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Fighting the commercialisation of education 3 August 2020 Education International and the Global Campaign for Education condemn GEMS Metropole School's stance on education during the COVID-19 pandemic
GEMS Metropole School threatened parents with withholding students’ report cards and transfer slips unless school fees were paid. Education International and the Global Campaign for education call on the United Arab Emirates to not tolerate extortionary manoeuvres against children in private schools.
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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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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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Standards and working conditions 11 May 2012 Abu Dhabi Summit: Transforming education will succeed when teachers are highly respected
Education International has urged the government of the United Arab Emirates to give their teachers the freedom to establish an independent professional union.
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Trade union rights are human rights 5 May 2011 UAE cracks down on teacher association
EI has condemned the brutal takeover of the Teachers’ Association in the United Arab Emirates, a prominent civil society organisation calling for greater democracy in the country.
UAE cracks down on teacher association