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Worlds of Education 8 April 2026 Elevate, support, and invest in the teaching profession
Anand Singh
We need 44 million more teachers globally by 2030. In Asia-Pacific alone, that figure is more than 16 million. This is not a projection to worry about later — it is an emergency we are living right now.
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News 7 April 2026 Teachers across Asia-Pacific call for urgent investment and stronger support for the profession
Around 120 teachers, teacher educators, academics, and education leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region convened in Bangkok from 30 March to 2 April 2026 for the Education International (EI) and UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Teachers. Participants committed to working collectively to elevate, support, and invest in the teaching profession.
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News 31 March 2026 Asia-Pacific education unions stand firm amid escalating crises
Gathering in times of overlying crises across the region, the Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) Regional Committee issued an urgent call for peace, democracy, and public education. It adopted a statement demanding “an immediate ceasefire and de-escalation” in Iran and the Middle East and condemning attacks on schools and education workers.
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News 31 March 2026 Mauritania: building union power across the country
In Mauritania, the SNES (National Union of Secondary Education) is working with determination to support teachers and build union membership. With the support of the SNES–FSU in France, the union’s grassroots strategy has gained momentum over the years, and particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic.
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News 26 March 2026 ComNet Africa: Unions leading to decolonise education
Many education systems across Africa remain structured by colonial legacies: what is taught, the languages used in classrooms, and the approach to formal schooling. Education unions must lead the effort to decolonise minds, curricula, and education financing across the continent. This was the call issued during a webinar of union...
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News 26 March 2026 France: a week of joint union action to defend public education
Confronted with a 2026 budget “set to asphyxiate the public education system”, French unions are pressing for more resources, jobs, and pay increases. Building on the many local initiatives led by employees determined to defend their working conditions and the right to education, they are calling for a week of...
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Research Teacher Remuneration During Emergencies: Just Wages for Public School Teachers in Lebanon
20 March 2026Teacher Remuneration During Emergencies: Just Wages for Public School Teachers in Lebanon See resources 3The under-resourcing of the public education sector in Lebanon negatively impacts teachers’ labour rights, working conditions, wages, professional development, and well-being. These issues stem from systemic problems tied to Lebanon’s political and economic context.
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News 13 March 2026 Iraq: Union denounces teacher salaries that arrive late, reduced, or never at all
Teachers in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq have endured years of late, reduced, or missing salaries. Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) President Abdulwahed Mohammed Haje says the crisis has become a never ending “Tale of One Thousand and One Nights” and calls on the Kurdistan Regional Government to remedy the injustice...
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News 12 March 2026 Senegal: strike action demands compliance with agreements and dignity in public education
For several months now, in response to the breakdown in social dialogue, teachers in Senegal have been mobilising in defence of their rights, quality public education, and the agreements signed with the government. The movement is led by the G7, a coalition of the seven most representative trade unions in...
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News 10 March 2026 Go Public! Fund Education: Building union power and quality education across the Pacific
The Education International (EI) Go Public! Fund Education campaign has consolidated itself as a central policy and mobilisation framework for education unions across the Pacific. What began as a strategic regional call to address teacher shortages has evolved into a coordinated effort linking national union action to global education policy...
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News 4 March 2026 For strong public education systems: unions learning from each other, sharing experiences, and building collective action
At a time when education systems across Africa are confronted with major structural challenges – chronic underfunding, teacher shortages, unequal access, growing competition from the private sector – education unions have a vital role to play. A training session organised in Accra, Ghana, brought together several unions from the region...
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News 19 February 2026 Africa ECE Network: Unions sharpen strategies to develop and strengthen early childhood education
Improving the professional status of early childhood education (ECE) personnel is central to improving both access and quality. Education unions across Africa are strengthening their collective advocacy to secure quality ECE, as well as recognition and decent conditions for workers in this sector.
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News 19 February 2026 Iraq: Union takes stock of obstacles in the Kurdistan region
To tackle issues facing educators and the education system, the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) organised a seminar entitled “The Obstacles Facing the Educational Process in the Kurdistan Region”.
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News 16 February 2026 Vanuatu: Teacher Union Embraces Global Call to Go Public and Fund Education
Advocating for increased and sustained public investment in education to strengthen the teaching profession and improve learning outcomes, the Vanuatu Teachers Union (VTU) has launched the Education International (EI) Go Public! Fund Education campaign nationwide. It emphasized the need for the government to invest in teachers through fair remuneration, quality...
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News 9 February 2026 Teacher unions reaffirm the power of early childhood education and demand increased funding
Persistently highlighting the crucial importance of early childhood education (ECE) for inclusive quality public education, Education International (EI) and its member organisations are pushing for increased funding in this educational sector.
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News 6 February 2026 Union partnerships are redefining professional development worldwide
From Canada to The Gambia, from Denmark to Zanzibar, education unions are reshaping professional development as a collective, teacher-led project rooted in solidarity, dignity and local realities.
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News 29 January 2026 Three years of Go Public! Fund Education: Union power transforming public education worldwide
For the International Day of Education, January 24th, Education International (EI) leaders came together to recognize the power of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign, which calls on governments to invest in public education and in teachers. In the 3 years since the launch of the campaign, it has been...
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News 29 January 2026 Taiwan: Teachers fight back a punitive oversight system
Across Taiwan, thousands of educators, many waving "Save education!" signs demonstrated on January 25th, 2026, against what they describe as an abusive school incident management system that has eroded trust, undermined learning, and pushed teaching conditions to a breaking point. As they repeatedly voiced in the streets: “Education cannot survive...
Taiwan: Teachers fight back a punitive oversight system