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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 March 2025 Tackling the teacher shortage crisis in the Commonwealth
Oliver Mawhinney
44 million teachers are need globally by 2030 – a shortage that affects developing and developed countries alike, as demonstrated across the Commonwealth.
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Equity and inclusion 21 March 2025 Hair discrimination and cultural bias in South Africa’s education sector
Nomarashiya Dolly Caluza
As a young, South African girlchild, I experienced elements of hair discrimination at school and in my community. I attended African schools taught by African teachers. Our teachers discouraged us from wearing our hair long, claiming that our hair did not look “clean”, forcing us to either keep it short...
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Equity and inclusion 7 February 2025 South Africa: Education unions call for copyright reform to protect learning
Education International (EI) and its member organisations are calling for urgent copyright reforms to remove barriers to quality education for all and ensure that teachers and students have access to the learning materials they need.
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Education International's 10th World Congress 2 August 2024 Mugwena Maluleke to represent the world’s educators as Education International’s new President
Dr. Mugwena Maluleke, a teacher, unionist, and social justice activist, has been elected as the new President of Education International. Dr. Maluleke was elected by delegates from around the world during the 10thEI World Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and assumes this role following an influential tenure as General Secretary...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 June 2024 Upholding professional teaching standards matters
Ella Mokgalane
Countries without professional standards deprive their education and teaching workforce of quality and professional excellence. As part of its theory of change, the South African Council for Educators (SACE) adopted the concept of Professional Teaching Standards to provide a common language and vision of the profession that all teachers can...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 January 2024 International Day of Education: Unionists celebrate the right to education by campaigning for quality public education for all
On January 24, the International Day of Education, education unionists from around the world came together to reaffirm their commitment to the universal right to education and to mark the first year of the Education International global campaign Go Public! Fund Education. The campaign is an urgent call for governments...
International Day of Education: Unionists celebrate the right to education by campaigning for quality public education for all
Resources
Crises and the COVID-19 pandemic: education responses and choices during times of disruptions
Education unions take action to end school-related gender-based violence
12 July 2021
Os Sindicatos da Educação tomam medidas para acabar com a violência de género no âmbito escolar
2 August 2021
Trabalhando para acabar com a violência de género no âmbito escolar
Estratégias para acabar com a violência de género no âmbito escolar
Technical and vocational education and training as a framework for social justice: Analysis and evidence from world case studies
Affiliates
National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa
NAPTOSA
National Teachers' Union
NATU
Professional Educators Union
PEU
South African Democratic Teachers' Union
SADTU
Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysersunie
SAOU