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Thousands of children affected by last month's earthquake in Nepal returned to schools five weeks after the disaster killed more than 8,600 people and destroyed schools across the country.

The Kurdistan Teachers’ Union has reaffirmed its intension to work with the Iraqi Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research to improve the quality of education, teachers’ status, and working and living conditions.

Response from Education International to the Final Declaration of the Incheon World Education Forum 2015

Backed by a 20-strong delegation, Education International made its mark at the World Education Forum in Incheon, South Korea, where the teachers’ voice helped deliver the new education declaration.

Helping teachers to embrace their universal rights in and outside of the classroom was the focus of hands-on training sessions held in Zimbabwe last month to foster a strong culture of rights.

The Awards Dinner will be held on Saturday, 25th July 2015 in the Ballroom at the Westin Hotel. There will be a pre-dinner reception at 7.30pm followed by dinner at 8.00pm. The Awards Dinner will follow the Awards Ceremony, which will be held during the final Plenary session on the...

Coffee, tea and soft drinks will be available for purchase in the Parliament Foyer and Trillium Ballroom. There will be mineral water available for participants from water coolers in the plenary room.

Congress will open at 17.00 hours on the 21st July. The two hour opening session will be followed by a welcome reception in the Parliament Foyer and the Trillium Ballroom at the Congress centre. All participants are invited to attend.

Registration is also open for pre-Congress events and break-out sessions.

On registration participants who require visas to enter Canada can download documents to assist them in applying for a visa. They must apply directly to the nearest Canadian visa issuing authority.

Over 1,700 people have registered already for the 7th World Congress. This includes approximately 950 delegates. The final date for registering delegates was 21st April.

The Congress Scheduling tab is now available on the registration section of the website! With this tool you can enter your flight details in order to ensure that we can arrange transportation to and from the airport for you in Ottawa and book your place at pre-Congress events, break-out sessions...

Early next month representatives from a wide variety of global health, education and UN organizations will meet to discuss issues of integrating disciplines such as health and social sustainability into schools as a way to leverage the strengths of programs in each separately to create a stronger and systemic whole.

President Susan Hopgood has brought Education International's message to the heart of the World Education Forum: a successful education agenda needs the inclusion and consultation of teachers and civil society.

French trade unions united within the Education Collective Against LGBT-phobia in Schools and Universities have called on public authorities to implement a long-awaited ambitious policy to combat LGBT-phobia in schools and universities.

Education International has presented its own assessment of the last 15 years of EFA at the World Education Forum in Korea, which states that without a consistent engagement of teachers in education policy, future strategies are bound to fail.

Education International has presented its own assessment of the last 15 years of EFA at the World Education Forum in Korea, which states that without a consistent engagement of teachers in education policy, future strategies are bound to fail.

Two Turkish trade unionists have been awarded the Febe Elisabeth Velasquez trade union award 2015 for their exceptional trade union work by the biggest trade union confederation in the Netherlands.