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Fighting the commercialisation of education 4 August 2017 India: unions oppose privatisation of schools
Unions have voiced their strong opposition to the memorandum of understanding between public authorities and private education providers during a public forum against the privatisation of education in Hyderabad, India.
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Trade union rights are human rights 4 August 2017 Turkey: Threat of curriculum manipulation to replace science with Islamic worldview
Secularism – the division between state and religious institutions –, a historic value of the Turkish political system, is being undermined by changes to the country’s school curriculum, which propose to oust the scientific theory of evolution in favour of an Islamic worldview.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 August 2017 Philippines: UN experts urge government to put an immediate halt to human rights violations
Education International reiterates its call for action and great concerns, after UN experts declared that the “Philippines needs urgent action to reverse spiraling rights violations”.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 August 2017 UK: Increasing class sizes increase teachers’ workload
In response to Labour Party figures showing that students are being taught in increasingly overloaded classes, UK education unions have urged the Government to act and improve students’ learning environments and teachers’ working conditions.
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Union growth 1 August 2017 Saudi Arabia: global education union movement mobilises to save the lives of 14 young men
Education International has expressed grave concern about the fate of the 14 imprisoned young Saudi citizens convicted and sentenced to death by beheading for attending peaceful protest actions.
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Equity and inclusion 1 August 2017 UN Global Compact on migration must put workers and education rights first
Education International has called for the human, trade union and education rights of migrant children, teachers and education support personnel to be at the core of a new United Nations Global Compact on migration.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 31 July 2017 Liberia: civil society rejects privatisation project
Unions and civil society organisations have warned about the devastating effects of the privatisation of education on both students and teachers during the launch of a new study on Liberia’s PSL project.
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Equity and inclusion 31 July 2017 Indigenous rights firmly reasserted at Education International’s seminar
The adequate implementation of Indigenous language policies took centre stage at Education International’s recent Seminar on Indigenous Peoples’ Right to and Rights through Education.
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Union renewal and development 28 July 2017 Seminar on copyright in education reveals complex ownership system
“Who owns knowledge?” was the question at the core of a seminar on copyright in education, the first of its kind to bring education unions and copyright experts together at EI’s headquarters in Brussels.
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 July 2017 Philippines: End attacks against indigenous teachers, students and schools
Education International has called on its member organisations to condemn the continuous harassment and attacks against students, teachers and human rights activists of the Lumad indigenous communities on Mindanao island in the Philippines.
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Union growth 26 July 2017 Saudi Arabia: International effort to avert executions of peaceful protesters
Education International has expressed grave concern about the fate of detained peaceful protesters in Saudi Arabia who face possible execution.
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Standards and working conditions 26 July 2017 Lebanon: Government moves to increase teachers’ salaries
After intense advocacy efforts by education unions and civil society organisations, the Lebanese parliament has passed a law providing a salary increase - for the first time in five years - for public services employees, including teachers.
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Equity and inclusion 25 July 2017 Tanzania: Union leaders support efforts to achieve gender equality
Leaders of the Tanzania Teachers' Union have agreed on the importance of achieving gender equality in their trade union and enhancing women’s leadership skills, and committed themselves to strategies to achieve it.
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Climate action and literacy 24 July 2017 Young education unionists determined to take the lead on future of quality education
Young education trade unionists asserted their commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals and to hold governments accountable for ensuring quality education for all at a recent workshop in Brussels, Belgium.
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Trade union rights are human rights 20 July 2017 Serbia: 67th country to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration
Education International welcomes the move by Serbia to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration, a commitment to protect students, teachers, schools, and universities during times of war.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 July 2017 Nations review progress of Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals are under the spotlight this week at a high-level UN Forum in the US as nations present progress reports on goal implementation.
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Union renewal and development 18 July 2017 Spain: summer school holidays uncover social exclusion
The depth and breadth of social exclusion become more apparent with the beginning of the summer school holidays in Spain, where 30 percent of children live at risk of poverty.
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 July 2017 Saudi Arabia: Call to halt execution of peaceful protestors
Education International strongly urges Saudi Arabian authorities to halt the execution of student Mujtaba’a al-Sweikat and other men facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia for protest-related offences.
Saudi Arabia: Call to halt execution of peaceful protestors