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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OECD data explains the need to invest in teachers and equity
Teacher shortages cannot be solved simply by recruiting more people into training programs, technology cannot replace the relationships at the heart of education, and education systems must do far more to counter inequality. These were among the key messages for education unions emerging from Education International (IE) webinar with the...
Southern European education unions strengthen regional action for quality public education
Education unions from across Southern Europe have renewed their commitment to advancing the Go Public! Fund Education campaign, meeting in Rome, Italy, to strengthen regional cooperation and coordinate efforts to secure greater public investment in education and the teaching profession.
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...
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
6 October 2026
Standing with Teachers: Education International and affiliates’ global call to defend and elevate the profession on World Teachers’ Day
From Lebanon to Eswatini, from Singapore to Canada, educators and their unions marked 5 October with a shared call: invest in teachers, strengthen the profession, and protect the right to education.
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....
