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Research The Status of Teachers in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
Survey report
7 October 2026The Status of Teachers in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) See resources 2Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is increasingly presented as essential to economic development, technological transformation, climate transitions, and the future of work. Yet the findings of Education International's first global survey of member organisations representing TVET teachers and education support personnel reveal a persistent gap between the ambitions...
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News 6 October 2026 Standing with Teachers: Education International and affiliates’ global call to defend and elevate the profession on World Teachers’ Day
From Lebanon to Eswatini, from Singapore to Canada, educators and their unions marked 5 October with a shared call: invest in teachers, strengthen the profession, and protect the right to education.
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News 1 October 2026 Building union power, winning for public education: Mongolia's Go Public! story
At the closing forum of Mongolia’s Go Public! Fund Education campaign held in the capital city, Ulaanbaatar, education unionists and stakeholders reaffirmed their shared commitment to strengthening public education, investing in teachers, and advancing social dialogue.
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News 1 October 2026 Standing with Teachers: 60 Years of Protecting the Profession, Advancing its Status, and Shaping Our Futures
On 5 October 2026, education unions around the world will celebrate World Teachers’ Day, marking the 60th anniversary of the 1966 International Labour Organization (ILO)/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers .
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News 25 September 2026 Haiti: As the new school year begins, trade unions call for action on public education
Following the start of the new school year on 7 September 2026 in Haiti, education trade unions are calling for immediate negotiations with the authorities. For the Platform of Haitian Teachers’ Unions (PSEH), a smooth return to school depends on concrete responses to the demands of education staff, the rehabilitation...
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News 23 September 2026 Push to finance early childhood education: Global summit countdown begins
Leaders from around the world will gather in London next summer to drive new action and investment in the youngest children and their families.
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News 22 September 2026 DR Congo: Ebola is undermining education and increasing the vulnerability of school communities
As the Ebola outbreak continues to spread across several provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), its impact on education is an ever-growing cause for concern. School closures, falling attendance rates, disruption to learning and fears of infection are taking a heavy toll on pupils, teaching staff, and the...
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News 9 September 2026 Teacher shortages in the Pacific: Unions call for regional action and teacher commission
Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) and Australian education union leaders advance proposals for a Pacific-wide teacher workforce mechanism to strengthen public education and support the teaching profession across the region.
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News 7 September 2026 Zimbabwe: Urgent need for fair wages, collective bargaining rights, and sustainable education financing
Despite signs of economic stabilisation in Zimbabwe, many educators say they are still struggling to make ends meet. While inflation has slowed and growth indicators have improved, teachers' salaries continue to lag far behind the cost of living, leaving education workers caught between government claims of fiscal constraints and the...
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News 2 September 2026 I-BEST 2026: the education world comes together on 20 November
One survey, 19 countries and territories, four continents
Education International, MGEN, and the MGEN Foundation for Public Health are preparing to unveil the results of the third edition of the International Barometer of the Health and Well-being of Education Staff (I-BEST), with the support of 33 education unions and organisations worldwide.
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News 31 August 2026 Eswatini: Union campaign strengthens social dialogue while exposing chronic underinvestment in education
The Swaziland National Association of Teachers (SNAT) Secretary General Lot Vilakati acknowledged that years of campaigning for increased public investment in education are beginning to yield results, with education financing now receiving greater attention from government officials and policymakers. However, the union warns that severe funding gaps, widespread precarious employment...
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News 27 August 2026 Fiji: Educators demand better pay and working conditions to halt overseas brain drain
Hundreds of teachers, retired educators, and Fijian Teachers Association (FTA) members marched to voice growing concerns over low salaries, worsening working conditions, and the continued loss of experienced teachers to overseas employment opportunities.
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News 25 August 2026 Togo: Research and trade union voices at the centre of the Go Public! Fund Education campaign launch
It is essential that trade union advocacy and the fight for public education be supported by facts, analysis, and clear demands. The importance of this approach was reaffirmed by the National Federation of Education Trade Unions (FESEN) at the launch of Education International’s Go Public: Fund Education campaign in Togo....
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News 18 August 2026 Namibia: Education is a national priority, but challenges must be addressed
While the Namibia National Teachers' Union (NANTU) welcomed Namibia’s commitment to publicly funded education, it warned that the promise of free education will remain empty words unless governments also tackle overcrowded classrooms, shortages, infrastructure gaps and the additional hidden costs that keep learners from fully enjoying their right to learn.
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News 18 August 2026 Malawi: Unions put education funding and improving working conditions on the national agenda
Education unions strongly reaffirmed that quality public education begins with quality funding during the Education International (EI) Southern Africa Sub-Regional Workshop on the Go Public! Fund Education campaign, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from July 23rd-24th, 2026.
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News 30 July 2026 Southern African teacher unions’ renewed commitment to Go Public! Fund Education campaign
Education union leaders from across Southern Africa have reaffirmed their commitment to quality, inclusive, equitable and publicly financed education as a fundamental human right and a public good.
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News 22 July 2026 Privatisation threatens young children’s rights: Unions and partners call for urgent public investment in early childhood education
Early childhood education (ECE) is increasingly recognised as a cornerstone of the right to education. Yet across the world, a widening gap between public commitments and public investment is allowing privatisation to prosper — often at the expense of children, families, and education workers.
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News 22 July 2026 Keeping education alive in exile: Palestinian teachers supported by global union solidarity
Solidarity and emergency support by Education International (EI) and its member organisations have made a concrete difference for Palestinian teachers displaced by war, enabling them to continue supporting students and upholding the right to education under extraordinarily difficult circumstances.
Keeping education alive in exile: Palestinian teachers supported by global union solidarity