The International Day of Education, January 24, is a moment to reaffirm our shared commitment to fully funded public education and to the educators who make quality inclusive education possible. As we celebrate the third anniversary of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign, this toolkit brings together powerful quotes from Education International leaders—voices that inspire action.
Go Public! Fund Education is an urgent call for governments to invest in public education, a fundamental human right and public good, and to invest more in teachers, the single most important factor in achieving quality education.
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📅 Today we celebrate the International #EducationDay and honour educators who inspire our students to create a more just future!
🎉 We must #GoPublic and #FundEducation to make it happen!
📅 On the International Day of Education, we celebrate another year since the launch of our Go Public! Fund Education campaign. Around the world, teachers and support personnel are organizing and winning increased salaries, better working conditions, and more funding for public education. We salute you 💥
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4
20 May 2026
Portugal: 25,000 teachers take to the streets to demand respect and good working conditions
Around 25,000 teachers marched in Lisbon on 16 May in a major national demonstration organised by Education International member organisation FENPROF. Education professionals from across the country came together to deliver a powerful message: “We are teachers. We shape the future. We demand recognition NOW!”
Communications Toolkit | 2026 World Education Support Personnel Day
“Unions Unite for Gender Justice”
World Education Support Personnel (ESP) Day is an opportunity for education unions to celebrate, thank, and organise alongside ESP. World Education Support Personnel Day was established in 2018 when the first global ESP conference resolved to recognise and celebrate a yearly international day on 16 May.
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.
