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News 23 October 2026 Lesotho: Unions call for sustained public investment, stronger social alliances, and regional solidarity
Education unions in Lesotho are warning that growing poverty, widening inequality, and years of insufficient investment are putting the right to education at risk for thousands of children and young people. While access to education has expanded over recent decades, many families are struggling to cover the costs associated with...
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News 23 October 2026 Southern European education unions strengthen regional action for quality public education
Education unions from across Southern Europe have renewed their commitment to advancing the Go Public! Fund Education campaign, meeting in Rome, Italy, to strengthen regional cooperation and coordinate efforts to secure greater public investment in education and the teaching profession.
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News 20 October 2026 Bulgaria: Teachers’ unions unite behind call to fund public education and strengthen the teaching profession
Education union leaders from across Southeast Europe gathered in Sofia, Bulgaria, for a three-day strategic forum under Education International’s (EI) Go Public! Fund Education campaign. The meeting focused on one of the most pressing challenges facing education systems worldwide: ensuring sustainable investment in public education and rebuilding the attractiveness of...
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News 14 October 2026 Education unions turn collective action into results through the Go Public! Campaign in Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, and Morocco
Education unions from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Morocco gathered in Beirut, Lebanon to turn the growing momentum of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign into stronger union power and action. The Regional Go Public! Strategic Review and Planning Meeting held on 3–4 October 2026 provided an opportunity to take stock...
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News 13 October 2026 Education support staff in Quebec at breaking point: trade unions call for urgent action
A dramatic rise in absences from work, sick leave, and disability leave highlights the decline in working conditions for education support personnel (ESP) in Quebec. To mark National School Support Staff Week, their trade unions have called on the authorities to take action to protect these workers who ensure the...
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News 12 October 2026 Portugal: Union takes Go Public! Fund Education to every corner of the country
Through a nationwide caravan spanning more than 2,500 kilometres, Portugal's education union Federação Nacional de Professores (FENPROF) brought Education International's Go Public! Fund Education campaign directly to schools and communities, mobilising thousands of teachers and citizens around a common message: “If we want quality education for all, we must invest...
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Research The Status of Teachers in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
Survey report
7 October 2026The Status of Teachers in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) See resources 2Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is increasingly presented as essential to economic development, technological transformation, climate transitions, and the future of work. Yet the findings of Education International's first global survey of member organisations representing TVET teachers and education support personnel reveal a persistent gap between the ambitions...
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News 6 October 2026 Standing with Teachers: Education International and affiliates’ global call to defend and elevate the profession on World Teachers’ Day
From Lebanon to Eswatini, from Singapore to Canada, educators and their unions marked 5 October with a shared call: invest in teachers, strengthen the profession, and protect the right to education.
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News 1 October 2026 Building union power, winning for public education: Mongolia's Go Public! story
At the closing forum of Mongolia’s Go Public! Fund Education campaign held in the capital city, Ulaanbaatar, education unionists and stakeholders reaffirmed their shared commitment to strengthening public education, investing in teachers, and advancing social dialogue.
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News 1 October 2026 Standing with Teachers: 60 Years of Protecting the Profession, Advancing its Status, and Shaping Our Futures
On 5 October 2026, education unions around the world will celebrate World Teachers’ Day, marking the 60th anniversary of the 1966 International Labour Organization (ILO)/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers .
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News 29 September 2026 France: Public sector unions mobilise for pay, public services, and education
A broad coalition of trade unions has called on French public service workers to take part in strike action and demonstrations on 29 September 2026 in defence of better pay, good working conditions, and quality public services. The mobilisation takes place on the eve of the presentation of the 2027...
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News 25 September 2026 Haiti: As the new school year begins, trade unions call for action on public education
Following the start of the new school year on 7 September 2026 in Haiti, education trade unions are calling for immediate negotiations with the authorities. For the Platform of Haitian Teachers’ Unions (PSEH), a smooth return to school depends on concrete responses to the demands of education staff, the rehabilitation...
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News 23 September 2026 Push to finance early childhood education: Global summit countdown begins
Leaders from around the world will gather in London next summer to drive new action and investment in the youngest children and their families.
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News 22 September 2026 DR Congo: Ebola is undermining education and increasing the vulnerability of school communities
As the Ebola outbreak continues to spread across several provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), its impact on education is an ever-growing cause for concern. School closures, falling attendance rates, disruption to learning and fears of infection are taking a heavy toll on pupils, teaching staff, and the...
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News 9 September 2026 Teacher shortages in the Pacific: Unions call for regional action and teacher commission
Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) and Australian education union leaders advance proposals for a Pacific-wide teacher workforce mechanism to strengthen public education and support the teaching profession across the region.
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News 7 September 2026 Zimbabwe: Urgent need for fair wages, collective bargaining rights, and sustainable education financing
Despite signs of economic stabilisation in Zimbabwe, many educators say they are still struggling to make ends meet. While inflation has slowed and growth indicators have improved, teachers' salaries continue to lag far behind the cost of living, leaving education workers caught between government claims of fiscal constraints and the...
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News 2 September 2026 I-BEST 2026: the education world comes together on 20 November
One survey, 19 countries and territories, four continents
Education International, MGEN, and the MGEN Foundation for Public Health are preparing to unveil the results of the third edition of the International Barometer of the Health and Well-being of Education Staff (I-BEST), with the support of 33 education unions and organisations worldwide.
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News 31 August 2026 Eswatini: Union campaign strengthens social dialogue while exposing chronic underinvestment in education
The Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT) Secretary General Lot Vilakati acknowledged that years of campaigning for increased public investment in education are beginning to yield results, with education financing now receiving greater attention from government officials and policymakers. However, the union warns that severe funding gaps, widespread precarious employment...
Eswatini: Union campaign strengthens social dialogue while exposing chronic underinvestment in education