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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 June 2014 Haiti: Agreement promotes quality education
More than a fortnight of countrywide strikes and demonstrations has resulted in an agreement being signed by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MENFP) with the platform of Haitian teachers’ unions.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 May 2014 Uganda: Five per cent of school-age children have never gone to school
One out of every 20 children of school-going age (7 to 15 years) in Uganda has never attended school, despite Uganda’s policy on free education.That’s according to an Out of School Children Study in Uganda reportreleased on 7 May. The report, which presents a grim picture of Uganda’s efforts to...
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Equity and inclusion 30 May 2014 USA: Yearbook controversy highlights challenges of inclusive schools
EI has strongly condemned the fact that 18-year-old Jessica Urbina, who wore a stylist tuxedo in her high school portrait, was told by school officials that her picture would not appear in her class yearbook due to the Archdiocese of San Francisco’s rule that girls must appear in dresses for...
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 May 2014 The Canadian Teachers’ Federation stands up for locked out BC teachers
Teachers under siege in British Columbia have found a supportive union ally in their fight against aggressive government tactics as an imposed lockout disrupts classrooms across the province.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 May 2014 Deconstructing education myths together
Tackling myths in education was at the forefront of discussions at the Global Education Conference in Montreal today as union leaders looked at ways to keep policy free of falsehoods.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 May 2014 Improving the quality of vocational education and training
The Thematic Working Group on VET of the European Commission met in Brussels on 14 - 15 March. ETUCE was represented by Daniel Taubman (UCU UK).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 May 2014 Working on transversal skills
The Thematic Working Group on Transversal skills of the European Commission met in Brussels on 29-30 January 2014. ETUCE was represented by Brian Cookson (NASUWT, UK) and Guus Wijngaards (AoB NL).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 May 2014 Collaboration on school policies to fight early school leaving
The Thematic Working Groups of the European Commission on School Policy dealing with Teacher Education and Early School Leaving met in Brussels on 20-21 February 2014. ETUCE was represented by Hans Laugesen GL (DK) and Dan Taubmann (UK). In 2010 the member states of the EU adopted the EU2020 Strategy...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 May 2014 Quality assurance and mobility in higher education
The Thematic Working Group on modernising higher education of the European Commission organised a meeting in Brussels on 29 March 2014. ETUCE was represented by Jens Vraa-Jensen (Denmark).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 May 2014 Recent European developments in adult learning
ETUCE is represented in thematic working groups of the European Commission. The Thematic Working Group on Adult Learning of the European Commission organised a meeting on 3 March 2014. ETUCE was represented by Rossella Benedetti (UilScuola, Italy).
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 May 2014 Towards a European Area of Skills and Qualifications
The European Commission run a public consultation until 15 April 2014 to create the so-called European Area of Skills and Qualifications. ETUCE encouraged its member organisations in Europe to fill in the questionnaire using a joint ETUCE-ETUC position.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 May 2014 Adult Learning in EU trade agreements
The controversial Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a comprehensive trade agreement currently being negotiated between the European Union and the United States. Even though education is rarely mentioned by the TTIP negotiators, unfortunately there is not a guarantee that the European education and training systems will not be...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 May 2014 Investir dans l'éducation et la formation
The Education Council adopted Conclusions on Efficient and Innovative Education and Training to Invest in Skills on 24 February 2014.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 May 2014 Have your say on the priorities of the EU on education and training!
A new European Commission will be set up in autumn after the European Parliament elections. The DG Education and Culture of the European Commission, therefore, is renewing its political objectives for the future 5 years (2015-2020).
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Trade union rights are human rights 28 May 2014 Balkans: EI launches urgent action appeal
EI and its European region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), have launched an urgent action appeal, calling for solidarity and support for Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 May 2014 Access, equity and quality at the opening of the world conference on education
Teachers are key to the future of quality education, to the development of their societies, their economies and to the shaping of the world of the 21st century, was the message from delegates at Education International's global Unite for Quality Education Conference in Montreal.
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 May 2014 EI to put education on the agenda at the International Labour Conference
An EI delegation is all set to participate in the annual conference of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) from 28 May to 12 Juneto promote decent working conditions for teachers and to advocate for quality education as an enabler to all other rights promoted by the ILO.
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Union renewal and development 26 May 2014 Canada: CAUT appoints new Executive Director
EI has warmly welcomed the appointment of David Robinson as Executive Director of its affiliate, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). Robinson’s appointment will become effective on 1 July.
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