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Education International

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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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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

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  3. Rights and democracy

  4. Building union power

Latest Updates

  1. News 8 September 2026

    New PISA report reveals decline in student performance amid chronic teacher shortage and shrinking attention spans

    The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released the latest edition of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Following the unprecedented drop in performance recorded in 2022, learning outcomes have largely stagnated or continued to decline in many countries. Shorter attention spans, excessive use of AI, and...

    New PISA report reveals decline in student performance amid chronic teacher shortage and shrinking attention spans
  2. News 8 September 2026

    Syria: Education International stands with UTNES in defense of Kurdish-language education

    Education International stands with the Teachers’ Union of North and East Syria (UTNES) and its members as they defend mother-tongue education, educators’ professional rights, and democratic participation in education reform in their region.

    Syria: Education International stands with UTNES in defense of Kurdish-language education
  3. 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...

    Zimbabwe: Urgent need for fair wages, collective bargaining rights, and sustainable education financing
  4. 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.

    I-BEST 2026: the education world comes together on 20 November
  6. Worlds of Education 31 August 2026

    Education voices | International solidarity supporting the fight against child labour in the Democratic Republic of Congo

    Roger Isaya, Denise Kigabi Mulangaliro

    Worlds of Education: Please introduce yourselves. Roger Isaya: My name is Roger Isaya. I have been a teacher for some 20 years. I teach at Musenga primary school in Kiliba, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. I’ve been active in the trade union movement for many years and currently chair...

    Education voices | International solidarity supporting the fight against child labour in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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