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Education International

We are the voice of teachers and education workers around the world.

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

  2. The profession

  3. Rights and democracy

  4. Building union power

Latest Updates

  1. News 16 February 2026

    Haldis Holst, Education International Deputy General Secretary, retires after decades of championing the right to education and teachers’ rights

    During a powerful career spanning over 40 years, Haldis Holst has persistently advocated for the fundamental right to education and the rights of educators in her native Norway and all around the world. The Education International (EI) leader steps down from an organisation and a movement she has helped strengthen...

    Haldis Holst, Education International Deputy General Secretary, retires after decades of championing the right to education and teachers’ rights
  2. News 9 February 2026

    Solidarity with the people of Iran

    As the people of Iran continue to rise against an oppressive regime and face violent repression, Iranian teachers and unionists are calling for international solidarity. Follow the latest from Iran's education trade union community below!

    Solidarity with the people of Iran
  4. News 6 February 2026

    Union partnerships are redefining professional development worldwide

    From Canada to The Gambia, from Denmark to Zanzibar, education unions are reshaping professional development as a collective, teacher-led project rooted in solidarity, dignity and local realities.

    Union partnerships are redefining professional development worldwide
  5. Take action! 4 February 2026

    Urgent Action Appeal - Protect Teachers, Students, Unionists, and Education in Northeast Syria

    Education International (EI) urgently calls on all member organisations to take action in response to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Northeast Syria and the severe threats facing teachers, students, unionists, and the entire education system established in Rojava, Syria.

    Urgent Action Appeal - Protect Teachers, Students, Unionists, and Education in Northeast Syria
  6. Worlds of Education 30 January 2026

    From vision to investment: Why the world needs the first-ever international finance summit for early childhood

    Justin W. van Fleet

    In November 2022, more than 150 governments and global stakeholders gathered in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, for the World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education. The outcome—the Tashkent Declaration and Commitments to Action for Transforming Early Childhood Care and Education—was a landmark moment. It reaffirmed a shared global truth: early childhood...

    From vision to investment: Why the world needs the first-ever international finance summit for early childhood

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