Ei-iE

Leading the profession

Teachers and education support personnel know what works in education. They must be recognised and empowered to deliver on the promise of quality education for all.

At the classroom level, academic freedom and professional autonomy are prerequisites for quality teaching and learning. As professionals, teachers must be afforded the space and trust to make the best possible decisions for their students.

Beyond the classroom, education policy must be informed by the vast experience and insights only education professionals can provide. We advocate for the involvement of teachers, education support personnel and their representative organisations in all decision-making in education and work towards the expansion of sectoral policy dialogue at all levels and in all countries.

Our work in this area

  1. News 12 October 2025

    2025 World Teachers’ Day: Together for Teachers, Together for the Future

    Demonstrations, calls for increased investment in quality, inclusive education systems and educators, poems, dances, and more. On October 5th, 2025, education unions celebrated World Teachers’ Day, around the globe.

    2025 World Teachers’ Day: Together for Teachers, Together for the Future
  2. News 10 October 2025

    Mongolia: Amid ongoing educators’ sit-ins, trade union brings their demands to the Government

    The peaceful sit-ins by teachers and education support personnel in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar are drawing national attention and growing solidarity from other sectors, such as the railway sector workers who have joined the protest in solidarity. Backed by the public strong support, the Federation of Mongolian Education and...

    Mongolia: Amid ongoing educators’ sit-ins, trade union brings their demands to the Government
  3. News 10 October 2025

    Lebanon: Go Public! Fund Education, from words to action

    Informed by the recommendations of the UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession (UNHLP), the Santiago Consensus and new research focusing on the political economy of education in Lebanon, Education International (EI) member organizations in Lebanon are advocating in the framework of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign for an...

    Lebanon: Go Public! Fund Education, from words to action
  4. News 8 October 2025

    Historic: Education union leaders bring their voice to the African Union

    Leaders of Education International Africa (EIA) member organizations exchanged experiences and strategies during a Go Public! Fund Education event and then actively participated in the Pan African Conference on Teacher Education (PACTED 2025). During these high-level events held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, they reaffirmed their commitment to the EI Go...

    Historic: Education union leaders bring their voice to the African Union
  5. News 7 October 2025

    New TALIS data: Report confirms need to act on global teacher shortage and working conditions

    New data reveals a stark reality: One in five teachers under 30 years of age plan to leave the profession within the next five years. In some education systems, this figure rises to half of young teachers. This finding from the 2024 Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), launched today,...

    New TALIS data: Report confirms need to act on global teacher shortage and working conditions
  6. News 6 October 2025

    Mongolia: Thousands of teachers and education support personnel rally to demand salary increase and adequate investment in the education

    In Ulaanbaatar’s main square, thousands of teachers and education support personnel staged a peaceful demonstration in front of the Parliament building. Their core demand is to raise the basic salary of teachers to 3.5 million tugrik and allocate adequate funding for the education sector. Currently, teachers earn between 1.2 –...

    Mongolia: Thousands of teachers and education support personnel rally to demand salary increase and adequate investment in the education
  7. News 3 October 2025

    World Teachers’ Day: African Union hosts global celebration in show of support for education and teachers

    For the first time ever, the official event marking World Teachers’ Day is not held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris but is hosted by the African Union in the framework of the Pan-African Conference on Teacher Education (PACTED) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on October 3rd.

    World Teachers’ Day: African Union hosts global celebration in show of support for education and teachers
  8. News 26 September 2025

    South-Asian education unions push for improved health, well-being, and gender equality curricula

    Over 160 participants including representatives of teacher unions, governments, civil society, youth, UN agencies, and academics from South Asia and Southeast Asia gathered to share lessons, explore innovative programs, and interventions to discuss how education systems can support teachers to deliver gender-responsive, socially responsible, and stigma-free curricula, including Comprehensive Sexuality...

    South-Asian education unions push for improved health, well-being, and gender equality curricula
  9. News 24 September 2025

    France: unions form massive common front to fight austerity and defend high-quality, inclusive education

    Responding to a call to strike issued by a broad alliance of unions, on 18 September French education workers mobilised in massive numbers against the budget proposals presented by the François Bayrou government, which has since resigned following the National Assembly’s vote of no confidence. The workers denounced the proposed...

    France: unions form massive common front to fight austerity and defend high-quality, inclusive education
  10. Worlds of Education 24 September 2025

    Education voices | Campaigning for higher education research

    David Robinson

    This testimony was collected as part of the research project entitled “In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises” conducted by Howard Stevenson, Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Melanie Bhend, and Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou for Education International. The research report and executive summary are available here .

    Education voices | Campaigning for higher education research
  11. News 23 September 2025

    Human-centred AI: EI's global conference charts the future of education

    While tech companies race to embed Artificial Intelligence (AI) in schools and campuses worldwide, the voices of educators have been largely sidelined. Education International's conference, Shaping Our Future: Education Unions Leading for a Human-Centred AI, puts educators back at the centre. The 4-5 December Brussels conference will bring together union...

    Human-centred AI: EI's global conference charts the future of education
  12. Take action! 21 September 2025

    World Teachers’ Day: Together for teachers, together for tomorrow

    Communications toolkit

    This World Teachers’ Day, join the global mobilisation calling on governments everywhere to invest in teachers and to support us in creating a peaceful, more fair and sustainable future for all.

    World Teachers’ Day: Together for teachers, together for tomorrow
  13. News 8 September 2025

    Caribbean Union of Teachers: Ninety years of unity, advocacy, and empowerment

    The Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) celebrated its 90th anniversary and strategised the way forward at its 42nd Biennial Conference. The Conference adopted a new two-year programme, elected a new Executive Committee, and gave unions the opportunity to discuss and plan the future of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign...

    Caribbean Union of Teachers: Ninety years of unity, advocacy, and empowerment
  14. News 29 August 2025

    Historic Santiago Consensus puts teachers at heart of education transformation

    World Summit on Teachers delivers comprehensive framework demanding sustainable investment in teaching profession

    Ministers, teacher unions and education leaders meeting at the World Summit on Teachers in Chile have adopted the Santiago Consensus , a comprehensive framework that commits governments to address the global shortage of 50 million teachers through concrete policy action.

    Historic Santiago Consensus puts teachers at heart of education transformation
  15. News 21 August 2025

    Communications toolkit for the World Summit on Teachers

    The World Summit on Teachers is an unprecedented opportunity for the world to move from words to action on education. You can follow it live here. As ministers and education leaders prepare to convene for the World Summit on Teachers (WST) on 28-29 August, the global teaching profession faces an...

    Communications toolkit for the World Summit on Teachers
  16. News 19 August 2025

    Go Public: trade unions build mutual strength by sharing their campaign experiences

    Mobilising the teaching profession, and communities as a whole. For two and a half years, education unions around the world have been engaged in the global Go Public! Fund Education campaign launched by Education International (EI). A number of them have shared best practices and examples of successful trade union...

    Go Public: trade unions build mutual strength by sharing their campaign experiences
  17. News 19 August 2025

    Building momentum for public education in the Pacific

    Education unions from across the Pacific region – Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa and Vanuatu – met to address the ongoing worldwide teacher shortages, calling governments and international institutions to prioritize public education and invest in teachers, echoing the United Nations (UN) recommendations on the teaching profession .

    Building momentum for public education in the Pacific