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News 2 September 2010 SADTU members remain on indefinite strike over pay
Public sector unions in South Africa have been in negotiation with the government to secure a living wage and increased housing allowances for workers.
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News 17 August 2010 Germany: Unions deplore teacher shortage
Many teaching positions within German schools remain vacant just weeks before the start of a new school year. Research from Germany’s largest education unions, the GEW and VBE, estimates that almost 45,000 posts are unfilled, with acute shortages in subjects such as mathematics and the sciences.
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News 11 August 2010 United States: Historic victory for education, teachers and unions
The US House of Representatives has voted to approve new legislation that will inject more than $10 billion in aid to states and school districts to save education jobs that were threatened by budget cuts.
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News 10 August 2010 UK: School staff victims of unfounded allegations
More than 1,700 staff in UK schools were accused of misbehaviour by parents or pupils last year.
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News 15 July 2010 Teachers out of pocket for classroom essentials
A survey carried out by the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) has discovered that in the 2008-09 school year each Canadian teacher paid out from their own pocket an average of $453 for essential classroom materials or class-related activities.
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News 8 July 2010 Kenya: Teacher shortage to be recognised a national disaster
EI affiliate in Kenya, the Kenyan National Union of Teachers (KNUT), urged “the government to declare the shortage of teachers a national disaster,” reported the national newspaper Daily Nation.
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News 2 July 2010 Education leaders unite for global summit
More than 9,000 delegates have gathered in New Orleans, USA, for the Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly of the National Education Association (NEA) - one of EI's largest affiliate members in America.
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7 June 2010 Speech by Monique Fouilhoux, EI Deputy General Secretary, at 97th session of the Committee on the Application of Standards of the International Labour Conference, in Geneva on 4 June 2010
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News 7 June 2010 CEART Report Adopted at International Labour Conference
On 4 June 2010, the Committee on the Application of Standards of the International Labour Conference (ILC) unanimously adopted a Report by the Joint ILO/UNESCO Committee of Experts on the Application of the Recommendations concerning teaching personnel (CEART).
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News 4 June 2010 Teachers are at the core of the education process
Teachers have been declared the ‘better part of society’ at the 23rd session of the Council of Europe’s Standing Conference of Education Ministers which took place in Ljubljana between 4 - 5 June, 2010.
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Research Learning how to teach - The upgrading of unqualified primary teachers in sub-Saharan Africa
Herman Kruijer
21 April 2010Learning how to teach - The upgrading of unqualified primary teachers in sub-Saharan AfricaIn many developing countries, the increased enrolment of pupils in recent years has not been met by an increase in qualified teachers. Rather, to meet rapid expansions of student populations, large numbers of un- and under-qualified teachers have been recruited in recent years by governments in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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News 16 April 2010 Zimbabwe: Deteriorating education system and political tensions have led to severe teacher shortage
Zimbabwe Education Minister David Coltart promised delegates attending the annual conference of the Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA) on 14 April that he would immediately terminate the possibility for parents to pay incentives to teachers, if the country’s teachers organisations would ask him to do so.
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News 14 April 2010 Argentine teachers strike for decent pay
In the San Luis Province, Cuyo Region, in central-western Argentina, teachers have been staging a strike and holding mass rallies for five consecutive weeks. Their actions enjoy the support of 90% of the profession.
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14 April 2010 Keynote Address by Fred van Leeuwen, General Secretary Education International, at the 29th Annual National Conference of the Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA), 13-16 April 2010
Honorable Ministers, Distinguished Guests, Colleagues, Friends,
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News 12 April 2010 Botswana: teachers join forces with public employees' union for the implementation of the Public Services Act
At the national congress of the Botswana Teachers' Union (BTU) held from 5-9 Apr in Goodhope, the delegates voted to join forces with the public employees' union in order to persuade the government to implement the Public Services Act.
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News 8 April 2010 EI welcomes the launch of the Teacher Qualifications Comparability Table for Commonwealth countries
Education International participated in the recent 5th Commonwealth Teacher Research Symposium held from 24-25 Mar at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
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News 7 April 2010 Lebanon: Teachers demand 12 years of allowance arrears
In a recent press conference on 30 Mar called by the Ligue des professeurs de l'enseignement secondaire public du Liban (LPESPL), teachers demand to be paid 12 consecutive years of allowance arrears.
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News 23 March 2010 Kuwait: "Strong, independent and democratic trade unions are necessary to protect teachers' rights and employment conditions," says EI General Secretary
Education, both secular and religious, can promote democratic principles and social justice while preparing students to cope with the complexities of adult life, EI General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen told 500 teachers attending the annual conference of the Kuwait Teachers’ Society on 23 March.
Kuwait: "Strong, independent and democratic trade unions are necessary to protect teachers' rights and employment conditions," says EI General Secretary