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Standards and working conditions 4 October 2024 World Teachers' Day 2024: African Union acknowledges the need to empower educators and celebrates teacher voices
The African Union Headquarters came alive with passion and purpose as educators, policymakers, and advocates convened to celebrate World Teachers' Day. This year’s theme, "Valuing Teacher Voices," served as a rallying cry, emphasizing the indispensable role that teachers play in the educational landscape of the continent. Education Internation Africa’s representatives...
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Standards and working conditions 4 October 2024 World Teachers’ Day 2024: Educators in Asia Pacific call for governments to invest in teacher professional development and strengthen public education
On the 30th anniversary of World Teachers’ Day, celebrated on October 5th, Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) member organizations are calling on governments to invest in teacher professional development and strengthen public education systems.
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Equity and inclusion 3 October 2024 Education unions mobilise for rights and gender equality in education
On September 26, education trade unionists from around the world came together to discuss the state of the anti-rights movement in education and strategies to oppose it in defence of rights and gender equality. A new report from ODI Global informed the debate.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 October 2024 On World Teachers' Day, educators demand urgent action to address the global teacher shortage
Press Release
[Brussels, 3 October, 2024] – As school communities everywhere celebrate World Teachers’ Day, educators across the world are calling for immediate action to address the global teacher shortage which threatens the right to education for millions of children in every continent. Underpaid, overworked, and undervalued, teachers are being driven out...
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 September 2024 Education International joins Global Unions in demanding Israel pays owed wages of over 200,000 Palestinian workers
A complaint against the Israeli government for blatant violations of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Protection of Wages Convention has been filed by nine global trade unions, with members in over 160 countries representing 207 million workers. The complaint highlights the obligations of Israeli authorities to redress and remedy a...
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Democracy 26 September 2024 Mexico: teachers unite for peace
On the occasion of International Day of Peace, on 21 September, the SNTE, an affiliate of Education International (EI) in Mexico, launched a permanent campaign under the heading “Arm yourself with valour for a culture of peace!” (¡Ármate de valor por una cultura de paz!), to promote peace and non-violence...
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Union renewal and development 25 September 2024 Education International members discuss organizing strategies for increasing membership and union power and engaging young members
Under the theme of "Organizing for Power", participants in the Education International (EI) 10th World Congress in Buenos Aires, gathered in a breakout session to focus on strategies to strengthen education unions and attract new members.
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Standards and working conditions 24 September 2024 Iraq: Teachers should be respected and paid for a healthy society
During a recent seminar, “The educational process: What’s needed in the Kurdistan’s Region?”, Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) President Abdulwahed Mohammad Haje emphasized the crucial role of teachers in shaping societies and leading them towards progress and prosperity. Drawing inspiration from global leaders and scholars, he highlighted the importance of education...
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Trade union rights are human rights 24 September 2024 Chad: A union congress vital for the future of education
During the 6th ordinary Congress of the Chad Teachers’ Union (Syndicat des enseignants du Tchad – SET), unionists reinvigorated their union, discussed strategies to ensure the teaching profession is valued, reviewed the union’s statutory provisions, nominated national advisers, and elected a new national executive committee.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 23 September 2024 Uruguay: An urgent call to defend public education
In a world facing a global teacher shortage, where the privatisation and commercialisation of education undermine the value of public service, Education International’s Go Public! Fund Education campaign stands as a vital movement. Led by the teaching profession, it is working to protect and strengthen public education across Latin America...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 September 2024 The voice of teaching profession must be valued to increase the quality of education in Asia-Pacific
Education International’s Asia-Pacific Regional Office (EIAP) seized the opportunity of the 6th Asia-Pacific Meeting on Education 2030 (APMED) to voice concerns over the lack of teacher representation and equitable discussions on teachers, highlighting that teachers and their professional insights and experiences are overlooked in too many cases when education policies...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 September 2024 Nigeria: Education union and government gear up to go public and fund education
In a significant move to strengthen Nigeria's education sector, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) launched the Education International (EI) “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign in their country. This initiative aims to secure increased funding for public education and its personnel, while addressing the chronic underfunding that has plagued the...
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Equity and inclusion 16 September 2024 Australia: Aboriginal cultures and histories now central to education
Australia’s largest state has now made education about Aboriginal Cultures and Histories mandatory in every compulsory year of school education. The New South Wales Education Standards Authority (NESA), which is responsible for curriculum and assessment in every school and system in that state, has completed this work ensuring that school...
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Standards and working conditions 13 September 2024 India: nationwide campaign for pension reform yields major victory
In a significant breakthrough, public sector unions in India, including Education International’s affiliate, the All India Primary Teachers' Federation (AIPTF), have secured a major victory in their fight for guaranteed pensions.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 September 2024 Guatemala: Murder of teacher and union leader René Sucup Morán condemned worldwide
Education International and its Regional Committee for Latin America condemn the murder of René Sucup Morán, a teacher and STEG union leader, and call on the government to ensure an immediate and full investigation. The international trade union and education community insists that this crime must not go unpunished and...
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News 13 September 2024 Notice of vacancy: Regional Coordinator, Asia-Pacific
Education International invites applications for the full-time post of Regional Coordinator, based in EI Asia-Pacific Regional Office in Bangkok, Thailand.
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News 13 September 2024 Notice of vacancy: Regional Coordinator, Africa
Education International invites applications for the full-time post of Regional Coordinator, based in the EI Africa Regional Office in Accra, Ghana.
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Trade union rights are human rights 23 August 2024 Taiwan teacher union leader on hunger strike for pension fund
In an effort to ensure justice and accountability, Hou Chung-Liang, President of the National Teachers’ Association (NTA Taiwan), has embarked on a hunger strike since August 20th. This drastic action aims to pressure the government into fulfilling its obligations as the employer of all civil servants, including teachers and education...
Taiwan teacher union leader on hunger strike for pension fund