Articles from Mongolia
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Standards and working conditions 26 June 2024 Mongolia: Campaign leads to salary increase for teachers and education workers and more support for students
Through a series of campaigns in the past year led by the Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions (FMESU) significant reforms across multiple educational sectors have led to a salary increase for teachers and education workers, more support for students’ well-being, and a focus on infrastructure for higher education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 June 2024 Mongolia: Union launches nationwide call to invest in education
The Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions (FMESU), Education International (EI) national affiliate, has held a series of events to call for respect for teachers’ rights and increased investment in education. It also addressed critical challenges in the education sector, such as teacher shortages, inadequate infrastructure, and the provision...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 January 2024 International Day of Education: Unionists celebrate the right to education by campaigning for quality public education for all
On January 24, the International Day of Education, education unionists from around the world came together to reaffirm their commitment to the universal right to education and to mark the first year of the Education International global campaign Go Public! Fund Education. The campaign is an urgent call for governments...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 October 2023 Mongolia: Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions demands investments in education and teachers
The demand of the Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions (FMESU) is clear: invest in teachers, invest in education.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 17 April 2023 Mongolia: FMESU demand just and fair salaries for teachers and education support personnel
Thousands of education workers answered the call of the Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions (FMESU) and peacefully demonstrated on April 6th in Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar to demand increased salaries for teachers and education support personnel.
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Young members 29 September 2022 Mongolia: Ongoing efforts towards trade union transformation and renewal
Following the recent launch of the research “Trade union transformation in the digital economy: the case of the Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions (FMESU)”, the Mongolian education union started embarking in activities to implement the three-year project “Trade union transformation and the digital economy”.
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Union renewal and development 29 July 2022 Mongolia: Educators committed to trade union renewal
The research “Trade union transformation in the digital economy: the case of the Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions (FMESU)” highlights the challenges the union faces related to the impact of the digital transition.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 September 2019 “Copyright Issues and Teachers' Dilemma in Asia Pacific”, by Dr. Robert Jeyakumar.
Dr. Robert Jeyakumar
I woke up in Budapest on a fine summer morning to deliver a lecture using materials I had prepared in Malaysia in accordance with copyright exceptions allowed in Malaysia. Just before the lecture, I was informed that my materials did not conform to copyright laws in the EU. Dismay! This...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 May 2019 The VIIth Mongolian Teachers’ Congress reaffirms the importance to promote and invest in quality public education
Nearly 800 delegates from every corner of Mongolia participated in the VIIth Mongolian Teachers’ Congress, where the Prime Minister informed participants of the increase of the national budget allocated to the public education sector and teachers’ continuous professional development.
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Union growth 1 May 2017 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 May 2016 Teacher unions push government to boost investment in education
Mongolian education unionists are urging their national public authorities to increase financing to the education system in an effort to improve quality and make education for all a reality.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 August 2014 Mongolia: Union push toward quality education
EI’s Asia-Pacific regional office organised a successful workshop within the framework of the Unite for Quality Education (Unite) campaign in Ulaanbaatar from 23-25 July. The workshop was attended by representatives of seven districts and the Executive Committee of EI’s national affiliate, the Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions (FMESU).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 October 2013 Mongolia: Educators push for quality education during WTD
The Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions(FMESU), EI’s national affiliate, has organised a joint meeting under the theme, “I have a message for the government”, at the Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions’ level. The meeting was held in conjunction with the one-year EI Unite for Quality Education initiative.
Mongolia: Educators push for quality education during WTD