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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

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  3. Rights and democracy

  4. Building union power

Latest Updates

  1. News 4 November 2025

    Mongolia: Major union victory as persistent mobilisation and widely supported strike lead to substantial increase in teachers’ basic salary

    After more than 13 weeks of strike and nine rounds of negotiations, the teachers’ strike in Mongolia has been called off following a favourable agreement between the Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions (FMESU) and Mongolia’s Ministry of Education. Teachers’ basic salary will increase by 50%.

    Mongolia: Major union victory as persistent mobilisation and widely supported strike lead to substantial increase in teachers’ basic salary
  2. News 3 November 2025

    From Geneva to the world: Educators demand urgent action and investment as SDG4 slips out of reach

    Addressing the Social Forum of the Human Rights Council, Takashi Kajiwara, Education International (EI) Vice-President and President of the Japan Teachers’ Union (JTU), made a powerful case for education as an enabling right that supports the fulfilment of all human rights and that must be fully funded around the world.

    From Geneva to the world: Educators demand urgent action and investment as SDG4 slips out of reach
  3. News 31 October 2025

    Go Public! Fund Education successfully takes off in Pacific Islands

    Education union leaders from the Pacific Islands came together to share experiences, challenges, and Go Public! Fund Education campaign priorities in their respective countries.

    Go Public! Fund Education successfully takes off in Pacific Islands
  4. News 31 October 2025

    Asia-Pacific: Top union leaders reaffirm commitment to defend academic freedom as a cornerstone of democracy

    Growing threats to academic freedom and institutional autonomy require education unions to chart collective strategies for their defense. At the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Academic Freedom and Democracy, unions shared insights and mapped the way forward.

    Asia-Pacific: Top union leaders reaffirm commitment to defend academic freedom as a cornerstone of democracy
  5. News 30 October 2025

    Canada: Education International condemns adoption of controversial bill that denies teachers’ labour rights in Alberta

    Education International (EI) has issued a strong condemnation of the adoption of Bill 2, or the “Back to School Act,” by the Alberta Government. The legislation and its use of the notwithstanding clause overrides the rights of 51,000 striking teachers.

    Canada: Education International condemns adoption of controversial bill that denies teachers’ labour rights in Alberta
  6. News 30 October 2025

    Burundi: strong trade union commitment leads to increased school attendance and eradication of child labour

    Thanks to decisive action by the STEB (Education Workers’ Union of Burundi) and support from international partners, 578 children have been able to return to school in the municipality of Ndava, 50 kilometres from Bujumbura the country’s capital. Ndava is currently the scene of an outstanding collective effort to eradicate...

    Burundi: strong trade union commitment leads to increased school attendance and eradication of child labour

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