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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 March 2014 Ireland: No Quality without Gender Equality
The Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) has taken important steps on the path to Quality of Education for all. With a view to ensure “supportive and safe environments for teaching and learning that are gender sensitive and completely free of discrimination”, which is one of the 10 key messages...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 March 2014 Norway: Trade Union of Education campaigns for Quality teaching
The Union of Education Norway (UEN) is connecting its activities to the 10 key messages adopted by the ETUCE Committee on ‘What is needed to improve the Quality of Education in Europe?’, aiming at securing quality education for all and quality for the teaching profession worldwide.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 March 2014 Montenegro: raising awareness on the need for Quality of Education
In the framework of Unite for Quality Education campaign, the Independent Union of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Montenegro, ITUESCSM, is raising awareness the 10 key messages adopted by the ETUCE Committee on 24 October 2013 on ‘What is Needed to Improve the Quality of Education in Europe?’ through...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 March 2014 Romania: Roundtable on quality Education
ALMA-MATER organised together with two other ETUCE Member Organisations in Romania, FSLE and FSI Spiru Haret, a roundtable with students and parents’ organisations to discuss quality education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 March 2014 Albania: teacher trade unions campaign for Quality of Education
On 7 November 2013, the Congress of the Trade Union Federation of Education and Science of Albania - FSASH opened the way for deepening Albanian teacher unions’ involvement in the Unite for Quality Education campaign.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 March 2014 Bosnia and Herzegovina: trade unions speed up towards Quality Education, key for progress of the Bosnian society halting social unrest
The Bosnian higher education and science trade union, HESUEBH, is struggling to raise public awareness on the need of all to access quality and free public education, as a fundamental determinant for every citizen.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 March 2014 Latvia: a Protocol of Intent to strengthen the Alliance for Quality of Education
On 19 December 2013, the Latvian Educational and Scientific Workers' Trade Union, LIZDA succeeded in establishing an open National Consultative Alliance “United for Quality Education” in response to the EI/ETUCE homonym Campaign.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 March 2014 Hungary: common trade union front for quality in education for all
Against the background of troubled relations between Hungarian trade unions and the government of the country, the trade union of teachers, SEHUN, is willing to cooperate with the Hungarian trade unions in the education who signed the 10 key messages in the framework of the EI/ETUCE campaign Unite for Quality...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 March 2014 Slovakia: ETUCE 10 key messages turned into concrete recommendations for Quality of Education
OZPŠaV, the Trade Union of Workers in Education and Science of Slovakia succeeded in turning the 10 key messages adopted by the ETUCE Committee into concrete recommendations with regards to Slovak national specifications.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 March 2014 Iceland: the 10 key messages turned into a strategy for actions
The Icelandic teachers’ union, KÍ, has transformed the 10 key messages adopted by the ETUCE Committee on ‘What is Needed to Improve the Quality of Education in Europe?’ to a core topic to be diffused and discussed at many occasions and to be addressed to all targets in society.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 March 2014 Italy: trade unions in education on the move for Quality of Education
Italian teachers trade union, such as FLC – CGIL, CISL Scuola and UIL Scuola, are eager to turn the 10 key messages adopted by the ETUCE Committee on ‘What is Needed to Improve the Quality of Education in Europe?’ to specific national recommendations for better Quality of Education.
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Equity and inclusion 4 March 2014 How can education unions play an active role in ensuring that student performance is gender equal?
At Education International’s (EI) North America and Caribbean Regional Conference, held in Montego Bay on 24-26 February, Ms. Georgia Waugh Richards from the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) suggested that in Caribbean countries “gender streaming” in education may help improve the performance of boys, who are lagging behind girls in school...
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Trade union rights are human rights 4 March 2014 EI Member Organisation in Ukraine calls for Peace and Democracy
The following report was provided by TUESW, the major teachers’ organisation in Ukraine. It issued a statement on the current situation which is also published below.
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 March 2014 Greece: education unionists face down police violence
On 28 February, the Greek Federation of Secondary State School Teachers (OLME), one of EI’s national affiliates, organised a demonstration in Athens against the proposed dismissal of 12,500 education workers by 22 March. This demonstration took place at the same time as the Troika’s representatives were discussing permanent teachers and...
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Union growth 3 March 2014 Turkey: education union strikes over planned education law
On 26 February, EI’s national affiliate, E?itim Sen, organised a national strike action to protest against the new draft of the ‘Amendments to the National Education System Law’ discussed at the Turkish Parliament during the previous few days. Thousands of education and science workers from all provinces of Turkey, as...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 March 2014 Online consultation for the next GMR is now open
The 2015 Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report (GMR) will provide a definitive assessment of overall progress at the national, regional and global level toward the six EFA goals that were established in Dakar, Senegal, in 2000. EI strongly encourages its affiliates to participate in this consultation.
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Union growth 3 March 2014 UK: education unions engaged in fight against child poverty
The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), the two largest EI’s national affiliates, have criticised the UK coalition Governments’ consultation on child poverty.
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Union growth 3 March 2014 Kenya: Education unions issue two-week strike notice
Public university lecturers and non-teaching staff have threatened to go on strike in two weeks’ time in Kenya. Led by union officials from the Universities’ Academic Staff Union (UASU), an EI national affiliate, as well as members of the Kenya University Staff Union (KUSU), they have urged the Government to...
Kenya: Education unions issue two-week strike notice