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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 April 2014 Icelandic social partners in education end labour dispute with successful result
On 4 April 2014, a new agreement ended the recent conflict between the Icelandic ETUC/EI member organisation Kennarasamband Islands (KI) and the Icelandic government.
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Equity and inclusion 7 April 2014 Dublin:Women central to sustainable future development
The future will be created in classrooms. This was the key message of Her Excellency Tarja Halonen in her keynote opening speech to the EI’s Second World Women’s Conference today, 7 April, in Dublin, Ireland. Addressing almost 400 delegates from education trade unions representing around 90 countries across the globe,...
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Union renewal and development 7 April 2014 New issue of Worlds of Education published
The 43rd issue of Education International’s on-line magazine, Worlds of Education, has been published. The magazine is available at www.worldsofeducation.org.
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Equity and inclusion 6 April 2014 Education International’s World Women's Conference 7-9 April 2014 in Dublin, Ireland
Transforming words into action will be goal of nearly 400 women as they join forces for quality education at Education International’s second World Women’s Conference in Dublin, Ireland. From 7-9 April, female leaders in education and trade unions from around the world will tackle some of the biggest challenges facing...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 April 2014 EI joins 40.000 on the streets demanding a new path for Europe
The message from Brussels today was clear as thousands took to the streets in protest: Austerity is not working! Trade union delegations from all over Europe gathered in Europe’s capital to denounce the fact that over 26 million Europeans are unemployed - 10 million more than in 2008. The situation...
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Equity and inclusion 4 April 2014 Spain: Documentary on women teachers to be screened at World Women’s Conference
An extraordinary historical documentary on the commitment shown by female teachers in Spain whilst fighting illiteracy will be screened at the Second World Women’s Conference on 6 April in Dublin, Ireland. The award-winning “Las Maestras de la Republica”, which recounts the teachers’ battle for the rights of women and the...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 April 2014 EI surveys teachers’ working conditions
EI is launching a world-wide survey on teaching and learning conditions, with the aim of bridging the gap between policy making and the reality of the classroom. The survey will be accessible online from today until the end of July in more than 10 different languages, and is part of...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 April 2014 ETUCE guidelines on early school leaving and ICT
The European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) has published a framework on how teacher unions can help to prevent early school leaving with the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in schools. This is the result of a multinational project in partnership with teacher unions from Denmark, Greece,...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 April 2014 UNESCO announces new director of EFA Global Monitoring Report
UNESCO has announced that Dr. Aaron Benavot is the new Director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report (EFA GMR). Dr Benavot brings decades of experience in global education policy and comparative research to the Report team, including four years as a Senior Policy Analyst for the Report. He...
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Union renewal and development 2 April 2014 EI Asia-Pacific Regional Committee highlights quality education and development cooperation
Quality education, fighting the privatisation of education, and deepening development cooperation work – these were the issues under the spotlight at EI’s Asia-Pacific (EIAP) Regional Committee meeting on 2-3 March in New Delhi, India.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 1 April 2014 OECD report highlights the importance of creative problem-solving skills
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) argues that in modern societies, all of life is problem-solving. Changes in society, the environment, and in technology mean that the content of applicable knowledge evolves rapidly. Adapting, learning, daring to try out new things and always being ready to learn from...
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Union renewal and development 28 March 2014 Quality education at heart of International Summit on the Teaching Profession
“Excellence, Equity and Inclusiveness – High quality teaching for all” is the theme of the fourth International Summit on the Teaching Profession 2014 (ISTP) being held in Wellington, New Zealand, on 28-29 March 2014
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Union growth 27 March 2014 Iceland: No end in sight to ongoing strike
Icelandic high-school and technical school teachers have now been on strike for nine days. Negotiations are faltering, due to a government offer on 25 March that was lower than what was offered the week prior to the strike. A new high school law will be implemented in 2015, but Iceland’s...
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Trade union rights are human rights 26 March 2014 USA: New study celebrates EI founder and international impact of teacher union
Education International has welcomed the release of a new report celebrating the work and legacy of one of its founding presidents, Albert Shanker.
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Union growth 25 March 2014 Social dialogue in public services to be discussed at the ILO
An EI delegation will discuss how to strengthen collective bargaining rights for public employees in a forum convened by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). From 2-3 April, representatives of workers, governments, and employers will make recommendations for future action to the ILO and its constituents.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 March 2014 Nigeria: Education union opposes competency test for teachers
The National President of EI national affiliate the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Michael Olukoya, has criticised the competency test for teachers introduced in Edo State as a scheme “to eliminate teachers”.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 March 2014 UK: Unions oppose changes to Ofsted inspection system
The Association of Teachers and Lecturer's (ATL), the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), all three affiliated to EI, have expressed their opposition to the changes to the Ofsted inspection system. The changes were announced on 21 March by the...
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Leading the profession 25 March 2014 Courage and determinationCourage and determination
Graham Clayton