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In Myanmar, while educators and union leaders continue to face relentless oppression, the military junta that seized power in February 2021 seeks to legitimize its rule through upcoming sham elections. Against this background, Education International (EI) and its member organisations committed to strengthen their support and solidarity with the Myanmar...

After years of negotiations, the SET teachers’ union of Chad has secured a revision of the decree governing the status of teachers. This is a first step that rekindles hope for improved working conditions and opens up a new phase of negotiations. But many challenges lie ahead.

Education International (EI) affiliates in Nepal came together in the capital city Kathmandu for a three-day Gender Justice Training, aimed at strengthening union capacity to promote gender equality and end gender-based discrimination in the education sector.

Education International continues to stand with its Lebanese affiliates, not only in moments of crisis but in the long journey of union rebuilding and renewal. Throughout the year, EI member organisations from 16 countries responded generously to the Urgent Action Appeal (UAA) launched by EI in October 2024 to support...

The CFDT Public Education, Training and Research Federation and its member unions recognise that “inclusive education represents a major democratic advance, by affirming the right of every child to learn within the French education system, regardless of their specific needs”. But the implementation of this principle is currently facing numerous...

In a context marked by insecurity, precariousness, and political instability, Haitian education unions are stepping up their initiatives in defence of inclusive, high-quality public education. First-hand accounts and field studies bear witness to their considerable mobilisation efforts driven by the Go Public! Fund Education campaign.

On 31 August 2025, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan. The tremor caused catastrophic damage killing more than 2,500 people, injuring thousands, and destroying homes, as well as many schools. In this context of devastation, Education International (EI) and its affiliate, the National Teachers Elected Council...

As teacher shortages in Taiwan continue to worry parents and the wider community, the National Teachers’ Association (NTA) is calling for real change. The NTA emphasizes that teachers’ hard work and the many responsibilities they assume must be fairly recognized through better pay and improved working conditions. Only then can...

Japan Teachers’ Union (JTU) brought together education stakeholders to discuss the concerning findings of TALIS 2024 regarding teachers’ difficult working conditions, especially the excessive workload, that fuel the teacher shortage in the country.

The learning event organised by the Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) office on teacher-led learning circles for formative assessment (T3LFA) aimed to take stock of progress and learning since project completion, identify successes, challenges, and gaps, co-create a roadmap for continued commitment to professional development and strengthen union advocacy for sustainable...

António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), highlighted the essential role of education as the foundation of social progress and called on governments and the international community to invest in education and implement the recommendations of the UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession to end the global teacher...

The Iranian government continues to persecute education trade unionists. The international education community is particularly alarmed by the violent arrest and detention of Jahangir Rostami, a 63-year-old retired Kurdish teacher and member of the Harsin Teachers' Association in Iran's Kermanshah province.

The multifaceted union campaign to raise teacher salaries and value the teacher union as a prominent social dialogue partner in Ukraine stands as a compelling example of the power of collective union advocacy and international solidarity.

Education unions in Cape Verde have intensified their advocacy for inclusive quality public education and for the teaching profession through the Go Public! Fund Education campaign.

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%.

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.

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

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.