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Patrick Pleul
Patrick Pleul

Standards and working conditions

Our work in this area

  1. 4 September 2008

    Teacher training project launched

    Education International and Oxfam Novib from the Netherlands have embarked on a joint pilot project on teacher training in developing countries. The Education for All targets and the education-related Millennium Development Goals, to which EI is committed, cannot be achieved without adequate numbers of properly trained and qualified teachers.

    Teacher training project launched
  2. 4 September 2008

    World Teachers’ Day 2008: Teachers matter!

    Every day, in millions of classrooms around the world, the universal endeavour of teaching and learning takes place. The gift of literacy is passed from one generation to the next, along with love of learning and thirst for knowledge. When knowledge is shared, skills are gained and lives can be...

    World Teachers’ Day 2008: Teachers matter!
  3. 4 September 2008

    France: 13,500 more teaching jobs cut

    The French Minister of Education, Xavier Darcos, announced in July an additional 13,500 job cuts in 2009. These cuts come on top of 11,200 jobs already cut in the 2008 school year.

    France: 13,500 more teaching jobs cut
  4. News 20 August 2008

    COPE-UNESCO-UNICEF conference on "Improving Status of Teachers" a success

    Together with UNESCO and UNICEF, EI's sub-regional organisation, the Council of Pacific Educators (COPE) organised a conference on "Improving the Status of Teachers as per ILO-UNESCO's 1966 Recommendation and promoting Children's Rights to Quality Education" from 18-20 August 2008 in Nadi, Fiji.

    COPE-UNESCO-UNICEF conference on "Improving Status of Teachers" a success
  5. News 12 August 2008

    Algeria: Teachers on hunger strike

    Education International (EI) has sent a message of solidarity to its affiliates in Algeria regarding the 35 teachers on hunger strike since 15 July 2008.

    Algeria: Teachers on hunger strike
  6. News 4 August 2008

    Brazilian teachers win national standard professional wage scale

    Brazilian educators are celebrating a new law that establishes a national standard salary, bringing to an end decades of inequity between teachers’ salaries in different regions of the country.

    Brazilian teachers win national standard professional wage scale
  7. News 30 July 2008

    COPE, UNESCO and UNICEF to hold conference on Improving Status of Teachers

    Together with UNESCO and UNICEF, EI's sub-regional organisation, the Council of Pacific Educators (COPE) will be holding a conference on "Improving the Status of Teachers as per ILO-UNESCO's 1966 Recommendation and promoting Children's Rights to Quality Education".

    COPE, UNESCO and UNICEF to hold conference on Improving Status of Teachers
  8. News 22 July 2008

    Guatemala: New government brings positive change for teachers and students

    Six months ago, the newly elected centre-left government of Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom Caballeros started reversing the privatization of the school system. The government also introduced collective bargaining in the public sector. As a result, a few weeks ago the unions were able to sign a new collective agreement that...

    Guatemala: New government brings positive change for teachers and students
  9. News 8 July 2008

    Indonesia: Government promises annual increase in education budget and teacher salary at PGRI's national congress

    The government of Indonesia will annually increase the education budget as well as the salaries of teachers. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made that promise to the more than 5000 delegates and observers attending the opening session of the 20th Congress of the Indonesian teachers' union PGRI held in Palembang on...

    Indonesia: Government promises annual increase in education budget and teacher salary at PGRI's national congress
  10. News 23 June 2008

    NGO and trade unions call for millions more health workers and teachers

    Today, Public Services International, Education International and Oxfam International announced a joint call to world leaders, demanding funds for tens of millions of qualified health workers and teachers worldwide to be trained and hired to deliver public health and education for all. The current gap means that governments are failing...

    NGO and trade unions call for millions more health workers and teachers
  11. News 28 March 2008

    France: Teachers resist Sarkozy’s job cuts

    French education unions are mobilizing against the government’s plan to cut 11,200 teaching jobs at the beginning of the next school year. Since early last week, secondary teachers have been on strike at various schools throughout the country.

    France: Teachers resist Sarkozy’s job cuts
  12. 13 March 2008

    France: Teachers worried about Sarkozy reforms

    “The education public service deserves an ambitious policy. Unfortunately, the service is coming under pressure today due to job cuts.”

    France: Teachers worried about Sarkozy reforms
  13. Research

    Teacher supply, recruitment and retention in six Anglophone Sub-Saharan African countries

    Dennis Sinyolo
    19 December 2007

    The purpose of this survey was to investigate teacher supply, teacher attrition, teacher remuneration and motivation, teacher absenteeism and union involvement in policy development in six Anglophone African countries: The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Tanzania Uganda and Zambia.

    Teacher supply, recruitment and retention in six Anglophone Sub-Saharan African countries
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