The Caribbean Union of Teachers is an Education International umbrella body for teachers in the Caribbean, from Bermuda in the north to Suriname in the south. This sub-regional structure enables our member organisations to collaborate, sharing knowledge and strategies to promote quality education and strengthen unions.
Few would argue that the world has changed in a significant manner over the last decade through a combination of geopolitics and communication technology. The rapid rate of change seems to have caught most people off-guard and as a result is struggling to keep pace. Very few analysists have been...
#EI25: "Making a difference in a different world", by Davanand Sinanan (TTUTA, Trinidad and Tobago)
The focus of the third EI World Women’s Conference was on the complexities of women’s path to, and experiences of professional leaders within education and in education unions.
From 18 to 20 April 2017, the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) brought together teachers from all over the island to discuss ways to improve their professional practices.
Jamaica Teachers Association: More attention to professional standards
1. The public good is served by the widest and most accessible dissemination of scholarly work and educational material. This can be facilitated when scholars and educators make their work available in reputable open access venues.
Policy Statement on Open Access in Further and Higher Education and Research
Preamble Massive open online courses, or MOOCs, represent the latest effort to harness new information and communication technologies to provide higher education. Supporters of MOOCs portray them as an inexpensive and innovative way of delivering content to a vast audience. Increasingly, some see the potential for profits to be made...
Policy Statement on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
The second EI World Women’s Conference – Women in Trade Unions and in Education: From Words to Action - took place in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, April 7th-9th 2014, and focused on some of the issues that negatively affect women within education trade unions, and women and girls within education...
Former colleagues in Jamaica and around the world are remembering a woman for whom teaching was not simply a profession, but a lifelong vocation realised at an early age.
Jamaican educators mark the death of "role model" Nadine Scott
1. Participation in higher education for all those who are qualified is a right enshrined in Article 26 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the 1967 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights:
Education International Policy Statement on Tuition Fees
Following over a year of negotiations with the government, the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) will sign a wage agreement to secure salary increases for its 24,000 members.
Jamaica: JTA wins salary battle after nearly two years
Graduate teachers on the Caribbean islands of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago are taking protest action over their salaries. More than 800 teachers, who are all graduates of the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), are still being paid as assistant teachers, despite the fact that they have been awarded...
Teachers in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago join pay protests
On the Move for Equality, EI’s first world women’s conference took place in Bangkok, Thailand, 20-23 January, 2011. This report outlines the discussions and outcomes of this ground-breaking event.
Members of EI affiliate the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers' Association (TTUA) are celebrating after their demand for a 100 per cent pay adjustment for teachers was met.
Trinidad and Tobago: Teachers celebrate pay settlement
Thousands of teachers took to the streets on May 26 to protest against what they called the Government’s meagre salary offer to them.
Trinidad and Tobago: “National pride is not going to pay bills”
EI affiliate the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) has rejected the government's latest salary offer.
Jamaica: Teachers say no to govt’s wage offer
The General Council of EI affiliate the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) has rejected the government's wage offer for the 2006 to 2008 contract period.
Jamaica: Teachers reject wage offer
EI affiliate the Jamaica Teachers Association (JTA) has taken issue with Education Minister Maxine Henry-Wilson's statement on the matter of security at public schools.
Jamaica: affiliate insists school security should be priority
Members of EI affiliate the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) are being supported by parents in their protest over security concerns at schools.
Trinidad & Tobago: Security concerns lead to protests
EI affiliate the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers' Association (TTUTA) is threatening to take legal action to protect the rights of teachers at two technical institutes.
Trinidad and Tobago: Union threatens legal action to protect teachers’ rights