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News 28 October 2025 North-Asian education unions mobilised for enhanced solidarity and cooperation to Go Public!
Leaders of Education International (EI) member organisations across North Asia have committed to “organise, organise, organise; day and night” and pledged to “strengthen solidarity across North Asia and to lay the foundations for ongoing cooperation.”
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News 24 October 2025 Mongolia: Strike called by education trade union widely followed
Teachers and education support personnel (ESP) are on strike across the country since October 16th, 2025, urging the government of Mongolia to increase their basic salary to 3.5 million tugriks (around 840 euros) as well as the education budget for 2026.
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News 22 October 2025 Ethiopia: Teacher unionists set bold agenda and chart the future for quality education
The 23rd General Assembly of the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association (ETA) convened from October 14th-15th, 2025, bringing together educators and union leaders from across the nation and continent. The event was a call for solidarity, reform, and renewed commitment to quality, inclusive public education.
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News 21 October 2025 Taiwan: “Teachers have nearly become forced labor in sweatshops called schools”
The National Teachers Association (NTA) is urging the government of Taiwan to listen to teachers and improve their working conditions and to align with the UN Recommendations on the teaching profession and achieve quality education.
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News 21 October 2025 No Kings: Educators and activists rally against the Trump administration in one of the largest protests in U.S. history
Over 7 million people took to the streets of the United States on October 18 to protest the country’s authoritarian slide under Donald Trump. Organised by a civil society coalition that includes Education International member organisations the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), No Kings...
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News 16 October 2025 Morocco: Supporting students affected by the earthquake of 8 September 2023
With the support of Education International (EI), national education union SNE/FDT organised a series of activities between May and June 2024 in order to provide solidarity, psychological, educational, and material support to students and school communities affected by the devastating earthquake of 8 September 2023. Three key events were held...
Morocco: Supporting students affected by the earthquake of 8 September 2023