Description
Education unions around the world are joining forces to build inclusive quality public education for all. ETA is mobilizing to fully fund public education systems and resist budget cuts, austerity, and privatization.
“Go Public Fund Education!” is an urgent call for governments to invest in public education, a fundamental human right and public good, and to invest more in teachers, the most important factor in achieving quality education. This means guaranteeing labour rights and ensuring good working conditions, as well as manageable workloads and competitive salaries for teachers and education workers. It also means valuing and respecting educators, ensuring they are central to decision-making, and trusting their pedagogical expertise.
Objectives
The aim of this project is to build or strengthen ETA's capacities to support the campaign. The proposal focuses on building the capacity of our leadership on how to communicate and campaign, as well as on budget analysis so as to have evidence based knowledge on the amount of education funding as compared to other sectors. As the campaign should reach out to the wider public, the proposal included strategies of media coverage.
Activities
ETA intends to implement a coherent series of activities:
- Research: carry out a study to better understand education funding mechanisms.
- Capacity-building: organize workshops to train activists on the outcomes of this research and on communicating.
- Communication: disseminate messages widely via various media, including social medias.
- Advocacy: organize specific events to meet with authorities in order to convince them of the interest and urgency of investing in public education.
