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News 24 May 2012 Kenya: Pay and teacher shortages at top of union agenda
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), one of EI’s national affiliates, has been strongly advocating for a 300 per cent pay rise, and is carrying out a survey on the shortage of educators in the country and its impact on the delivery of quality education. In January, KNUT also...
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News 23 May 2012 Tunisia: Strikes to improve education system and teachers’ status
Primary school teachers throughout Tunisia answered the call of the Syndicat général de l'enseignement de base (SGEB), one of the national affiliates of EI, to hold a successful one-day strike on 16 May with an 85 per cent participation rate. The trade union is fighting to improve the education system...
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News 22 May 2012 Education unionists to share experiences and strategies on school leadership
EI and its European Region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), are jointly organising a European-Global Conference on School Leadership in Dublin, Ireland, from 23-25 May. This event, hosted by Irish teacher unions, aims at sharing experiences and developing education union strategies to improve school leadership policy and...
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News 15 May 2012 No performance-related pay for teachers in The Netherlands
The Dutch government announced today that it will no longer pursue plans to introduce performance related pay. Education Secretary Halbe Zijlstra has decided that the 80 million euro budget providing for performance pay experiments will be reallocated.
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News 11 May 2012 Abu Dhabi Summit: Transforming education will succeed when teachers are highly respected
Education International has urged the government of the United Arab Emirates to give their teachers the freedom to establish an independent professional union.
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News 10 May 2012 Zimbabwe: education unions deplores use of temporary teachers
The Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) and the Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA) have deplored the extended use of temporary contracts to hire teachers. The EI national affiliates have also advocated for students’ right to be taught in their mother tongue.
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News 25 April 2012 Chile: March in defense of public education
On 25 April, EI joined Chilean education unions on a massive march in favour of public education, taking place in the country´s capital, Santiago. Over 50.000 people called for the fundamental right to quality education to be guaranteed and funded by the state.
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News 24 April 2012 New channel to inspire educators worldwide
EI has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with World Teachers Video Network (WTVN) to jointly reflect and promote EI policies and principles. WTVN is a global TV platform aiming at raising the standards of teaching and learning by sharing good practice through broadcast-quality video.
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23 April 2012 Interview with Andrew Bethell
World Teachers Video Network founder, Andrew Bethell, talks with EI about key global education issues
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News 17 April 2012 France: trade union calls for enhanced status for the teaching profession and education for all
EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, took part in the national congress of one of the largest French EI members, the Syndicat national des enseignements de second degré (SNES-FSU). This congress, held in Reims, from 2-6 April, focused on “(Re)constructing secondary education for all”.
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News 16 April 2012 France: Union addresses economic and social challenges in education
EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, took part in the national congress of one of the largest French EI member, UNSA-Education. The topic of the UNSA Education congress, “Taking up the challenges of the education system”, served as the core issue for the discussions held from 28-30 March 2012 in...
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News 12 April 2012 UK: educators’ unions vote to strike over pensions, pay and job losses
At their annual conferences, two of EI’s affiliates in the United Kingdom, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Schoolmasters’ Union and Women Teachers (NASUWT), have voted in favour of further industrial action, including strikes. The organisations profoundly disagree with the Cameron Government’s policy on public...
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News 12 April 2012 UK: Teachers’ morale has fallen in last two years
In the current political and economic climate, the teaching profession is coming under new and ever-increasing pressures. A recent survey commissioned by one of EI’s affiliates in UK, the National Union of Teachers (NUT), showed teachers’ morale had worsened over the last two years.
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News 4 April 2012 Take Part in the Survey on Teaching Quality and Excellence Networks!
Together with 30 other partners, including the International Council on Education for Teaching, UNESCO and higher education institutions, EI is working to build a global network that brings together education and public policy leaders to develop communication across national boundaries on initiatives to improve teaching quality and excellence.
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News 22 March 2012 UK: Unions strike over pension proposals
EI’s national affiliates in the UK, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the University and College Union (UCU), are calling a one-day strike in London on 28 March, as the next step in their pension campaign. Trade unionists are protesting against changes to the Teachers' Pension Scheme.
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News 19 March 2012 Establishing an international dialogue between education unions and education ministers
“Far too many governments and political parties believe that their goal should be to run an education system in which powers are totally devolved to principals and there is a ferocious evaluation system for pupils, teachers and schools which keeps track on how the money is being spent,” said Susan...
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News 14 March 2012 Brazil: Teachers strike over low pay
Public school teachers in Brazil have joined a national strike from 14-16 March. EI’s affiliate, Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educação (CNTE), is coordinating the nationwide movement aiming at achieving two key demands.
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News 14 March 2012 Germany: Schools take the lead at leaders’ Congress
‘Schools take the lead’ was the theme of the first German school leaders’ Congress attended by over 1,200 school leaders from all over Germany, as well as Austria, Switzerland, Finland and Italy.
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