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News 6 June 2023 Education International stands with Ukraine: union leaders in Kyiv meet colleagues and show solidarity
On May 8 to 11, an Education International delegation visited Ukraine’s capital to deliver a strong message of solidarity and meet with colleagues from the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine (TUESWU), EI member organisation in the country. The delegation also met with the Minister of Education...
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 June 2023 Korean teachers’ call for quality education, trade union rights, and democracy met with intimidation
On May 20th, the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU) held its National Teacher's Congress at Cheonggye Plaza in Seoul. The congress celebrated the 34th anniversary of the KTU and challenged the Yoon Seokyeol administration's regressive education policies. The government responded with a search and seizure at the union’s...
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Leading the profession 25 May 2023 France: education unions’ resounding NO to the ‘Teacher Pact’ and the pensions law
Education International is supporting education unions in their joint call for teachers to mobilise in massive numbers to show their opposition to the ‘Schools Pact’ and to demand the repeal of the pensions law in France.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 22 May 2023 Romania: educators' wages must be increased
Unhappy with their wages, which they consider humiliating, Romanian educators have mobilised for an indefinite all-out strike to demand better pay for their work and recognition of its social importance.
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Standards and working conditions 19 May 2023 From Aveiro to the world: “Go Public: Fund Education Support Personnel”
Over 70 participants to the 2nd Education International (EI) Education Support Personnel (ESP) Conference, held from 17th-18th May in Aveiro, Portugal, adopted a strong statement urging governments to increase funding in education systems and to invest in trained and qualified education support personnel that have good working conditions, to ensure...
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Climate action and literacy 17 May 2023 United Kingdom: National Education Union ramps up mobilisation for climate justice
Climate justice, climate education, and a just transition to a green economy all featured heavily on the agenda of the 2023 annual Conference of the National Education Union in the United Kingdom.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 May 2023 Romania: Public authorities must finance education now!
Around 20,000 education unionists, educators, and concerned citizens protested on May 10th in the Romanian capital city of Bucharest to demand increased investment in education, joining the Education International (EI) “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign.
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Standards and working conditions 7 May 2023 Global survey: education unions called to share insights on the status of teachers and the teaching profession
Education International’s (EI) General Secretary, David Edwards, has called on all member organisations to complete the survey on the Global Status of Teachers and the Teaching Profession, which will serve as the basis for EI’s flagship report on the status of teachers and education workers worldwide, to be launched at...
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Equity and inclusion 4 May 2023 Ivory Coast: Teachers mobilise communities to end child labour
In the rural region of Soubré, Côte d'Ivoire, teachers play a key role in the fight against child labour. Thanks to the training provided by the SYNADEEPCI union in partnership with Education International, UNICEF, and Save the Children, education professionals have learned to distinguish between work that is socialising and...
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Leading the profession 4 May 2023 Education International honours the memory of education champion Perianan Ramanathan
Education International is saddened by the passing of Perianan Ramanathan on 30 April. Former President of Malaysia’s National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP), Ramanathan played a vital role in the creation of Education International and the global education union movement.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 May 2023 Education unions and governments come together at Summit to strengthen the teaching profession
The 2023 International Summit on the Teaching Profession concluded in Washington last week, providing what EI General Secretary David Edwards called “a policy beacon and safe harbor for ideas to be exchanged and debated” on critical global education issues.
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News 27 April 2023 Apply today! Research, Policy and Advocacy Coordinator - Gender Equality
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Leading the profession 25 April 2023 Summit to focus on key global education issues at EI 30th anniversary
The 13th annual International Summit on the Teaching Profession convened in Washington, DC on April 25th, amid growing concerns over the teacher shortage crisis, shrinking education budgets, and continuing changes in education technology.
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Standards and working conditions 25 April 2023 The Gambia: Development cooperation supports teacher union’s co-operative credit union
The successful partnership between the Gambia Teachers Union Co-Operative Credit Union (GTUCCU) and the Comhar Linn INTO Credit Union of Ireland has positively impacted the lives of teachers and their families in The Gambia. GTUCCU currently has over 30,000 members who use a variety of financial services, including savings and...
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Leading the profession 24 April 2023 Strengthening education unions, a key priority in Latin America
Cooperation and solidarity, the Pedagogical Movement and women workers in education and their network. These initiatives to strengthen education unions were debated during the Education International (EI) Development Cooperation Café dedicated to the Latin American region.
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Union renewal and development 24 April 2023 Education International provides educators with a tool to support the strengthening of their unions
Education International (EI) has developed a "Toolkit for Union Building – Making Education Unions More Effective” . This toolkit enables each member organisation to engage in a process of self-assessment, proposing that they experiment with new activities to strengthen their organisations.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 April 2023 Iraq: Government must revise national examination questions
The President of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU), Abdalwahed Mohammad Haje, has urged public authorities to change the format and questions of the Preparatory Baccalaureate Certificate for students’ eligibility for admission to higher education institutions. Which determines students’ eligibility for admission to higher education institutions. This is to avoid cheating...
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Future of work in education 20 April 2023 Go Public! Fund Education: Global campaign launched in Latin America
Education International affiliates from across the region came together to coordinate their work on the new global campaign and to urge governments to invest more in public education in their countries.
Go Public! Fund Education: Global campaign launched in Latin America