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  1. Leading the profession 27 January 2025

    Cape Verde: Parliamentary consensus to enhance the education workers’ status

    "The International Day of Education 2025 should be remembered as a milestone of achievements for the teaching profession, reflecting the dignity and recognition of its importance." This was the message of hope and determination to the nation's educators and society at large delivered by Abraão Borges, the president of SIPROFIS,...

    Cape Verde: Parliamentary consensus to enhance the education workers’ status
  2. Standards and working conditions 24 January 2025

    Education International launches Global Status of Teachers report on the International Day of Education

    On January 24, Education International (EI) marked the International Day of Education with the launch of the Global Status of Teachers Report. Authored by Dr. Ben Arnold and Dr. Mark Rahimi, this groundbreaking publication provides an analysis of the state of the teaching profession worldwide, highlighting the key role teachers...

    Education International launches Global Status of Teachers report on the International Day of Education
  3. Standards and working conditions 20 January 2025

    Canada : Quebec teaching staff demand that negotiations be sped up

    Around 450 teachers from Northern Quebec went on strike until January 21st to express their exasperation because negotiations with employers have come to a standstill. They want their demands to be heard and for them to produce concrete results.

    Canada : Quebec teaching staff demand that negotiations be sped up
  4. Standards and working conditions 10 January 2025

    France: Joint union action to acknowledge education support staff

    We are against education personnel having to work in precarious jobs and who are being sacrificed and ignored. This was the slogan put forward by the inter-union alliance, which has called for a strike on January 16th, in support of SEN teaching assistants and education support assistants. Unions are asking...

    France: Joint union action to acknowledge education support staff
  5. Standards and working conditions 18 December 2024

    Season's greetings to our Education International family!

    As we reflect on the year, we celebrate the dedication and hard work of our member organizations. They have been relentless in their commitment to improve the living and working conditions of teachers and education support personnel globally.

    Season's greetings to our Education International family!
  6. Democracy 17 December 2024

    Educators condemn the weaponisation of sexual and gender-based violence in war

    Members of the Education International Executive Board denounced sexual and gender-based violence as a method of torture in wars and conflicts around the world. Marking the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, Education International leaders brought attention to victims in Ukraine, Sudan, and beyond and made a strong call...

    Educators condemn the weaponisation of sexual and gender-based violence in war
  7. Equity and inclusion 16 December 2024

    Decolonising minds and hearts: unions leading the transformation of education

    On International Human Rights Day, Education International (EI) launched its latest research on decolonising education, highlighting the key role of unions in dismantling colonial legacies in public education systems worldwide.

    Decolonising minds and hearts: unions leading the transformation of education
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 December 2024

    Japan's education crisis: New survey calls for urgent action

    In liaison with Education International (EI) “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign, the Japan Teachers’ Union (JTU) unveiled a new survey which shows the country's educators are grappling with long working hours, additional extracurricular activities, and no significant improvement in working conditions.

    Japan's education crisis: New survey calls for urgent action
  9. Equity and inclusion 10 December 2024

    Malawi: Coming together across borders to eradicate child labour

    Education unionists from Burundi, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe came together in Malawi to learn about successful local efforts to end child labour. From 1 to 6 December 2024, coordinators and project leaders spearheading the unions’ work against child labour had the opportunity to exchange know-how and good practice...

    Malawi: Coming together across borders to eradicate child labour
  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2024

    The Philippines: Unions commit to go public, fund education, and counter teacher shortage

    With a declining education budget and an increasing national teacher shortage, education unions in the Philippines are demanding greater governmental investment to recruit and retain teachers and ensure quality education for all.

    The Philippines: Unions commit to go public, fund education, and counter teacher shortage
  11. Union renewal and development 9 December 2024

    Education unions debate benefits and risks of external project funding

    Recent developments in several countries have highlighted the precarious nature of relying on external funding when it comes to international trade union cooperation. Elections and political reorientation coming with them can dismantle decades of funding collaboration between unions and donors.

    Education unions debate benefits and risks of external project funding
  12. Leading the profession 9 December 2024

    Brazil : CNTE calls for more public funding for public education in Senate hearing

    On Monday December 9th, teachers from the public sector across Brazil took part in a public hearing that launched the Education International Go Public! Fund Education global campaign at the Federal Senate in Brasilia.

    Brazil : CNTE calls for more public funding for public education in Senate hearing
  13. Trade union rights are human rights 6 December 2024

    Education International calls for humanitarian Intervention and support for education in Northern Syria

    In an urgent call for international assistance, Education International (EI) and its member organisation in Syria, the Union of Teachers in Northeast Syria (UNTES), urged the United Nations and UNICEF to take immediate action in response to the escalating humanitarian crisis in Northern Syria. The appeal follows a series of...

    Education International calls for humanitarian Intervention and support for education in Northern Syria
  14. Leading the profession 3 December 2024

    Urgent call for payment of teachers' salaries in Iraqi Kurdistan

    The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has yet to pay teachers their October salaries. Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) President Abdulwahed Mohammad Haje voiced his discontent, stating, “They have no intention for salaries to reach the teachers easily.”

    Urgent call for payment of teachers' salaries in Iraqi Kurdistan
  15. Leading the profession 3 December 2024

    France: Strong union mobilisation to defend public sector workers

    In the absence of a government response to proposals and demands made by trade unions to defend and improve the living and working conditions of public sector workers, an inter-union alliance has called public sector workers, including those in education, to a day of action, rallies, protests, and strikes across...

    France: Strong union mobilisation to defend public sector workers