Todo el personal docente y de apoyo educativo tiene derecho a sindicarse y afiliarse a un sindicato que represente y defienda sus valores e intereses. Sin embargo, en todo el mundo, los sindicatos de la educación se enfrentan a graves ataques y trabajan en entornos cada vez más difíciles y hostiles. El camino a seguir pasa por revitalizar los sindicatos, ampliar su poder incrementando la afiliación y la participación activa y maximizar su impacto.
EI have today written to Mr. Mehmet Ali Talat, Leader of the Turkish Cypriot Community, in support of affiliate KTOEÖS.
EI writes in support of Cypriot affiliate
Harassment against the Ethiopian Teachers' Association (ETA) is continuing. On 12 and 14 November, ETA offices in Addis Ababa, in particular the offices of Mr Kassahun Kebede (Chairman of the Addis Ababa branch of the ETA) and Dr Taye Woldesmiate (ETA President), were searched by the police after the latter...
Ethiopia: Urgent Action Appeal Update
Teachers' organisations have expressed concern over the increasing number of school children who are dropping out of school because of hunger. Some pupils are passing out during lessons because of hunger, after going for days without a proper meal.
Zimbabwe: Hunger Causing Pupils to Drop Out of School
There were muted celebrations in Ankara today (on Thursday, 27th October) among trade union members generally and members of Egitim-Sen, in particular, when the Judge in the Second Labour Court announced his decision that the union did not have to close down because it had removed the article from its...
Reprieve for Turkish union, Egitim-Sen
Hace cinco años, una de las cumbres más importantes de la historia reunió a los dirigentes nacionales en la Organización de las Naciones Unidas. Aprobaron un programa para edificar un mundo mejor: los Ocho Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, incluida la Educación para Todos, con la finalidad de que todas...
¿Van a abandonarse los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio a la mitad del camino?
A recent statement by the Kenyan government that many students who graduated from primary school last year will not find places in the country's secondary schools has generated widespread concern.
Kenya: Time Now for Universal Secondary Schooling?