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Equity and inclusion 14 November 2018 Germany: education unionists start 100 million campaign against child labour
German students and politicians met with activists and education unionists from Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft and debated ways to fight the scourge of child labour in the framework of the 100 Million campaign.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 November 2018 Elsevier: putting a price on knowledge
In its most recent publication, Education International examines the publishing giant Elsevier, whose success on the market is based on ethically questionable practices which endanger the transmission of knowledge and its condition as a public good.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 November 2018 France: united trade union action protesting cuts in education
For the first time in seven years, the main French education trade unions have put out a united call for a strike on 12 November to voice their deep dissatisfaction with the government’s plans to cut 2,650 teaching positions and 400 education support personnel positions in secondary schools by September...
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Equity and inclusion 13 November 2018 Mexico: A new documentary honours the work of indigenous teachers
“The Sower” (“El Sembrador”) explores the daily efforts and dedication of an indigenous teacher to his students in a multigrade school in Chiapas. The feature-length documentary was screened at the 2018 Morelia International Film Festival.
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Leading the profession 12 November 2018 EI 11th Further and Higher Education and Research Conference: Advancing conditions for staff to improve quality education
The first day of the 11th Education International’s Further and Higher Education and Research Conference has provided member organisations with a forum for exchanging information and strategies across regions for the advancement of quality terms and conditions of employment for teachers, academics and researchers, and addressed technical and vocational education...
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Union renewal and development 6 November 2018 Ivory Coast’s Education Minister and advocate for women’s rights welcomes EI Africa Women’s Roundtable
Education International’s (EI) Africa Women’s Roundtable was warmly welcomed by the Honourable Kandia Camara, Côte d’Ivoire’s Minister of National Education and Technical and Vocational Education and Training, as well as a teacher, former unionist and alumni of the earliest iteration of the EI African Women in Education Network.
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Young members 5 November 2018 Young African trade unionists unite to develop ways to strengthen unions
The first Education International regional seminar for young and early stage education unionists has clearly shown the young African education unionists’ commitment to not only increase their involvement in their own unions but also support education policies that promote quality education for all in the region.
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Union growth 31 October 2018 Philippines: teacher unions commit to take action for inclusion and safe schools for all
Educators from Education International’s Filipino affiliates have crafted action plans aiming to embrace diversity and promote safe schools for all, including lesbian, gay, transgender and intersex teachers and learners, as a follow-up to the 2017 Resolution on Advancing LGBTI Rights of Education International’s Asia-Pacific region.
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Standards and working conditions 31 October 2018 Education trade union community strongly condemns the persecution of educators in Brazil
Education International fully supports its Brazilian affiliate, the Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educação, in its denunciation of a newly elected parliamentarian’s attempt to shackle teachers’ freedom of speech.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 30 October 2018 UK: Chancellor’s budget speech does not address damage to children’s education of austerity
Education unions in the United Kingdom have expressed their deep disappointment at the Chancellor’s budget speech, which, by only proposing ‘little extras’, does not end austerity measures that have been in effect for years, undermining schools and educators’ financial means as well as quality education for all.
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Trade union rights are human rights 26 October 2018 Colombia: unions demand Government action following the murder of an indigenous teacher
The teachers’ union FECODE has reported the murder to various government bodies and demands that action be taken to investigate the case and prosecute those responsible.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 October 2018 DRC: United trade union front calls strike in education
The five most representative education unions in the Democratic Republic of Congo have put out a joint appeal for strike action to take place between November 5 and November 12, with clear support from educators, to express the high level of dissatisfaction of the county’s teachers.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 October 2018 UK: Education union concerns remain after reform to the framework of the school inspection
Following the admission by the Chief Inspector of the school inspection agency Ofsted that focus on data has been a major factor in schools becoming exam factories, UK teacher unions have reiterated their views that the focus put on data has achieved the opposite of what the agency intended, namely...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 October 2018 OECD report underlines link between poverty and educational outcomes
The causal relationship between poverty and low educational performance has been underlined in a new report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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Union renewal and development 22 October 2018 Renewed commitment and funding of activities to eradicate child labour
Education International (EI) and the Foundation of EI’s affiliate in Germany the Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft have signed a partnership agreement, the Foundation giving responsibility to EI for projects to promote the right to education and to eradicate child labour.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 October 2018 Bahraini education unionist Jalila al Salman given EI’s Mary Hatwood Futrell Award
Education International’s Executive Board has named Jalila al Salman, a lifelong teacher and trade unionist who has dedicated her life to education, and to representing teachers in Bahrain, as the recipient of the Mary Hatwood Futrell Human and Trade Union Rights Prize for her outstanding engagement and courage in promoting...
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Union renewal and development 19 October 2018 EI announces winner of education prize
The Education International Executive Board, meeting in Brussels, announced that Curtis Riep is the winner of the Albert Shanker Education Award.
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Union growth 18 October 2018 Crimea: Education International saddened by brutal bomb and gun attack
A student gunman killed fifteen fellow students and five teachers and wounded dozens of people during his attack at Kerch technical college in Crimea.
Crimea: Education International saddened by brutal bomb and gun attack