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Caribbean Union of Teachers

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The Caribbean Union of Teachers is an Education International umbrella body for teachers in the Caribbean, from Bermuda in the north to Suriname in the south. This sub-regional structure enables our member organisations to collaborate, sharing knowledge and strategies to promote quality education and strengthen unions.

  1. Go public! Fund education 21 August 2025

    Education leaders call for urgent action to address global crisis in the teaching profession

    World Summit on Teachers presents roadmap to address 50 global million teacher shortage and fully fund public education

    SANTIAGO, CHILE – As ministers and education leaders prepare to convene for the World Summit on Teachers (WST) on 28-29 August 2025, the global teaching profession faces an unprecedented recruitment and retention crisis. The world needs 50 million more teachers by 2030 across early childhood, primary and secondary education, yet...

    Education leaders call for urgent action to address global crisis in the teaching profession
  2. Go public! Fund education 21 August 2025

    World Summit on Teachers: 50 million teachers are needed now. Education leaders call for action!

    Santiago de Chile | 28-29 August 2025

    📺 Watch the Summit live! From recommendations to action 18 months after the UN recommendations on the teaching profession, world leaders and Education International representatives gather in Santiago de Chile to confront an unprecedented crisis. Without immediate action on recruitment, retention, and genuine social dialogue, the right to education remains...

    World Summit on Teachers: 50 million teachers are needed now. Education leaders call for action!
  3. Equity and inclusion 8 August 2025

    Education as a driving force for self-determination, equity, and the reclamation of knowledge systems

    International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

    Marking the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (9 August), President Mugwena Maluleke reaffirmed Education International’s commitment to Indigenous Peoples’ right to free, quality, public education that is culturally relevant.

    Education as a driving force for self-determination, equity, and the reclamation of knowledge systems
  4. Future of work in education 9 July 2025

    Education International opens consultations to ensure voice of the profession is heard in the revision of international Recommendations on the status of teaching personnel

    In the lead up to the revision of the ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers (1966) and the UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel (1997), Education International (EI) has launched a consultation process with its 375 member organisations representing over 33 million educators in 180 countries...

    Education International opens consultations to ensure voice of the profession is heard in the revision of international Recommendations on the status of teaching personnel
  5. Equity and inclusion 2 July 2025

    From private failures to public futures: Why FFD4 must Go Public

    David Edwards

    For over a decade, Education International has warned that the World Bank's “Billions to Trillions ” agenda—a strategy to leverage small amounts of public money to attract private investment for development— would prioritize private profit over public need. We were dismissed as ideological, anti-market, unrealistic. Then came the evidence.

    From private failures to public futures: Why FFD4 must Go Public
  6. Democracy 23 June 2025

    Financing a Public Future: A Collective Statement for UN Public Services Day - 23rd June 2025 on the eve of the 4th UN Financing for Development Conference

    Less than one fifth of the sustainable development goal targets set a decade ago are presently on track for achievement in 2030 and a major cause of this is the continued chronic underfunding of public services around the world. Three quarters of lower income countries spend more on debt servicing...

    Financing a Public Future: A Collective Statement for UN Public Services Day - 23rd June 2025 on the eve of the 4th UN Financing for Development Conference
  7. Trade union rights are human rights 5 June 2025

    International Labour Conference: Workers’ Group supports call to strengthen Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel

    Addressing the Committee on the Application of Standards at the International Labour Conference on June 3rd, EI President Mugwena Maluleke responded to the report of the joint ILO-UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel (CEART). As the Workers’ Group spokesperson, Maluleke welcomed the proposal...

    International Labour Conference: Workers’ Group supports call to strengthen Recommendations concerning Teaching Personnel
  8. 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!
  9. Standards and working conditions 25 April 2025

    Starting strong: Education unions mobilise for the right to early childhood education

    Despite its essential role, early childhood education (ECE) is undermined by chronic underfunding. Recognition of the importance of early childhood education, as well as the salaries, job satisfaction, working conditions, and status of ECE workers remain low. Meanwhile, private actors are working to take over the sector, filling the funding...

    Starting strong: Education unions mobilise for the right to early childhood education
  10. Climate action and literacy 17 April 2025

    Earth Day 2025

    Communications toolkit

    This Earth Day, join the global mobilisation for quality climate education for all, for climate justice, and a just transition to a green economy that guarantees human rights and inclusive participation.

    Earth Day 2025
  11. Equity and inclusion 7 April 2025

    A treaty to protect teaching

    Miriam Socolovsky

    For many years Education International has been following the discussions being held within the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of the World Intellectual Property Organization (SCCR/WIPO) regarding limitations and exceptions to copyright for libraries, archives and educational institutions. There are times when it seems progress is being made,...

    A treaty to protect teaching
  12. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 March 2025

    Tackling the teacher shortage crisis in the Commonwealth

    Oliver Mawhinney

    44 million teachers are need globally by 2030 – a shortage that affects developing and developed countries alike, as demonstrated across the Commonwealth.

    Tackling the teacher shortage crisis in the Commonwealth
  13. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 March 2025

    Jamaica launches “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign amid critical teacher shortage

    In a bid to address the critical shortage of teachers and improve the state of education in the country, the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) launched the Go Public! Fund Education campaign. The initiative aims to tackle the teacher shortage by enhancing educational infrastructure and teacher remuneration.

    Jamaica launches “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign amid critical teacher shortage
  14. Equity and inclusion 21 March 2025

    Joining forces for women’s rights at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

    A delegation of women education unionists from 12 countries represented the millions of women who power education around the world at the 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW). Taking place in New York from the 10th to the 21st of March, the...

    Joining forces for women’s rights at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
  15. Equity and inclusion 11 March 2025

    Education International delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women: Gender equity requires quality inclusive education for all!

    A delegation of 16 women education unionists from 12 countries is attending the 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women to call for more investment in public education as a key step in achieving gender equity around the world. Taking place in New York from...

    Education International delegation to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women: Gender equity requires quality inclusive education for all!
  16. Equity and inclusion 7 March 2025

    Education Voices | Haldis Holst on patient and persistent activism for women’s rights

    Haldis Holst

    Haldis Holst is Education International’s Deputy General Secretary and leads EI’s equity work. As a teacher, a union leader, and a feminist, Haldis has championed women’s rights in and through education and education unions, working at all levels, from small communities in her native Norway all the way to the...

    Education Voices | Haldis Holst on patient and persistent activism for women’s rights
  17. Standards and working conditions 29 January 2025

    Guyana: Education union urges government to go public and fund education

    On International Day of Education, January 24th, the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) launched Education International's (EI) Go Public! Fund Education campaign in their country. They are calling on their government to guarantee labour rights and ensure good working conditions, as well as manageable workloads and competitive salaries for teachers and...

    Guyana: Education union urges government to go public and fund education
  18. Standards and working conditions 29 January 2025

    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign!

    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) became the first country in the Caribbean to join the “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign during a two-day workshop held by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Teachers' Union (SVGTU), Education International (EI), and the Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT).

    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign!