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All over the world, public education is under threat and facing competition from private education systems. In countries that have faced natural disasters like tsunamis, the reconstruction of public schools takes on a particular dimension. The following is a picture of the situation in Sri Lanka.

Anyone arriving in Sri Lanka is captivated by its charm – the charm of smiling faces. Never in my life have I seen so many! People smile whenever and wherever they meet, whether they are acquaintances or strangers, whether the other person is a foreigner or a fellow Sri Lankan,...

In 1992, when the Sinaia Statement on Academic Freedom and University Autonomy was adopted under the auspices of UNESCO, it stated: “history has shown that violations of academic freedom and institutional autonomy have high costs in intellectual regression, social alienation and economic stagnation.”

It is high time to confront the vulnerability of girls to HIV and AIDS, and to support the crucial role of the education sector in combating the pandemic.

On November 9, 2005, Mrs. Mulunesh Abebayehu was arrested, without warning, at the junior secondary school where she teaches and taken to the notorious Kality Prison in Addis Ababa.

For the past 15 years, Education International and member organizations such as the Dutch teachers’ union AOb and the National Union of Teachers of England and Wales have actively supported the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association. Why the need for this solidarity? Because the ETA has suffered ongoing repression by a government...

Below is the interview conducted by the International Confederation of Free Trade Union (ICFTU) with Stavri Liko, the Federal Secretary of the FSASH, the Trade Union Federation of Education and Science of Albania (FSASH), an EI affiliate.

Thank you, Chairperson.

The following is an article Education International (EI) received from Mr. Abdurahman Hassan Warsame, Vice-president of the Somalia National Union of Teachers (SNUT), which has applied for EI membership. EI does not currently have an affiliate in the war-torn country.

“The end of Child Labour: within reach” is the second report that the ILO, under the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, releases since 2002. The report's objective is to analyze and show progress made on the child labour (Child Labour) issue over the past four years, as...

As of 5 Jan 2005, about 150,000 people in 8 Asian countries have perished and more than 5 million lives affected due to the tsunami waves generated by the underwater earthquake near Bandar Aceh, Indonesia on 26 Dec 2004. About one third of those killed are children. As part of...

In the global economy where neo-liberal values of privatisation and market competition are dominant, it is crucial for those committed to public education to reaffirm the principle that education, including higher, technical, and professional education, is a right and not a merchandise.

These two OECD studies are important for education unions and their members. Education International is working closely with the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC)* to monitor the two projects and to ensure that the views of educators and their unions are taken into account.

Public schools in Cameroon lack teachers while at the same time thousands of qualified teachers are unemployed. This is a regrettable squandering of human resources, all the more so considering that qualified teachers are hard to come by in many other African countries.

Her work is far from easy and every day brings a new challenge. Yet Nadia Georgiova, a Bulgarian teacher, would not give up her job at School No. 7 in Sliven for anything in the world.

Global Union Federations (GUFs) held their Annual Conference in Brussels 10-11 January. General Secretaries of the 10 GUFs, representing many millions of employees in the main sectors of the global economy, dealt with an impressive list of issues facing the global trade union movement.