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News 20 April 2017 Jamaica Teachers Association: More attention to professional standards
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.
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Worlds of Education 12 April 2017 March for Science
Rob Copeland
On April 22 a series of rallies and marches (known as the March for Science) are planned for Washington, D.C. and other cities across the world. Education unions can play a key role in the campaign, particularly in pushing for increased public funding for science, greater protection for academic freedom...
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News 10 April 2017 UK: Unions demand appropriate reform of primary school assessment system
The UK Government is consulting teachers’ unions on its proposals to reform the system of primary school assessment, which have given a mixed reaction to the government’s proposals for reform.
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News 6 April 2017 USA: International symposium puts teachers at core of curriculum development
Breadth of learning, improved curricula and skills adapted to the 21st Century were at the heart of a recent international symposium in Washington, USA.
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News 24 February 2017 UK: workloads spark a crisis in teacher recruitment and retention
Following the launch of the Education Select Committee report into the recruitment and retention of teachers, UK education unions have urged public authorities to take urgent measures to tackle this serious national crisis.
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News 1 February 2017 Education support personnel, vital to the success of students
Together with Claude Carroué of Education International, Daniel Lafrenière from the Centrale des syndicats du Québec examines the situation of education support personnel and their importance to students' education.
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News 1 February 2017 Education support personnel, vital to the success of students
Together with Claude Carroué of Education International, Daniel Lafrenière from the Centrale des syndicats du Québec examines the situation of education support personnel and their importance to students' education.
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News 15 January 2017 World Economic Forum: Teachers won’t be substituted by robots, panel agrees
Many discussions at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos revolved around how technology impacts society now and in future. The Varkey Foundation and Education International jointly hosted a debate to address this question in relation to education.
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News 13 January 2017 Germany: teacher union rethinks education
The German union GEW is gearing up for a new campaign aimed at increasing the national and local governments’ funding for education.
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News 10 January 2017 Germany: union concerned over state proposals on fees and administration
The Education International affiliate GEW has strongly criticised the plans of a Southwestern German state to introduce study fees and warns against a dilution of the participation of education staff in the decision-making process.
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News 9 January 2017 UK: Teacher unions unite to demand salary boost
Six education unions from the UK have made a joint submission to the national review body calling for a “significant” salary increase for teachers, whose pay has been frozen or capped since 2011.
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News 6 January 2017 Canada: union deal with provincial government to spur teacher hiring spree
The British Columbia Teachers’ Federation has announced that more than 1,000 teachers will be hired after the government’s first $50 million commitment toward fulfilling last year’s Supreme Court ruling on the province’s classroom conditions.
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News 2 December 2016 Cameroon: Teachers press government to take action for improved status
Teacher unions in Cameroon have unitarily called on primary and secondary teachers to strike in December to force the government to respect commitments on improved teachers’ working and living conditions and fixed status.
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Research Global trends in TVET: a framework for social justice
Leesa Wheelahan, Gavin Moodie
16 November 2016Global trends in TVET: a framework for social justiceThis report commissioned by Education International provides a conceptual framework to understand how vocational education is positioned in many countries, and the different ways in which the relationship between vocational education and the structures of the labour market mediate the variable outcomes that vocational education graduates achieve.
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News 24 October 2016 Belize: education union forces government to agree on its demands
The Belize National Teachers’ Union has suspended its strike for improved working and living conditions for teachers and quality education after the national government agreed on the educators demands.
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News 16 October 2016 Portugal: Creative celebration of educators
Artists from a wide variety of disciplines and locations joined education unionists in Lisbon to celebrate the importance of teachers and education workers to the development of individuals and society as a whole.
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News 10 October 2016 Nepal: Failure of government to respond to demands forced educators to resort to hunger strike
A teacher union in Nepal called for a three-day hunger strike to demand that the Nepali government answer the trade union’s 11-point demand for improved terms and conditions of employment.
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News 6 October 2016 Teachers celebrated globally for World Teachers’ Day
Teachers were acknowledged for being among the most powerful agents to change the world and shape a better future at a special one-day event held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.
Teachers celebrated globally for World Teachers’ Day