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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 21 November 2012 UK: Mixed reviews for 2013 English grading process
Two of EI’s national affiliates, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), have commented on plans to change the GCSE English grading process for 2013.
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Union growth 21 November 2012 Bahrain: Free Jalila al-Salman and Mahdi Abu Dheeb!
EI launched in November an Urgent Action Appeal for Bahrain. It demands that Jalila al-Salman and Mahdi Abu Dheeb, Vice President and President of the Bahrain Teacher Association (BTA), be released from jail.
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Union growth 19 November 2012 ILO highlights serious labour right cases
Argentina, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Fiji and Peru were singled out by the Committee on Freedom of Association of the UN International Labour Organisation (ILO). Committee members reviewed cases involving rights to organise, negotiation through collective bargaining and engagement in social dialogue, on 1-16 November in Geneva.
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Climate action and literacy 19 November 2012 Gambia: EI and GTU join forces to Occupy education!
Last week in Banjul, Gambia, Education International and the GTU laid the foundation of EI’s new initiative “Occupy Education”. The first stage of this pilot phase consisted of a needs assessment workshop the purpose of which was to identify current gaps and strategic areas for GTU’s future collaboration with EI,...
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 November 2012 EI calls for cease-fire in Middle East
Education International has expressed deep concern over the safety of school children and teachers in Gaza and Israel, as violence is escalating in the area. It has urged Hamas and Israel to call a permanent cease-fire, and to respect the principle of the right to education in safety.
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Trade union rights are human rights 16 November 2012 Honduras: Union condemns intimidation of teachers
The Federation of Teachers’ Organisations of Honduras (FOMH), of which there are five EI member organisations, has reported large-scale dismissals, salary cuts and temporary suspensions of teachers which have been justified by false allegations.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 November 2012 Tanzania: Solving the teacher shortage problem
A shortage of teachers in over 250 schools has been the focus of Government and education union action in Zanzibar. The fundamental issue for both is to determine how Zanzibar can train, recruit and retain teachers in their teaching jobs.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 November 2012 Crisis not an excuse for cuts in development cooperation spending
The EI annual Development Cooperation (DC) meeting gathered 37 participants from 13 countries on 12-13 November in Brussels, Belgium. One of the six sessions allowed participants to take stock of the impact of the economic crisis on DC funding and activities, and discuss solutions.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 November 2012 Mali: ‘Every Child Needs a Teacher’ programme launched
A workshop to launch the ‘Every Child Needs a Teacher’ programme was held on 30 October in Ségou, Mali. The workshop was part of the “Quality Educators for All” project, supported by EI.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 November 2012 USA: Educators celebrate International Education Week
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of EI’s U.S. affiliates, will actively participate in the third annual Global Education Conference (GEC), to take place entirely online during International Education Week, from 12-16 November.
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Standards and working conditions 12 November 2012 Russia: Teacher union collects one million signatures to amend Education Bill
To protest against stonewalling by lawmakers introducing a new Education Bill, the Education and Science Employees Union of Russia (ESEUR) collected 1,081,934 signatures from its members and had them send 37,959 telegrams to the president, the parliament and the Ministry of Education.
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Union growth 9 November 2012 Colombia:Colombia:
Miguel Angel Beltran
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Standards and working conditions 9 November 2012 Evaluation – a necessary evil?Evaluation – a necessary evil?
Sylvain Marois
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 November 2012 Disciplining the unruly subject:Disciplining the unruly subject:
Sandra Grey
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 November 2012 Tuition fees on the rise:Tuition fees on the rise:
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 November 2012 Education union opposes tuition fees:Education union opposes tuition fees:
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 9 November 2012 A dangerous experiment:A dangerous experiment:
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 November 2012 The Québec Maple Spring:The Québec Maple Spring:
Bernard Bérubé