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News 7 October 2024 Peru: Latin America commemorates World Teachers’ Day
On Friday 3 October, Education International Latin America (EILA) commemorated World Teachers’ Day (WTD) with the participation of representatives from Peru, Costa Rica, Argentina, Colombia, Honduras, Ecuador and Paraguay.
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News 4 October 2024 The future rests with our teachers. Stand with us!
Mugwena Maluleke, President of Education International, address for World Teachers’ Day 2024
I want to acknowledge the incredible work of Education International's member organizations worldwide, who are marking this day with their own celebrations and actions, standing united in our call to value, respect, and invest in teachers. From rural to urban schools, across both the Global South and North, they amplify...
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News 4 October 2024 World Teachers' Day 2024: African Union acknowledges the need to empower educators and celebrates teacher voices
The African Union Headquarters came alive with passion and purpose as educators, policymakers, and advocates convened to celebrate World Teachers' Day. This year’s theme, "Valuing Teacher Voices," served as a rallying cry, emphasizing the indispensable role that teachers play in the educational landscape of the continent. Education Internation Africa’s representatives...
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News 4 October 2024 World Teachers’ Day 2024: Educators in Asia Pacific call for governments to invest in teacher professional development and strengthen public education
On the 30th anniversary of World Teachers’ Day, celebrated on October 5th, Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) member organizations are calling on governments to invest in teacher professional development and strengthen public education systems.
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News 24 September 2024 Iraq: Teachers should be respected and paid for a healthy society
During a recent seminar, “The educational process: What’s needed in the Kurdistan’s Region?”, Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) President Abdulwahed Mohammad Haje emphasized the crucial role of teachers in shaping societies and leading them towards progress and prosperity. Drawing inspiration from global leaders and scholars, he highlighted the importance of education...
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News 24 September 2024 Chad: A union congress vital for the future of education
During the 6th ordinary Congress of the Chad Teachers’ Union (Syndicat des enseignants du Tchad – SET), unionists reinvigorated their union, discussed strategies to ensure the teaching profession is valued, reviewed the union’s statutory provisions, nominated national advisers, and elected a new national executive committee.
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Take action! 20 September 2024 World Teachers’ Day: Valuing teacher voices
Communications toolkit
This World Teachers’ Day, join the global mobilisation calling on governments everywhere to value the voice of teachers, invest in the profession, and in quality public education.
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News 18 September 2024 The voice of teaching profession must be valued to increase the quality of education in Asia-Pacific
Education International’s Asia-Pacific Regional Office (EIAP) seized the opportunity of the 6th Asia-Pacific Meeting on Education 2030 (APMED) to voice concerns over the lack of teacher representation and equitable discussions on teachers, highlighting that teachers and their professional insights and experiences are overlooked in too many cases when education policies...
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News 17 September 2024 Nigeria: Education union and government gear up to go public and fund education
In a significant move to strengthen Nigeria's education sector, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) launched the Education International (EI) “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign in their country. This initiative aims to secure increased funding for public education and its personnel, while addressing the chronic underfunding that has plagued the...
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News 13 September 2024 India: nationwide campaign for pension reform yields major victory
In a significant breakthrough, public sector unions in India, including Education International’s affiliate, the All India Primary Teachers' Federation (AIPTF), have secured a major victory in their fight for guaranteed pensions.
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News 23 August 2024 Taiwan teacher union leader on hunger strike for pension fund
In an effort to ensure justice and accountability, Hou Chung-Liang, President of the National Teachers’ Association (NTA Taiwan), has embarked on a hunger strike since August 20th. This drastic action aims to pressure the government into fulfilling its obligations as the employer of all civil servants, including teachers and education...
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News 23 August 2024 Senegal: Mobilizing for education funding
In Senegal more than 3 million children either do not go to state school or find it very difficult to go to school. Insufficient public funding for education is a major obstacle to quality education for all.
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News 19 August 2024 The struggle for a standardized school year in Iraqi Kurdistan
In the ever-evolving landscape of education in Kurdistan, the quest for a standardized school year remains a contentious issue, Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) President Abdulwahed Mohammad Haje explained. The academic calendar, marked by an array of holidays and interruptions, has long been a source of frustration for both educators and...
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News 31 July 2024 The world’s educators demand urgent action to tackle the global teacher shortage
Teachers and Education Support Personnel around the world are overworked, underpaid, and undervalued. Deteriorating working conditions, low salaries, overwhelming workloads, and stifling bureaucracy are pushing teachers out of the profession they love and that the world needs.
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Worlds of Education 30 July 2024 The fight for public education and universities in present-day Argentina
Yamile Socolovsky
Public education in Argentina is under threat from a political agenda that has made its way into the national government and aims to – in the words of President Javier Milei himself – “destroy the state from within”. Arguing that the state is a “criminal organisation” that attacks freedom (of...
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Publications Activating the recommendations related to teachers in early childhood education
The United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession Recommendations
17 July 2024Activating the recommendations related to teachers in early childhood educationThe High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession was convened by the United Nations Secretary General in response to the global teacher shortage. Tasked with providing policy advice for governments to ensure that every child’s right to a professionally-trained, qualified, and well-supported teacher is fulfilled, the Panel identified 59 recommendations .
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Publications Activating the recommendations on teacher well-being
The United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession Recommendations
8 July 2024Activating the recommendations on teacher well-beingThe High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession recognises that “teachers need to work in a climate of security, support, well-being and decent working conditions”. It calls for comprehensive national teacher policies to address teacher well-being and for multi-stakeholder national commissions to be established. The commissions should address workload and well-being...
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Publications Teacher and Education Support Personnel Well-being - Vital for Education
Policy Brief
8 July 2024Teacher and Education Support Personnel Well-being - Vital for EducationThis Briefing outlines the importance of teacher and education support personnel (ESP) wellbeing to high quality education. It sets out a road map for education unions and their members on how to ensure that educational jurisdictions put in place practical strategies for enhancing the wellbeing of all teachers and ESP....