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  1. Standards and working conditions 21 May 2025

    Education support personnel are key to quality inclusive public education: A call for recognition and fair treatment

    Education Support Personnel (ESP) are the backbone of our schools, yet they often face discrimination, low wages, and lack of job security. On World ESP Day, May 16th, education unions worldwide raised their voices to recognition and demand better conditions.

    Education support personnel are key to quality inclusive public education: A call for recognition and fair treatment
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 May 2025

    Burkina Faso: International cooperation and mutual respect drive professional development and union building

    Since 2006, teachers’ unions in Burkina Faso and Canada have been working together to strengthen capacity building for teachers and their unions in Burkina Faso. Despite security challenges, this cooperation has continued to bear fruit.

    Burkina Faso: International cooperation and mutual respect drive professional development and union building
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 May 2025

    Europe: Unions strategise next steps of Go Public! Fund Education campaign amid chronic underinvestment in the sector

    Education unions in Southern Europe are working to address the persistent teacher shortage in their countries through the Go Public! Fund Education campaign. Coming together in Athens from May 11 to the 13, unions from Cyprus, Greece, France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain shared insights into the challenges they are facing...

    Europe: Unions strategise next steps of Go Public! Fund Education campaign amid chronic underinvestment in the sector
  4. Standards and working conditions 20 May 2025

    Mexico: A 10% salary increase and an additional week of vacation in recognition of teachers’ invaluable contribution to the nation

    On May 15, Teachers’ Day in Mexico, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced a significant salary raise of 10% and an additional week of vacation for the country’s teaching workforce. The new measures are the result of constructive and open social dialogue between the government and the National Union of Education...

    Mexico: A 10% salary increase and an additional week of vacation in recognition of teachers’ invaluable contribution to the nation
  5. Democracy 19 May 2025

    From South Korea to Uruguay, Togo and the United States: Online and offline communications drive union campaigns

    The role of teachers in stopping an impending coup in South Korea, how they approach online organizing in the U.S. and how Uruguay used the Go Public! Fund Education campaign to successfully mobilize during a presidential election, were some of the themes addressed during the most recent meeting of Education...

    From South Korea to Uruguay, Togo and the United States: Online and offline communications drive union campaigns
  6. Standards and working conditions 17 May 2025

    Israel: Union stands up for teachers amid public sector salary cuts

    The Israel Teachers’ Union has delivered significant results for educators across the country, minimising the impact of recent salary cuts on the profession.

    Israel: Union stands up for teachers amid public sector salary cuts
  7. News 16 May 2025

    Vacancy: Deputy General Secretary

    Education International is seeking applications for the position of Deputy General Secretary (DGS), which will become available in EI Head Office at the beginning of 2026. Deputy General Secretaries are appointed by the Executive Board on the recommendation of the General Secretary.

    Vacancy: Deputy General Secretary
  8. Trade union rights are human rights 13 May 2025

    Taiwan: Teachers celebrate May Day victory

    After nearly 10 years of campaign and lobbying, the National Teachers’ Association (NTA Taiwan) are celebrating a victory in their push to ensure the recognition of teachers and education personnel as an integral part of the labor movement.

    Taiwan: Teachers celebrate May Day victory
  9. Standards and working conditions 13 May 2025

    Fix the Jamaica Teaching Council Bill!

    Responding to the recently passed Jamaica Teaching Council (JTC) Bill, leaders of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) and the Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) have expressed grave concerns over the implications of the legislation on teacher autonomy and the future of education in Jamaica, including the potential exodus of educators.

    Fix the Jamaica Teaching Council Bill!
  10. Standards and working conditions 6 May 2025

    Iraq: Teachers in Kurdistan demand fair application of new retirement law

    The Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) is demanding the fair implementation of a federal retirement law to ensure decent living conditions for retirees in their region of Iraq.

    Iraq: Teachers in Kurdistan demand fair application of new retirement law
  11. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 May 2025

    Germany: education unions welcome new federal minister and call for ambitious reforms

    Germany’s education unions, the VBE and GEW, welcome the appointment of Karin Prien as Minister for Education, Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Young People and call for ambitious reforms to improve education in Germany. The unions express high expectations and emphasise the need for massive investment to meet existing challenges...

    Germany: education unions welcome new federal minister and call for ambitious reforms
  12. Standards and working conditions 6 May 2025

    Nepal: Relentless union action and organizing lead to significant salary increases and other victories

    The teachers and Education Support Personnel (ESP) in Nepal are celebrating a hard-fought victory after a targeted organizing campaign, massive protests, and a national strike. Following intense negotiations in the last few days, the government of Nepal subscribed to a Nine-Point Agreement featuring significant salary increases and long-overdue benefits.

    Nepal: Relentless union action and organizing lead to significant salary increases and other victories
  13. Trade union rights are human rights 5 May 2025

    Challenges in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

    Teacher Compensation in Crisis Contexts

    This study aims to investigate the primary factors contributing to irregular salary disbursements in Palestine during emergencies, identify potential interventions to address the issue, and evaluate the consequences of financial instability on the quality of education. A mixed-methods approach was employed, combining quantitative and qualitative methodologies. For the quantitative component,...

    Challenges in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
  14. Leading the profession 5 May 2025

    Haiti : Education in the midst of an unprecedented crisis

    As the country faces a political and security crisis that has brought it to a standstill, Haitian teachers are rallying to save education. Between school closures, strikes and chaotic relocations, the situation is alarming. Unions are sounding the alarm and calling for collective action to get things back on track.

    Haiti : Education in the midst of an unprecedented crisis
  15. Climate action and literacy 5 May 2025

    Education International Asia Pacific unites South Asian educators to act on climate justice, just transition, and quality climate education for all

    More than 60 education union leaders from South Asia gathered from 28-30 April 2025 for the Educators for Sustainable Development sub-regional conference, extending into a week-long series of impactful activities building union power in the sub-region organised by Education International Asia Pacific (EIAP). The conference provided a platform for education...

    Education International Asia Pacific unites South Asian educators to act on climate justice, just transition, and quality climate education for all
  16. Democracy 2 May 2025

    United States: Educators and allies turn out in force on May Day to demand dignity, safe schools, and a fairer future

    Across the United States and around the world, working people came together on May 1st, International Workers Day, to honor the legacy of those who fought for workers' rights and to carry that fight forward. In the United States tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across the...

    United States: Educators and allies turn out in force on May Day to demand dignity, safe schools, and a fairer future