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Education International

We are the voice of teachers and education workers around the world.

Through our 375 member organisations, we represent more than 33 million teachers and education support personnel in 180 countries and territories.

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Our Priorities

Informed and empowered by teachers and education support personnel everywhere, we develop tools and strategies that enable us to work across all sectors of education and all regions of the world to effect change and create a better future for our students. Click here to see how we work and find out more about our priorities below.

  1. Quality education for all

  2. The profession

  3. Rights and democracy

  4. Building union power

Latest Updates

  1. Worlds of Education 26 February 2026

    Mother-tongue education, democratic pluralism, and social peace

    Zülküf Güneş

    Throughout human history, education has not merely been a process of transmitting knowledge but also a tool for shaping society. Every ruling power has sought to realize its vision of society by constructing its own educational model. Conversely, movements for freedom have developed alternative pedagogies of their own. From the...

    Mother-tongue education, democratic pluralism, and social peace
  2. Worlds of Education 25 February 2026

    Talking about suicide at school: an educational emergency

    Luanda Julião

    It is almost two o’clock in the morning, on the night between Sunday and Monday, at the beginning of April. Sleepless, I toss and turn in bed. I give in to insomnia and pick up my phone to distract myself. Less than a minute later, I receive a message from...

    Talking about suicide at school: an educational emergency
  3. News 23 February 2026

    Call for proposals: Toolkit for educators and unionists to promote inclusive education and end stigma and discrimination against persons affected by leprosy

    Background Education International (EI) is the Global Union Federation that brings together organisations of teachers and other education employees from across the world. Through our 383 member organisations, we represent more than 32 million teachers and education support personnel in 178 countries and territories.

    Call for proposals: Toolkit for educators and unionists to promote inclusive education and end stigma and discrimination against persons affected by leprosy
  4. News 23 February 2026

    Solidarity with the people of Iran

    As the people of Iran continue to rise against an oppressive regime and face violent repression, Iranian teachers and unionists are calling for international solidarity. Follow the latest from Iran's education trade union community below!

    Solidarity with the people of Iran
  5. Worlds of Education 23 February 2026

    Supporting neurodiverse educators and learners: why inclusion must start with the workforce

    Imran Mir

    “When we design education for only one type of mind, we fail all of them.” Across the world, education systems are starting to become more diverse. However, they are not necessarily more inclusive. As a neurodivergent educator and researcher, I have had first-hand experience of how much potential is lost...

    Supporting neurodiverse educators and learners: why inclusion must start with the workforce

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