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EI national affiliates UNSA Education (National Union of Independent Trade Unions-Education) and SNUipp-FSU (Single National Union of Primary, Middle and Secondary School Teachers) have reacted to French Education Minister Vincent Peillon’s memorandum of agreement containing category-specific measures for primary education personnel.

The Plataforma Estatal por la Escuela Pública (State Platform for Public Education) has called for a strike on 9 May at every level of education in Spain. The platform is made up of EI’s affiliated trade unions - FECCOO, FETE-UGT, STEs and CSI-CSIF - as well as student organisations and...

The Syndicat national des enseignants du second degré de Côte d’Ivoire (SYNESCI) and the Syndicat national des enseignants du primaire public de Côte d'Ivoire (SNEPPCI), both EI national affiliates, have called for an end to the public-sector teachers’ strike in primary and secondary schools. The teachers have been on an...

The lock-out of teachers in Denmark has ended after the Danish government intervened in the industrial action between the Danish Union of Teachers (DLF) and the municipalities’ association (Local Government Denmark – LGDK [KL]). The DLF is an affiliate of EI.

The Education Minister and the teachers’ organisations of Honduras should as soon as possible resume discussions on the future of the Honduran public school system. Their dialogue should be based on mutual respect and should aim at improving quality education for all children. This was the message conveyed by EI...

EI officially launched the Organising Network (OrgNet) on 8-9 April in Washington D.C, US, as mandated by EI’s 6th World Congress. The aim of the network is to engage in strategic and targeted organising campaigns to grow and strengthen inclusive education unions. The launch event was hosted by EI’s affiliates...

Fostering the role of education unions as key voices within education reform processes and advancing teacher professionalisation through collaborative teaching practices, were some of the main issues that arose during the second day of the 9th EI annual Research Network meeting, held on 11 April in Brussels.

EI’s affiliate, the Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU), has set out terms for Government to meet before they sign new contracts.

Despite intense last-minute discussions and new offers from the EI affiliate, the Danish Teachers Union (DLF), the employers’ lock-out of nearly all primary and lower secondary teachers in the whole country has become effective from 1 April. The lock-out prevents approximately 875,000 pupils from receiving their normal education as teachers...

Public schools in Australia would receive $390 million less in funding in 2014 if the Australian federal and state governments fail to put in place the Gonski school funding reforms by the beginning of next year. This is according to a new budget analysis released by EI’s affiliate, the Australian...

EI has commented on a new Eurydice report on the impact of the financial and economic crisis on education budgets across Europe, revealing that investment in education fell in eight out of 25 Member States since 2010.

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), EI affiliates, have announced the next phase of their jointly coordinated national campaign to protect teachers and defend education.

EI has welcomed new figures released on 15 March by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). These figures show that it is possible to make basic education universal by 2015, despite a global funding gap which increased to $26 billion from $16 billion during the past three...

The third International Summit on the Teaching Profession, which brought together education ministers and officials, leaders of EI and of the teacher unions in the countries concerned, together with OECD officials in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) ended yesterday. They concluded that they had made significant progress in their discussions about the...

The international assessment of student learning outcomes in higher education is wrought with difficulties and problems, EI has told anOrganisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) conference held from 11-12 March in Paris, France. The event’s theme was Measuring Learning Outcomes in Higher Education: Lessons Learnt from the Assessment of...

Faced with the government’s failure to live up to its promises to teachers, EI’s affiliate, Asociación Dominicana de Profesores y Profesoras (ADP), is preparing to step up its fight for decent working conditions for Dominican teachers.

EI has supported the school trade union representatives’ meeting organised by its Danish affiliate, the Danish Union of Teachers (DLF). The meeting on 5 March in Odense was aimed at protesting against the Government taking the teachers’ planning time.

This year, as they do each year, EI affiliates are organising and participating in local and national events to commemorate International Women’s Day on 8 March, and highlight ongoing challenges related to gender equality and women’s rights.