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News 24 March 2025 Albania: Education unions’ relentless united struggle for change
Albania's leading education unions have joined forces to demand increased investment for quality public education and better working and living conditions for teachers, setting a positive example to be shared with colleagues throughout Europe and beyond.
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News 21 March 2025 Nepalese teachers push for governmental action: A call for education reform
In a powerful display of unity and determination, thousands of Nepalese teachers have once again gathered in the capital, demanding the government pass the long-awaited School Education Bill. The protest, organized by the Confederation of Nepali Teachers (CNT), comes one-and-a-half years after a previous demonstration was called off following a...
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News 18 March 2025 School leadership is key to shaping inclusive quality public education
In a world where education faces unprecedented challenges, school leaders emerge as the pivotal force driving quality and inclusivity in schools. This was at the heart of discussions during the webinar “Strengthening School Leadership: Insights from the 2024/5 GEM Report ” organized by Education International (EI).
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News 17 March 2025 Championing education in Nigeria: Union pushes for better funding, improved working conditions, and safe schools
In Nigeria, the education system faces numerous challenges, some of which from time to time make international headlines. As a country with a population of over 220 million people, the responsibility of providing quality education falls on the federal, state, and local governments. However, the implementation of sound educational policies...
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News 11 March 2025 Education unions from Southeast Asia strategise next steps of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign
Education International (EI) member organisations from Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines came together in Bangkok on March 7 to discuss and plan the next stage of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign in their countries and the region.
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News 10 March 2025 Serbia: Union organizing results in more funding, lower tuition fees, and fairer salaries in higher education
In a landmark move, Serbia has announced significant reforms to its higher education system, promising a brighter future for both educators and students. These changes, hailed as a victory for teacher unions and student activists, mark a pivotal moment in the country's educational landscape.
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News 7 March 2025 Asia Pacific: Renewed sense of unity and determination to defend public education
The Education International Asia-Pacific Regional Committee met from 5- 6 March 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand to review the progress made over the past year and a half, and to set regional priorities in line with the resolutions of the 10th Education International World Congress.
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News 26 February 2025 Romania: The union struggle to improve the quality of education continues
Despite financial challenges and teacher shortages in Romania, decisive union initiatives and significant reforms are underway to improve the quality of education. The Federation of Free Education Unions (FSLE) is sparing no effort to overcome obstacles and ensure students and teachers have a better future.
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Worlds of Education 24 February 2025 Fired for speaking up against a dictatorial Vice Chancellor
Tamara Osborne-Naikatini
Working as a Biology lecturer at the University of the South Pacific (USP) has always been a labour of love for me. Spread over thousands of kilometers of oceanic expanse and hundreds of lush tropical islands, spanning twelve countries in the (generally) South Pacific region, the university’s domain is truly...
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News 21 February 2025 Palestine: International solidarity strengthens early childhood educators’ professional skills and their union
With the purpose of enhancing the professional skills of early childhood educators in Palestine, the General Union of Workers in Kindergarten and Private Schools (GUWKPS) organized a series of four union-sponsored, half-day workshops focused on “trauma-informed education.” This training for Palestinian kindergarten teachers, focused on providing them with tools to...
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News 20 February 2025 A promising future for education in Senegal: tackling the teacher shortage
Faced with a serious shortage of teachers in the country, Senegalese education unions affiliated to Education International, grouped within the Union Syndicale pour une Éducation de Qualité (USEQ) – a trade union coalition for quality education – welcomes the government’s decision to recruit graduates into the profession on an immediate...
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News 20 February 2025 Germany: Education unions united to save remedial classes for primary schools
In a controversial move, the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state government plans to eliminate remedial classes from the primary school curriculum. This decision has been met with strong opposition from the Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (GEW) NRW and the Verband Bildung und Erziehung (VBE) NRW, arguing that this “grave mistake” is...
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News 19 February 2025 Go Public! How Albanian education unions are driving change to fund public education
Albania’s public education system remains critically underfunded, undermining the quality of teaching and learning while leaving teachers with low wages and poor working conditions.
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News 14 February 2025 A call for reform in Iraqi Kurdistan’s education system
A pressing and persistent issue has been brought to light by the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU): The excessive number of holidays in the academic calendar has significantly disrupted the educational process, leaving both teachers and students struggling to keep up with the curriculum.
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Worlds of Education 12 February 2025 Nordic academic freedom under threat
Jon W. Iddeng
All democratic societies rely on facts and scientific evidence for societal decision-making. Academic freedom ensures that researchers and educators at universities can provide this evidence. These institutions have a special responsibility to meet society's need for basic, curiosity-driven research, to maintain a broad knowledge readiness, and to serve as a...
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News 12 February 2025 Defending academic freedom: Higher education unions mobilise against escalating attacks
Across the world, governments, right-wing pressure groups, conservative and religious organisations, and corporate interests are escalating their attacks on academic freedom. Efforts to censor curricula, restrict research, and erode institutional autonomy are increasing, and political harassment of educators is becoming more widespread.
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News 10 February 2025 Iraq: The Unified Retirement Law: A step towards improving retirees’ lives and creating job opportunities
In a significant step towards achieving social justice and equality among retirees, the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq recently announced the implementation of the Unified Retirement Law No. 9 of 2014. The Kurdistan Teachers Union (KTU) welcomes this long-awaited decision which not only improves the conditions of retirees but also...
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Worlds of Education 7 February 2025 Academic freedom at risk: the view from North America
David Robinson
To fulfil their mission of preserving, sharing, and advancing knowledge, higher education institutions must ensure that academic staff enjoy academic freedom. Academic freedom isn’t a special perk or privilege. Rather, it’s a necessary condition for the job. It is a professional and contractual right ensuring that in their teaching, research,...
Academic freedom at risk: the view from North America