Articles from India
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 September 2014 India: Teachers to be tapped for expert advice on quality education
Looking to teachers’ experiences to address issues in education is an approach seldom used in policy circles, but unions in India are looking to buck the trend in order to achieve quality education.
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Equity and inclusion 3 June 2014 India: Women’s network plan ahead
A South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) women’s network planning meeting was organised recently by the EI Asia-Pacific regional office, together with two affiliates, the All India Federation of Teachers’ Organisation (AIFTO) and Lärarförbundet from Sweden.
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Equity and inclusion 6 February 2014 India: Unions develop Action Plan for gender equity
A South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Women’s Network Planning Meeting has been held in New Delhi, India. Three union leaders from EI affiliate All India Secondary Teachers’ Federation (AISTF) National Office, six AISTF representatives from the Indian Maharashtra State, as well as six AISTF representatives from the Indian...
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Equity and inclusion 29 January 2014 India: Unions develop Action Plan for gender equity
A South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Women’s Network Planning Meeting has been held in New Delhi, India. Three union leaders from EI affiliate All India Secondary Teachers’ Federation (AISTF) National Office, six AISTF representatives from the Indian Maharashtra State, as well as six AISTF representatives from the Indian...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 August 2013 Education For All: a teachers’ perspective
Delhi, India, was the location for a meeting to facilitate EI member organisations to evaluate the implementation of the Education For All (EFA) process in their home countries. The aim was to publicise teachers’ perspectives on EFA, after 25 years of global efforts to achieve education ‘for every citizen in...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 May 2013 India: unionists hold mass demonstration for quality public education
In early May, the All India Primary Teachers' Federation (AIPTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, organised a picket in front of the Indian parliament in New Delhi to raise awareness amongst the public about the need and importance of quality education for all.
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Equity and inclusion 8 February 2013 India: urgent action on violence against women
Following brutal gang-rape and murder of a female medical student in New Delhi last December, the EI South Asian Women’s Network (SWN) has issued a statement on violence against women in India.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 July 2012 India: educators oppose government plans for PPPs and certification
The All India Primary Teachers' Federation (AIPTF), one of EI’s national affiliates, has severely criticised the government’s Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) scheme in education. The AIPTF claims PPPs will commercialise education and undermine efforts to achieve Education For All goals. It has also condemned the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) and...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 May 2012 India: disadvantaged children allocated school places
One in four places in private schools in India will be reserved for socially and economically disadvantaged groups. This comes after the Indian Supreme Court endorsed Clause 12 in the Right to Education Act last month.
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Standards and working conditions 28 March 2011 The need to overcome the teacher gap in India
In September 2010, Mireille de Koning, from EI’s Research Unit, set off on a visit to four states in India to undertake research on teacher training for non- and under-qualified (contract) primary teachers. She spent her time meeting with policy makers and teachers about the main challenges to quality teacher...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 12 November 2009 India alters foreign school rules citing WTO compliance
Backtracking on earlier commitments, the government of India announced last month it will not require foreign educational institutions to meet quotas or adhere to caps on tuition fees.
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Trade union rights are human rights 20 September 2009 Indian union recommends more practical teacher training
EI affiliate, the All India Primary Teacher’s Federation published a study on the effectiveness of in-service training for primary teachers in two of the country’s states. Research was carried out in Bihar and Tamil Nadu, the third and seventh most populous states in the country.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 August 2009 Education now a right for Indian children
The Indian government has approved a landmark bill which guarantees free and compulsory education to all children aged 6 to 14. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill was unanimously passed in the Rajya Sabha, India’s upper House of Parliament in late July and was successfully voted...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 July 2009 India passes Right to Education Bill
India has passed a landmark bill providing for free and compulsory education to all children aged 6 to 14. In a vote held 20 July, the Rajya Sabha, India’s upper House of Parliament, gave unanimous approval to The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Bill.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 21 January 2009 New Indian Higher Ed Regulations Would Violate GATS
India’s higher education regulators are proposing new rules to combat an influx of low-quality, private higher education providers into the country.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 9 April 2008 EU-India Free Trade Talks Stall
Talks between the European Union and India on a bilateral free trade agreement may not be completed by the end of year as originally planned.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 March 2008 India: The need for sex education in schools
Since the first case was detected in the 1980s, AIDS has become one of the largest killers in the world. Every day, some 7,200 young people are contracting HIV in the world. In India, 15% of HIV/AIDS patients are children under 15 years of age. At a time when HIV...
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Equity and inclusion 28 November 2007 Spotlight interview with Ambet Yuson (BWI - India) : "We have pulled 15,000 children out of work… and quadrupled our membership"
India is the country with the largest number of working children in the world. Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) is attacking this exploitation through community involvement and the building of schools. Ambet Yuson, BWI's regional representative in Asia Pacific, tells us about this trade union strategy that has allowed...
Spotlight interview with Ambet Yuson (BWI - India) : "We have pulled 15,000 children out of work… and quadrupled our membership"