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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 July 2011 Resolution on the Future of the Teaching Profession
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 July 2011 Stress the importance of public education for universal welfare
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Union growth 25 July 2011 Resolution on the Education Policy Paper "Building the Future through Quality Education"
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 July 2011 Policy paper on education: Building the Future through Quality Education
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 July 2011 Resolution on the Sustained Funding of Public Education in the midst of the Economic Crisis
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 June 2011 South Africa: SADTU unites with civil society for quality education
The South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU) is taking up the Council of Global Unions’ Quality Public Services – Action Now! campaign by joining the civil society organisation, Equal Education, to hold a People's Summit for Quality Education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 June 2011 EI launches ‘Bring a Book to Congress’ appeal
On UN Public Services Day, EI has launched an appeal for school libraries in South Africa, which are in a desperate state. Only seven per cent of public schools have functional libraries; 13 per cent have a library space without books or a librarian; and a massive 79 per cent...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 June 2011 European trade unions demand change of economic governance
EI has supported the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) urgent and clear message to European decision-makers: European governance means strengthening – not attacking – its social model.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 June 2011 Czech Republic: Inclusive education experts resign at government inaction
EI has expressed concern at the resignation of more than 50 experts from a Czech Education Ministry Working Group which was supposed to design a plan to improve disadvantaged children’s education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 May 2011 New OECD Index shows education contributes to better life
Education is one of the 11 most essential dimensions for a better life, according to a new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 May 2011 Trade unions demand coherence for decent work G20 high-level conference
The Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has called on leaders meeting at the G20 high-level conference on Strengthening Economic and Social Policy Coherence to take action to achieve decent work standards.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 May 2011 Schools must be inclusive spaces for teachers and students with disabilities
Since beginning of May, 100 states have signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. EI welcomes the commitment of states to create more inclusive societies and demands concrete steps to move from paper to practice.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 April 2011 Global Action Week 2011 begins
Education International (EI) and its affiliates worldwide will participate in several actions around the theme of women and girl’s education on the occasion of Global Action Week (GAW), from 2-8 May.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 April 2011 Survey finds poverty hitting pupils' learning
A survey by the ATL (UK) teachers' union has found that many pupils living in poverty come to school hungry, tired and in worn-out clothes.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 April 2011 Global Unions demand more equitable and sustainable growth and development
The Council of Global Unions, to which EI belongs, has issued a statement to the 2011 meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank to demand they “pay as much attention to employment deficits as they do to fiscal deficits and to take co-ordinated action to support job...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 April 2011 Bob Harris completes 17 years as TUAC Chair
Bob Harris, EI Senior Consultant has chaired the Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Working Group on Education, Training and Employment Policy since 1994, shortly after the creation of EI.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 April 2011 ELearning Africa’s reshaped news portal enhances education opportunities
The website features new social media links, improved site navigation and enhanced multimedia to provide readers with the most relevant news and information in the field of ICT for Development and Education in Africa.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 March 2011 Financial Transaction Tax: a small fee for global justice
Across the globe, anti-poverty activists are channelling the spirit of Robin Hood, who stood up against a sheriff’s unfair taxes. Today’s crusaders are actually in favour of a tax but it is one that takes from the richest and gives to the poorest.
Financial Transaction Tax: a small fee for global justice