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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 June 2023 Social justice without quality public education and teachers?
José Olivera
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) held its 111th annual conference in Geneva (Switzerland) from 5 to 16 June. The ILO is the only tripartite body of the United Nations system that brings together representatives of the labour sector, governments and employers to address a range of issues pertaining to the...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 9 June 2023 International Labour Conference: EI calls for social dialogue with teachers to strengthen quality public education
Education is a fundamental human right and a key factor in achieving sustainable development. But to ensure quality education for all, the teaching profession must be recognised and supported.
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Go public! Fund education 12 May 2023 Education support personnel: an essential part of a quality public service
Luc Allaire
World Education Support Personnel Day on 16 May is an excellent opportunity to remember their invaluable contribution to quality education. They work in dozens of different roles, providing services in occupational therapy, psychoeducation, special education, remedial education, computer science, driving school buses, preparing meals in school, college and university cafeterias,...
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Go public! Fund education 11 May 2023 To improve the quality of education, India needs to invest in qualified teachers
Protiva Kundu
Poor learning levels at school is the biggest concern of the Indian school education system, with poor learning outcomes exacerbated by the learning crisis. To improve learning outcomes, the role of teachers is pivotal.
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Standards and working conditions 24 April 2023 In Cameroon, the teaching profession is losing confidence
Geneviève Ngo Djon
The situation of Cameroonian teachers has changed considerably, as their fortunes follow those of the economy, going from bad to worse. In fact, while the living and working conditions of teachers went from strength to strength from 1960 to 1984, they have gone in the opposite direction since 1993, the...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 April 2023 The global student movement demands tax justice for education!
Hector Ulloa
For decades the student movement has demanded quality, universal and free public education; however, student representatives have often seen their demands neglected by politicians hiding behind the excuse of insufficient available funding.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 April 2023 In defense of public education
Randi Weingarten
The present article reproduces excerpts from the speech given at the National Press Club on March 28, 2023.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 April 2023 Go Public, Grow Public: Mobilize to Finance the Public Good
David Edwards
Today, at the midpoint of the unanimous commitment of the United Nations to set the world on a course of sustainable development by 2030, those Sustainable Development Goals are almost irretrievably off track.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 February 2023 We are education! Successful trade union strategies in Mexico
Alfonso Cepeda Salas
The Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE) is one of the biggest education unions in the world. It currently represents more than 1.5 million active members at all levels of education and 700,000 retired teachers. Its mission is to defend public education and protect the rights of education...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 January 2023 Uruguay: The importance of a global campaign to defend public education
José Olivera
Latin America is the most unequal region in the world, with one of the highest rates of wealth concentration and the associated poverty and marginalisation affecting the majority of the region’s population. It also suffers from unequal income distribution, be it direct, through active or passive income, or indirect, through...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 January 2023 Senegal: Strong action needed for inclusive quality public education
Marième Sakho Dansokho
Is Senegal, the good student, cited as an example, a giant with feet of clay? With 25% of its budget allocated to education, i.e. more than 6% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), significant efforts are certainly being made, but for what result? There are more than 1,500,000 children out...
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