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Education for All

  1. Union renewal and development 23 March 2018

    Launch of Education Workforce Initiative

    Education International has welcomed the launch of the Education Workforce Initiative by the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity.

    Launch of Education Workforce Initiative
  2. Trade union rights are human rights 13 March 2018

    UN Human Rights Council addresses abuse of children’s rights in Syria

    Driven by the desperate situation of Syrian children, Education International has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to increase the pressure on all parties to the conflict.

    UN Human Rights Council addresses abuse of children’s rights in Syria
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 February 2018

    Reflections on GPE replenishment: rhetoric, facts, questions and the way forward.

    Jefferson Pessi

    The city of Dakar, the fascinating and lively capital of Senegal, was the stage of two key moments in the history of global governance of education. First, in the year 2000, it hosted the World Education Forum that adopted the Education for All Goals. Second, eighteen years later, on February...

    Reflections on GPE replenishment: rhetoric, facts, questions and the way forward.
  4. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 January 2018

    UK: Education unions support free school meals policy

    UK teacher unions have welcomed the latest Education Policy Institute’s report clearly laying out the benefits that free school meals bring to children and their families, and to quality education in general.

    UK: Education unions support free school meals policy
  5. Standards and working conditions 19 January 2018

    Education financing crisis sorely missed in World Bank’s Report

    Education International has made the voice of the world’s educators heard loud and clear at the Belgian launch of the World Bank’s World Development Report.

    Education financing crisis sorely missed in World Bank’s Report
  6. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 January 2018

    25th anniversary sparks renewed activity from Education International

    Wishing everyone a prosperous new year, Education International will hit the ground running to start 2018, and, as ever, the global federation of education trade unions will work hard defending the interests of all workers in the education sector, and promoting access to quality public education for all.

    25th anniversary sparks renewed activity from Education International
  7. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 September 2017

    Swaziland: Unconstitutional move to end free primary school education

    The Swaziland National Association of Teachers has condemned the government’s decision to introduce school fees, a move that flies in the face of the country’s constitution which states that primary education is a right.

    Swaziland: Unconstitutional move to end free primary school education
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 April 2017

    Global Action Week for Education 2017: government must be held accountable for promises made to ensure free public quality education for all

    Education International calls on affiliates and concerned citizens to join the Global Action Week for Education 2017, to urge governments to implement the sustainable development goals by investing in free public quality education and educators.

    Global Action Week for Education 2017: government must be held accountable for promises made to ensure free public quality education for all
  9. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 March 2014

    Policy and Advocacy

    Diane Woloschuk

    Policy and Advocacy
  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 March 2006

    EI Analysis of the Global Monitoring Report on Education For All 2006

    The fourth EI Congress in Porto Alegre stressed that EI and teachers’ unions worldwide are committed to the success of the EFA initiative. In relation to this, each year UNESCO, on behalf of UN agencies, releases a “Global Monitoring Report” assessing the progress made on achieving the goal of EFA.

    EI Analysis of the Global Monitoring Report on Education For All 2006
  11. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 February 2006

    USA: “No Child Left Behind” is failing to lead the way, say affiliates

    While both the AFT and NEA agree that the NCLB initiative established laudable goals - high standards, accountability for all, and the belief that all children can learn, regardless of their background or ability - its underfunding and bureaucracy are masking the true progress made in schools.

    USA: “No Child Left Behind” is failing to lead the way, say affiliates
  12. Trade union rights are human rights 1 December 2005

    World AIDS Day 2005

    On World AIDS Day, EI is encouraging its affiliates to organise nationwide activities on the theme "Education for Life" and to impel entire communities to take part in World AIDS Day celebrations and initiatives.

    World AIDS Day 2005