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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 January 2013 Portugal: teachers march for better working conditions
The Federação Nacional Dos Professores (FENPROF) has organised a demonstration on 26 January in Lisbon, Portugal. The union wishes to challenge new measures imposed by the government.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 January 2013 Dyslexia: teacher training vital to foster inclusivity
Nearly one billion people around the world can neither read nor write. Of this number, an estimated 700 million people have dyslexia, a neurobiological, multifaceted, life-long condition which is often hereditary.
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Union renewal and development 22 January 2013 EI celebrates twentieth anniversary
Twenty years ago, on 26th January, 1993, Education International was founded at a special Congress in Stockholm in Sweden which brought together representatives of the former two largest teacher and other education workers’ international organisations in the World, the World Confederation of Organisations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP) and the...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 January 2013 Haiti: International support for quality public education
Quality public education in Haiti was highlighted when 20 representatives of 10 trade union organisations from Latin America, Europe, the United States, Canada and the Caribbean took part in a political mission organised by EI from 15-17 January. The aim of the mission was to support the Campaign for Quality...
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Equity and inclusion 17 January 2013 Fifteen years of struggle against child labour
Fifteen years ago, on 17 January 1998, the Global March Against Child Labour started with an 80,000 km physical march. Thousands of people marched together to jointly put forth the message against child labour and slavery. Joined by Education International, trade unions, teachers’ organisations, child right organisations and children, the...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 January 2013 Tanzania: Significant move to curb teacher shortage
The national government in Tanzania plans to hire and deploy over 28,000 teachers in primary and secondary schools starting in January 2013. This move should reduce, by more than half, the shortage of teaching staff in government schools.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 January 2013 Ghana: NAGRAT supporter appointed as Education Minister
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) in Ghana, one of EI’s national affiliates, has welcomed President John Dramani Mahama’s choice to nominate Professor Naana Opoku Agyeman as Education Minister. Professor Opoku Agyeman is a former Vice Chancellor of the Cape Coast University.
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 January 2013 USA: Call for strong response to ongoing school shootings
After another school shooting in Taft, California, EI’s national affiliates, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), have expressed their deep shock and reiterated the urgent need to prevent future tragedies.
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Union growth 15 January 2013 Costa Rica: ANDE on the road to trade union status
The Asociación Nacional de Educadores (ANDE), an EI affiliate, has received authorisation to change its legal status from “association” to “trade union” by a bill approved by the Costa Rica Parliament. This initiative will coincide with the organisation’s 70th anniversary.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 January 2013 UK: Trade unions react to Academies Commission Report
The National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Union of Teachers (NUT), two EI affiliates in the UK, have reacted to ‘Unleashing Greatness: Getting the best from an academised system’, a report released on 10 December by the Academies Commission.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 January 2013 Mauritania: Successful Round Table on Quality Education
Quality education was the theme of a round table organised by EI in Nouakchott, Mauritania, from 3-5 January. Under the theme, ‘For More Quality Education in Mauritania’, EI’s four affiliates - SNEM, SNEP, SNES and SNEF – considered and discussed a joint strategy for improving Mauritanian education.
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Standards and working conditions 10 January 2013 Namibia: educators demand salary increase
Educators in Namibia are preparing to go on strike to demand a further increase in their salaries, as well as improved conditions of service.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 8 January 2013 US and Finnish teachers share best practices
On 12 December, the Finnish Embassy in the US welcomed representatives of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of EI’s national affiliates, and international guests. Finnish Ambassador Ritva Koukku-Ronde praised the AFT’s Share My Lesson teacher resource initiative as a reflection of Finland's own renowned commitment to teacher training...
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Standards and working conditions 7 January 2013 Zimbabwe: Teachers warn strike action still likely
Teachers in Zimbabwe say they will return to school when the school year begins on 8 January, despite their ongoing resentment about low salaries and poor working conditions. They did not rule out further strike action, however.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 January 2013 Council of Europe promotes quality education in new recommendation
Common action in educational and cultural matters will achieve greater unity among Council of Europe member states, according to a Recommendation adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) on 12 December 2012.
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Union renewal and development 4 January 2013 Sweden: Union makes significant donation to Solidarity Fund
Lärarförbundet, one of EI’s national affiliates, has announced that it contributed SEK 50,000 to the EI Solidarity Fund. Teacher unionists decided to allocate money to this fund, rather than printing and posting Christmas cards to national and international colleagues.
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Equity and inclusion 21 December 2012 Filipino teachers win battle against exploitation
Earlier this week, a U.S. federal court in Los Angeles ordered a recruitment agency to pay US$4.5 million in damages to 350 Filipino teachers. The teachers, recruited as part of a guest worker programme, had been forced into exploitive contracts after arriving in the United States.
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Equity and inclusion 20 December 2012 Kenya: Teachers plan to secure 47 county representative seats for women
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), one of EI’s national affiliates, is planning to have 47 county representative positions taken up by female teachers. KNUT President Wilson Sossion has announced that his union will also support women teachers going for other political seats.
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