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Fighting the commercialisation of education Time to turn the tide: Privatisation trends in education in the Caribbean
Steven J. Courtney, Rinnelle Lee-Piggott
9 February 2022This report is an initial mapping of education privatisation trends in the Caribbean region and will form the basis for further analysis and union action. It draws attention to favourable conditions for privatisation across the region, including a chronic underfunding of public education systems.
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Climate action and literacy Teachers have their say: Motivation, skills and opportunities to teach education for sustainable development and global citizenship
Report of global teacher survey conducted by Education International and UNESCO
24 November 2021Teachers have the power to help learners develop the knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to address global challenges and contribute to the building of a more just, peaceful, sustainable world. However, this global survey of 58,000 teachers, conducted by UNESCO and Education International, shows that while many teachers are motivated,...
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Future of work in education The Global Report on the Status of Teachers 2021
Greg Thompson
12 October 2021The status of teachers remains a concern in many jurisdictions. Teachers are aware that holding the same qualifications or levels of training as other professions does not bring the same status, despite teaching and facilitating learning being complex work that requires significant expertise.
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Equity and inclusion The public versus austerity: Why public sector wage bill constraints must end
ActionAid, Education International, Public Services International
12 October 2021The world faces a series of interconnecting crises and responding to them will demand a complete disruption of business as usual. In the light of Covid-19, the growing debt crisis, rising inequality, gender injustice, and the climate crisis there is an urgent need to revisit the fundamental redistributive role of...
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Climate action and literacy The Climate Change Education Ambition Report Card
Christina Kwauk
28 September 2021Conducted by Christina Kwauk, the Education International Climate Change Education Ambition Report Card examines the level of ambition on climate education and the extent to which countries prioritise education as a tool for climate action.
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Equity and inclusion Crises and the COVID-19 pandemic: education responses and choices during times of disruptions
A global synthesis and Sub-Saharan African country analysis: Cabo Verde, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda
31 July 2021This research was commissioned by the Open Society Foundation (OSF) and Education International (EI) with the aim of understanding the global policy responses to education as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research also aims to understand how various states have responded to the pandemic in the midst of...
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Union renewal and development Union Renewal in the Education Sector: Prospects for the Asia-Pacific
Kristy Ward, Michele Ford
31 May 2021The primary objective of this report is to construct an initial model of ‘union renewal’ or ‘union transformation’ to be considered for further development by selected Education International affiliates in partnership with Education International’s Asia-Pacific Office.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Education of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in the Context of COVID-19: The Education for Life Project in Uganda and South Sudan
15 March 2021The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated education systems, communities, and economies across Africa and globally. The health crisis has seriously affected the education, health and well-being of refugees, migrants and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Uganda, South Sudan and across the continent.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education Pandemic Privatisation in Higher Education: Edtech & University Reform
Ben Williamson, Anna Hogan
15 February 2021During the COVID-19 pandemic, a state of emergency engulfed higher education. The crisis of mass campus closures and a rapid ‘pivot’ to online learning became the context for attempts by private actors and commercial organisations to reconfigure the sector.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Teaching with Tech: The role of education unions in shaping the future
Christina J. Colclough
27 October 2020The Future of Work is not just making the headlines - it has become an issue of increasing importance for students, teachers and the whole of society. While there is always an element of anticipatory anxiety when facing the future there has also been real concern about the arrival of...
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Equity and inclusion The bedrock of inclusion: why investing in the education workforce is critical to the delivery of SDG4
26 October 2020This report summarises lessons and recommendations from a multi-country study undertaken on behalf of ActionAid, Education International and Light for the World. The study looked at the current state of play, and the realistic requirements for investing in an education workforce that can support disability-inclusive education systems in Ethiopia, Malawi,...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education Commercialisation and privatisation in/of education in the context of Covid-19
Ben Williamson, Anna Hogan
15 July 2020The Covid-19 emergency has affected education systems worldwide. The ‘pivot’ to ‘online learning’ and ‘emergency remote teaching’ has positioned educational technology (edtech) as an integral component of education globally, bringing private sector and commercial organisations into the centre of essential educational services.
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Equity and inclusion EI/AOb Child Labour Projects | Transnational Best Practices and Union Impacts
Nora Wintour
30 June 2020For the last two decades, EI and its affiliates, Algemene Onderwijsbond (AOb/the Netherlands) and Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW/Germany), through the Fair Childhood Foundation, have supported projects to reduce school dropout rates and child labour and to contribute to the development of child labour-free zones in over 13 countries on...
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Standards and working conditions Teacher professional development and curriculum Enhancing teacher professionalism in Africa
Yusuf Sayed & Eva Bulgrin
16 June 2020This report is a comparative study on teacher professional development in relation to curriculum. The review seeks to understand the relationship between teacher professionalism and curriculum in Africa by investigating 10 selected countries covering primary and lower secondary schooling.
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Standards and working conditions Covid-19 and Education: How Education Unions are Responding. Survey Report
6 May 2020Education International surveyed its member organisations across five regions to learn about the different strategies and approaches of their governments, and the actions their own organisations to support their members and all education workers. While there are multiple, varied, and substantive challenges from one country to the next, certain trends...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education Privatisation of education in Morocco. A multi-speed education system and a polarised society.
Khadija Abdous
24 January 2020The study is a detailed examination of the trends and current manifestations of privatisation in education in Morocco. The report also sheds light on various public education reforms implemented in Morocco and how privatisation policies have affected these reforms.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 Public education in Greece: Aspects and trends of emerging privatisation
5 December 2019Commissioned and led by the Greek Primary Teachers’ Federation (DOE) and the Greek Federation of Secondary Education State School Teachers (OLME), the study is part of EI’s Global Response to the Privatisation and Commercialisation in and of Education.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education Privatisation and commodification of university in Latin America: The cases of Argentina, Peru, Chile and the Dominican Republic
Fernanda Saforcada, Daniela Atairo, Lucía Trotta, Aldana Rodríguez Golisano
17 October 2019Since the late 20th century, Latin American higher education has witnessed two major processes: firstly, considerable expansion – a sustained increase in enrolment, a growing number of institutions, and growth and diversification of study programmes, levels and qualifications; secondly, a decline in public funding.