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Patrick Pleul
Patrick Pleul

Standards and working conditions

Our work in this area

  1. News 15 October 2014

    France: Unions stress national and global need to prioritise education

    Education International’s French affiliates capitalised on World Teachers’ Day to stress the importance of education remaining both a national and global priority, while renewing their calls for increased investment.

    France: Unions stress national and global need to prioritise education
  2. News 3 October 2014

    Cameroon: Demand for more public investment in education

    Global market dynamics have not benefited education. That’s according to Roger Kaffo Fokou, Deputy General Secretary of the Fédération des syndicats de l’enseignement et de la recherche(FESER), one of Education International’s (EI) affiliates in Cameroon, in a statement to mark World Teachers’ Day on 5 October.

    Cameroon: Demand for more public investment in education
  3. News 2 October 2014

    Australia: Quality education under the spotlight

    What is quality education? This is the question members of the Independent Education Union (IEU), affiliated to Education International (EI), are debating today and tomorrow in Sydney, to celebrate World Teachers’ Day on 5 October.

    Australia: Quality education under the spotlight
  4. News 8 September 2014

    Positioning School Leadership in the Agenda for School Reforms

    EPNoSL is organizing its next Peer Learning Activity (PLA) in Nice, France. Interested stakeholders are welcomed to join the event that will be attended by members of the wider school leadership community, including policy makers, educational leaders (school principals and head teachers, and teacher educators), researchers, representatives of professional associations,...

    Positioning School Leadership in the Agenda for School Reforms
  5. News 13 August 2014

    UN opens call for courageous youth nominees

    For the second consecutive year, the world’s top young leaders in education will be recognised by the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education.

    UN opens call for courageous youth nominees
  6. News 14 July 2014

    New EURYDICE Report: Financing Schools in Europe

    The report Financing Schools in Europe: Mechanisms, Methods and Criteria in Public Funding provides a framework for understanding the structure of funding systems of primary and general secondary education.

    New EURYDICE Report: Financing Schools in Europe
  7. News 25 June 2014

    Global survey leaves no doubt about the importance of teachers’ voice in policymaking

    The latest Teaching and Learning International Survey has proven what organisations like Education International have been saying for a long time, that collaboration on management decisions with teachers and educators is the key to high quality education.

    Global survey leaves no doubt about the importance of teachers’ voice in policymaking
  8. News 25 June 2014

    Global survey leaves no doubt about the importance of teachers’ voice in policymaking

    The latest Teaching and Learning International Survey has proven what organisations like Education International have been saying for a long time, that collaboration on management decisions with teachers and educators is the key to high quality education.

    Global survey leaves no doubt about the importance of teachers’ voice in policymaking
  9. News 25 June 2014

    Global survey leaves no doubt about the importance of teachers

    The latest Teaching and Learning International Survey has proven what organisations like Education International have been saying for a long time, that collaboration on management decisions with teachers and educators is crucial to high quality education.

    Global survey leaves no doubt about the importance of teachers
  10. News 13 June 2014

    USA: Teacher tenure under judicial attack

    America’s biggest teachers’ unions are voicing their opposition to a California Superior Court’s decision to strip teachers of tenure, a ruling that found the laws intended to protect educators are in fact unconstitutional.

    USA: Teacher tenure under judicial attack
  11. News 3 June 2014

    Canada: Call for applications to Norm Goble World Teachers’ Day Award

    The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) has launched the Norm Goble World Teachers’ Day Award. Only organisations with whom CTF has a current or recent (past five years) partnership are eligible to apply and earn C$1,000 to carry out its proposed World Teachers’ Day (WTD) activities.

    Canada: Call for applications to Norm Goble World Teachers’ Day Award
  12. News 3 June 2014

    Ghana: Teachers mobilise for better conditions

    Hundreds of members of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), one of EI’s national affiliates in Ghana, together with the Concerned Teachers Association of Ghana, staged a massive demonstration in Kumasi on 20 May to protest against poor working conditions.

    Ghana: Teachers mobilise for better conditions
  13. News 30 April 2014

    Teacher unions central to 21st century education

    “Teacher unions are instrumental in improving the quality of education and empowering teachers and support personnel” was the message Education International made loud and clear to European leaders in education and government.

    Teacher unions central to 21st century education
  14. News 25 April 2014

    AFT president lashes out at Pearson tests following Times Op-Ed

    A principal’s opinion piece in the New York Times criticizing standardized testing in US schools has invoked a fierce reaction of support from the top of one of America’s biggest teachers’ unions.

    AFT president lashes out at Pearson tests following Times Op-Ed
  15. News 23 April 2014

    France: Government renews its pledge to reform education

    The new French Prime Minister says he will forge ahead with promised education reforms as three national teachers’ unions challenged his government to put quality education at the top of his agenda.

    France: Government renews its pledge to reform education
  16. News 11 April 2014

    Icelandic social partners in education end labour dispute with successful result

    On 4 April 2014, a new agreement ended the recent conflict between the Icelandic EI member organisation Kennarasamband Islands (KI) and the Icelandic government. In the background of the dispute which lasted for three weeks and culminated in several days of strike of the upper secondary teachers, there was the...

    Icelandic social partners in education end labour dispute with successful result