teaching profession
Anand Singh
We need 44 million more teachers globally by 2030. In Asia-Pacific alone, that figure is more than 16 million. This is not a projection to worry about later — it is an emergency we are living right now.
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
10 March 2026
Go Public! Fund Education: Building union power and quality education across the Pacific
The Education International (EI) Go Public! Fund Education
campaign has consolidated itself as a central policy and mobilisation framework for education unions across the Pacific. What began as a strategic regional call to address teacher shortages
has evolved into a coordinated effort linking national union action to global education policy...
International Women’s Day: Women educate the world and power our unions
This International Women’s Day and every day, Education International reaffirms our unwavering commitment to the fundamental rights of women and girls in all their diversity.
