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Education International

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Through our 375 member organisations, we represent more than 33 million teachers and education support personnel in 180 countries and territories.

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Informed and empowered by teachers and education support personnel everywhere, we develop tools and strategies that enable us to work across all sectors of education and all regions of the world to effect change and create a better future for our students. Click here to see how we work and find out more about our priorities below.

  1. Quality education for all

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  3. Rights and democracy

  4. Building union power

Latest Updates

  2. News 11 June 2025

    Canada: Quebec’s Premier must “backtrack” and fully fund higher education

    In Canada, the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ) and its federations in the college system are denouncing cuts of 150 million Canadian dollars (around 96 million euros) by 2025-2026 and are calling on Premier François Legault to restore funding for the CEGEPs, the public education institutions where the first...

    Canada: Quebec’s Premier must “backtrack” and fully fund higher education
  3. Worlds of Education 11 June 2025

    Education voices | How a union is mobilising communities against child labour in Burundi

    Rémy Nsengiyumva

    Since 2021, projects run by the STEB education workers’ union of Burundi have enabled more than 900 former child workers to return to school. Remy Nsengiyumva, President of the STEB, reflects on the strategies used in these projects supported by Education International, the AOb, NEA, GEW Fair Childhood Foundation, and...

    Education voices | How a union is mobilising communities against child labour in Burundi
  4. Take action! 11 June 2025

    Take action! Help defend quality early childhood education in New Zealand

    The New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) - Te Riu Roa is pushing back on government measures aiming to deregulate early childhood education. The Education International member organisation warns that these profit-driven decisions will negatively impact the sector, undermining quality and inclusivity. NZEI Te Riu Roa is calling on education unions...

    Take action! Help defend quality early childhood education in New Zealand
  5. News 10 June 2025

    Iraq: Educators’ historic strike leads to salary increases and progress for education

    In a landmark victory for educators across Iraq, the Iraqi Teachers’ Union (ITU) has successfully led a nationwide strike, resulting in significant policy changes that benefit teachers and the education sector. This mobilization, following the national launch of the Education International (EI) Go Public! Fund Education campaign in 2024, led...

    Iraq: Educators’ historic strike leads to salary increases and progress for education
  6. News 6 June 2025

    Francophone EI member organisations join forces to strengthen unions and promote public education

    During the last board meeting of the Francophone Union Committee for Education and Training (CSFEF), discussions shed light on the common challenges unions in different countries have been facing, as well as their achievements and initiatives to defend union rights and improve public education. The meeting was also an opportunity...

    Francophone EI member organisations join forces to strengthen unions and promote public education

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