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Trade union rights are human rights 12 December 2013 Kenya: Educators’ voice should be heard, say unions
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Kenya Union of Domestic, Hotels, Educational Institutions, Hospitals and Allied Workers (KUDHEIHA), two of EI’s national affiliates, have called on the Government to engage in honest social dialogue to ensure quality education in the country.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 11 December 2013 USA: EI affiliates Unite for Quality Education - Successful national Day of Action for public education
EI’s US national affiliates, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) participated in a hugely successful National Day of Action for public education on 9 December. This was the largest coordinated action to reclaim the promise of public education in the US, under the banner...
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Trade union rights are human rights 10 December 2013 Educators celebrate International Day for Human Rights
On this date, 10 December, Human Rights Day, EI pays tribute to educators around the world who fight for the right to live and work in dignity. These educators and their trade unions also fight for freedom of expression, assembly and association; the right to bargain collectively; and for all...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 10 December 2013 EI: Education is not a tradable commodity
EI has joined the international trade union movement in criticizing a new agreement on global trade rules that is unbalanced and threatens to put new pressures on public services like health care and education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 December 2013 The first results of the survey of Adult Skills - Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC)
The OECD's PIAAC survey is the first world-wide survey on adults' skills. It tested literacy, numeracy and problem solving ICT skills of adults aged 16-65. PIAAC covers only 17 countries from Europe.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2013 Failure of the EU’s Eastern Partnership
The Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius that took place on 28-29 November 2013 ended as a failure.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2013 PISA 2012 results
The OECD published the PISA 2012 results on 3 December 2013.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2013 Safeguarding public education against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
The EU and the US started negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in July 2013.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2013 ERASMUS+ adopted by the Council
On 3 December 2013, the Council adopted the regulation establishing ERASMUS+, the European Union's Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport for the period 2014-2020.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2013 The reality of teachers miles away from picture painted by stereotypes
A number of recent reports published by Eurydice demonstrate that the reality of teachers do not match the rosy picture that is painted by stereotypes.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2013 Annual Growth Survey strongly criticised by Members of the European Parliament
The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) criticised strongly the European Commission for its Annual Growth Survey, which repeatedly gives over-optimistic economic forecasts. According the MEPs, the European Commission is not taking sufficient account of these errors and not adapting its economic reform recommendations to tackle the ensuing social problems.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 December 2013 ETUCE conference: Preventing Early School Leaving through ICT
On 28-29 November 2013, the final conference of the ETUCE project Teacher Unions Preventing Early School Leaving through the Use of ICT in Education took place in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Union renewal and development 6 December 2013 South Africa: Nelson Mandela, the world’s teacher, passes away
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, affectionately known as Madiba, anti-apartheid activist and first democratically elected president of South Africa, died last night at the age of 95.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 December 2013 PISA: Quality teacher workforce is key
Speaking about what educators can take away from the recently published PISA results, the OECD’s Head of Early Childhood Education and Schools, Michael Davidson, has highlighted that where the teaching profession is held in high esteem, the positive impact on effective learning is inevitable.
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Union growth 5 December 2013 Palestine: EI support for teachers striking over pay dispute
EI has sent a letter to Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority, urging his government to meet the demands of Palestinian teachers and education workers by fully implementing the 10 per cent salary increase agreed between the government and the General Union of Palestinian Teachers (GUPT) in September.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 December 2013 Spain unites for quality public education
Thousands of Spanish people took to the streets of Madrid on Saturday, 30 November, to protest at education cuts. Organised by the Platform for Public Education, the protestors also demanded the suspension of the recently approved reform, the Organic Law for the Improvement of Education Quality (LOMCE), better known as...
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Union renewal and development 4 December 2013 EI Executive Board working for quality education
The 42nd EI Executive Board (ExBo) meeting, held from 3-5 December in Brussels, Belgium, has adopted a series of decisions pertaining to the next EI World Congress, as well as the EI Programme and Budget. It has also confirmed the need to keep exerting high pressure on key decision-makers at...
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Union growth 3 December 2013 Turkey: Police confront demonstrators
EI’s affiliate in Turkey, E?itim Sen, has condemned the police crackdown on teachers and demonstrators gathered in Ankara for a protest march demanding quality education on 23 November, on the eve of the national Teachers’ Day.
Turkey: Police confront demonstrators