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News 28 January 2025 Belgium : unions oppose plan that worsens working conditions for teachers
A teaching profession suffering from burn out and from significant staff shortages. An undervalued non-profit sector. Demotivated, undervalued, and disrespected, teachers are advising their own children not to join the profession they have been passionately committed to for decades. These are the main issues for which teachers in Belgium have...
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News 27 January 2025 Cape Verde: Parliamentary consensus to enhance the education workers’ status
"The International Day of Education 2025 should be remembered as a milestone of achievements for the teaching profession, reflecting the dignity and recognition of its importance." This was the message of hope and determination to the nation's educators and society at large delivered by Abraão Borges, the president of SIPROFIS,...
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News 24 January 2025 Education International launches Global Status of Teachers report on the International Day of Education
On January 24, Education International (EI) marked the International Day of Education with the launch of the Global Status of Teachers Report. Authored by Dr. Ben Arnold and Dr. Mark Rahimi, this groundbreaking publication provides an analysis of the state of the teaching profession worldwide, highlighting the key role teachers...
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Worlds of Education 24 January 2025 The best way to celebrate education? Mobilize to defend it, to strengthen, and to fund it
David Edwards
Education is a human right, a public good, and a public responsibility. It relies on the millions of dedicated teachers and support personnel who make it happen in a place called school across the world every day. When this committed education workforce is undermined, the right to education is at...
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Research The Global Status of Teachers 2024
Dr. Ben Arnold, Dr. Mark Rahimi
23 January 2025The Global Status of Teachers 2024The Global Status of Teachers report provides a global and regional analysis of the status and conditions of the teaching profession by representing the views of teacher unions worldwide.
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Worlds of Education 23 January 2025 Addressing the teacher shortage crisis: A Global Imperative
Dr. Ben Arnold, Dr. Mark Rahimi
The Global Status of Teachers 2024 (GST) report highlights a stark reality: teacher shortages constitute a crisis with profound implications for education systems in many countries. Drawing on insights from 204 teacher unions across 121 countries, the report provides an overview of the current challenges and opportunities facing the profession.
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News 20 January 2025 Canada : Quebec teaching staff demand that negotiations be sped up
Around 450 teachers from Northern Quebec went on strike until January 21st to express their exasperation because negotiations with employers have come to a standstill. They want their demands to be heard and for them to produce concrete results.
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News 10 January 2025 France: Joint union action to acknowledge education support staff
We are against education personnel having to work in precarious jobs and who are being sacrificed and ignored. This was the slogan put forward by the inter-union alliance, which has called for a strike on January 16th, in support of SEN teaching assistants and education support assistants. Unions are asking...
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News 18 December 2024 Season's greetings to our Education International family!
As we reflect on the year, we celebrate the dedication and hard work of our member organizations. They have been relentless in their commitment to improve the living and working conditions of teachers and education support personnel globally.
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News 16 December 2024 Japan's education crisis: New survey calls for urgent action
In liaison with Education International (EI) “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign, the Japan Teachers’ Union (JTU) unveiled a new survey which shows the country's educators are grappling with long working hours, additional extracurricular activities, and no significant improvement in working conditions.
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News 9 December 2024 The Philippines: Unions commit to go public, fund education, and counter teacher shortage
With a declining education budget and an increasing national teacher shortage, education unions in the Philippines are demanding greater governmental investment to recruit and retain teachers and ensure quality education for all.
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News 3 December 2024 Urgent call for payment of teachers' salaries in Iraqi Kurdistan
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has yet to pay teachers their October salaries. Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) President Abdulwahed Mohammad Haje voiced his discontent, stating, “They have no intention for salaries to reach the teachers easily.”
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News 3 December 2024 France: Strong union mobilisation to defend public sector workers
In the absence of a government response to proposals and demands made by trade unions to defend and improve the living and working conditions of public sector workers, an inter-union alliance has called public sector workers, including those in education, to a day of action, rallies, protests, and strikes across...
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News 2 December 2024 Education unions unite to fight for the future of public education in a social Europe
The European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE) conference highlighted solidarity, unity, and leadership renewal as essential for ensuring the future of public education in Europe. These themes resonated throughout the discussions, emphasizing the need for cohesive and robust union strategies to advocate for educators and the education sector.
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News 29 November 2024 Education International's Executive Board meets to address key issues in education and set global priorities
The Executive Board (ExBo) of Education International (EI) reaffirmed its commitment to quality inclusive public education, reiterated the importance of global solidarity, education for peace and climate change, and renewed its call to elevate the status of the teaching profession.
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News 26 November 2024 African education leaders call for enhanced investment in education and Africa's future
African education union leaders called for peace, increased investment in quality education and the elevation of the teaching profession throughout the continent. They also acknowledged the need for greater involvement of young educators in their unions. This was during the last Education International Africa Regional Committee (EIARC).
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News 31 October 2024 Italy: teachers strike for fair pay and job security amid austerity
Education International (EI) stands in full solidarity with its member organisation, Federazione Lavoratori della Conoscenza (FLC CGIL), as it leads a national strike on 31 October 2024 to demand fair pay and job security. The strike comes in response to the Giorgia Meloni government's austerity measures, which have frozen wages,...
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News 29 October 2024 Unions resist the finance sector’s takeover of early childhood education and care
If you are looking for detailed statistics, research, and quotes from around the world to illustrate the impact of increased privatisation and private equity penetration on the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector, and solutions for unions and allies, you will find some answers in recently launched “The Privatisation...
Unions resist the finance sector’s takeover of early childhood education and care