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We are the voice of teachers and education workers around the world.

Through our 375 member organisations, we represent more than 33 million teachers and education support personnel in 180 countries and territories.

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Informed and empowered by teachers and education support personnel everywhere, we develop tools and strategies that enable us to work across all sectors of education and all regions of the world to effect change and create a better future for our students. Click here to see how we work and find out more about our priorities below.

  1. Quality education for all

  2. The profession

  3. Rights and democracy

  4. Building union power

Latest Updates

  1. News 19 February 2026

    Africa ECE Network: Unions sharpen strategies to develop and strengthen early childhood education

    Improving the professional status of early childhood education (ECE) personnel is central to improving both access and quality. Education unions across Africa are strengthening their collective advocacy to secure quality ECE, as well as recognition and decent conditions for workers in this sector.

    Africa ECE Network: Unions sharpen strategies to develop and strengthen early childhood education
  2. News 19 February 2026

    Iraq: Union takes stock of obstacles in the Kurdistan region

    To tackle issues facing educators and the education system, the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) organised a seminar entitled “The Obstacles Facing the Educational Process in the Kurdistan Region”.

    Iraq: Union takes stock of obstacles in the Kurdistan region
  5. News 16 February 2026

    Vanuatu: Teacher Union Embraces Global Call to Go Public and Fund Education

    Advocating for increased and sustained public investment in education to strengthen the teaching profession and improve learning outcomes, the Vanuatu Teachers Union (VTU) has launched the Education International (EI) Go Public! Fund Education campaign nationwide. It emphasized the need for the government to invest in teachers through fair remuneration, quality...

    Vanuatu: Teacher Union Embraces Global Call to Go Public and Fund Education
  6. News 16 February 2026

    Haldis Holst, Education International Deputy General Secretary, retires after decades of championing the right to education and teachers’ rights

    During a powerful career spanning over 40 years, Haldis Holst has persistently advocated for the fundamental right to education and the rights of educators in her native Norway and all around the world. The Education International (EI) leader steps down from an organisation and a movement she has helped strengthen...

    Haldis Holst, Education International Deputy General Secretary, retires after decades of championing the right to education and teachers’ rights

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