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Equity and inclusion 28 August 2018 Deadly attack on Afghan school: My daughter wanted to be a teacher...
Education International laments the cruel and devastating school bombing in the west part of Kabul, Afghanistan which killed 34 students and wounded 57 others.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 27 August 2018 Australia: government urged to halt underfunding of public schools!
The Australian Education Union has called on educators and concerned citizens to add their names to an open letter addressed to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calling for more funding to be allocated to public schools and towards bringing special support for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 August 2018 Statement to the G20 Education and Employment Ministers
As the voice of the world’s educators, we welcome the inclusion of education as a priority for the G20, and hope the commitment to education will be ensured moving forward into Japan in 2019.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 August 2018 Finland: teacher union would like all five-year-olds to participate in pre-primary education
The Finnish education union Opetusalan Ammattijärjestö proposes that the scope of pre-primary education be expanded by a year to include five-year-old children.
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Union renewal and development 21 August 2018 Japanese, Chinese and Korean teachers raise their voices for peace education
Historical events are interpreted and taught differently, and many times in radically opposed ways, in different countries. When countries have been at war with each other, their national education systems, their textbooks and their collective memory often glorify the victors, hide the atrocities and deny the claims of the victims.
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Union growth 20 August 2018 Kenya: delocalisation policy deepens teacher shortage
The Kenya National Union of Teachers has called on its government to stop the delocalisation policy that has forced more than a hundred teachers to leave the profession act to close the national teacher gap, and stop the current teacher appraisal system.
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Union growth 14 August 2018 Indonesia: education union’s swift support to earthquake-affected teachers, students and schools
Education unionists have launched several actions to support teachers, students and their families in Indonesia’s Lombok areas ravaged by strong earthquakes.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 13 August 2018 Asia Pacific: No part of the world is immune from the threat of commercialisation of education
"No part of the world is immune from the threat posed by commercialisation and privatisation, not even the island nations of the Pacific. In the interest of our students, members and quality education for all, this needs to be a priority.”
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Union growth 10 August 2018 Four new states endorse the Safe Schools Declaration
Education International welcomes the move by Djibouti, Macedonia, Peru, and San Marino to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration, committing themselves to protect students, teachers, schools, and universities during times of violent conflict.
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Equity and inclusion 9 August 2018 Paraguay: Union leads effort to defend the rights of indigenous teachers
The International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples reminds us that in many parts of the world, indigenous people routinely face exclusion, discrimination and economic hardship and violence. In Paraguay, after centuries of invasion of their lands, European colonization and the violation of their human rights by subsequent governments, the...
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Trade union rights are human rights 8 August 2018 Iran: teacher trade unionist Mohammed Habibi sentenced to ten and a half years in prison
Education International strongly condemns the prison sentence imposed on Mohammad Habibi, an Iranian teacher and a member of the board of directors of the Iranian Teachers'Trade Association of Tehran.The sentence is for ten and a half years of confinement.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 August 2018 Lesotho: public authorities must act on education unions’ concerns
Education International has supported its Lesotho’s affiliates striking to protest the government’s refusal to consider their legitimate demands concerning teacher professional issues and the achievement of quality education for all.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 3 August 2018 Argentina: Education International denounces multi-million peso fine for strike
The right to organize into trade unions in order to fight for better working conditions and a dignified treatment is an internationally recognized right.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 August 2018 UK: worrying mental health issues for too many students
Reacting to the announcement from the UK Department for Education on plans for all schools to teach children about good physical and mental health, the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers has stressed that mental health issues represent a daily fact of life for many students.
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Equity and inclusion 31 July 2018 Bulgarian and Spanish unions exchange experiences related to refugees’ integration
Earlier this year a delegation from Bulgaria composed of unionists, education staff and local authorities’ representatives visited Spain to share practices with Spanish counterparts with regards to integrating newcomers and refugees in education and explore joint strategies to tackle common challenges.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 July 2018 Cambodia: education becomes an overarching theme of the electoral campaign
While it is a matter for rejoicing that education has become a major subject of the debates during the current electoral campaign in Cambodia, education trade unionists have particularly underlined the financial shortcomings of the national school systems, which the public authorities have to remedy.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 July 2018 Latin America: Public education is a social right and is essential to building equality
Public education is a social right that must be guaranteed, maintained and financed by the government, and it is essential to building equality. This is the overarching message of the educators who gathered at the Regional Meeting of Education International Latin America (EILA) in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 July 2018 Public private partnerships: education unions involved in cross-sectoral activities
Education International and partners have reasserted the need for organisations from the water, housing, education and health sectors to take coordinated action on public private partnerships.
Public private partnerships: education unions involved in cross-sectoral activities