Susan Hopgood: Much is at stake for education
During her address to Education International's 6th World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, EI President, Susan Hopgood, has called on educators from all over the world, gathered at the meeting, to stand together and fight the challenges that lie ahead of the international teacher trade union movement.
"With the failures of neoliberalism and the unfettered market having been exposed, many thought we would see the emergence of a new world order and new paradigm," Hopgood said during her speech.
"A new paradigm which would see a renewed embrace of civil society with a new commitment to its fundamental pillars of human rights, trade union rights, social justice and of course quality education for all.
As we continue to observe, this is not the case. Around the world we are being confronted with new challenges, deeper challenges.
As daunting as this may seem, we know that we can confront these challenges by drawing inspiration and strength from this collective, our global union, Education International. Afterall, we created Education International, to be guided, as our Constitution states'by the ideals of democracy, human rights and social justice'," she went on to say.
To read the full speech, please download the Word document available on the right-hand side.
