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  1. Standards and working conditions 12 July 2013

    The great Gonski

    Mar Candela

    The great Gonski
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 July 2013

    Educating citizens

    Fernando M. Reimers

    Educating citizens
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 12 July 2013

    When I say "Education", you say "First"!

    Today, on Malala Day, 550 Youth Delegates prepare to take over the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York to demand equitable quality education for all.

    When I say "Education", you say "First"!
  4. Standards and working conditions 11 July 2013

    US: educators raise their hands for student success

    The National Education Association (NEA), EI’s largest affiliate in the United States, has launched a nationwide campaign to encourage educators to become leaders in a national movement for quality public education.

    US: educators raise their hands for student success
  5. Equity and inclusion 9 July 2013

    Education unionists mobilise for girls’ education on Malala Day

    EI affiliates around the world join the events being coordinated by the offices of the UN Special Envoy on Global Education, Gordon Brown on 12 July, to celebrate Malala Yousafzai’s sixteenth birthday and renew the call for all governments to guarantee equitable quality education for all, especially girls.

    Education unionists mobilise for girls’ education on Malala Day
  6. Trade union rights are human rights 9 July 2013

    Nigeria: EI condemns shocking school massacre

    EI has condemned the killing of 29 students and a teacher and the burning down of the Mamudo boarding school in Nigeria's north-eastern state of Yobe by suspected Islamist extremists.

    Nigeria: EI condemns shocking school massacre
  7. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 July 2013

    Zimbabwe: Government to pay relocation expenses to higher education teachers

    The College Lecturers Association of Zimbabwe (COLAZ), one of EI’s national affiliates, has commented on the payment ordered by a court of US$5.3 million by the Government to 18 discretionarily transferred lecturers. COLAZ represented the latter in Court.

    Zimbabwe: Government to pay relocation expenses to higher education teachers
  8. Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 July 2013

    Negotiations begin on new services deal

    Trade talks aimed at developing a new global services pact have begun following an agreement on a negotiating framework earlier this year.

    Negotiations begin on new services deal
  9. Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 July 2013

    Brazilian ambassador to take WTO helm

    Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have formally appointed Brazil’s Roberto Carvalho de Azevêdo as the group’s next director general, capping a six-month leadership contest.

    Brazilian ambassador to take WTO helm
  10. Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 July 2013

    EU ministers seek cultural protections in talks with U.S.

    A group of 14 cultural ministers of the European Union are demanding that audio-visual services be excluded as a “cultural exemption” from planned free trade talks with the United States.

    EU ministers seek cultural protections in talks with U.S.
  11. Equity and inclusion 4 July 2013

    Second EI Arab Women's Network meeting

    EI held the second meeting of its Arab Women Network (AWN) from 29-30 June in Beirut, Lebanon. This meeting aimed at following up on the discussions that started at last’s year inaugural meeting, where the AWN will build on the information shared and plan for future steps.

    Second EI Arab Women's Network meeting
  12. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 July 2013

    France: 10,000 new teaching assistant jobs announced

    The Syndicat national des enseignements de second degré (SNES-FSU) and the Syndicat des enseignants (SE-UNSA) affiliated to the Union nationale des syndicats autonomes-Education (UNSA-Education) welcomed Education Minister Vincent Peillon’s announcement that 10,000 additional staff are to be taken on “specifically for secondary schools” under subsidised contracts on top of the...

    France: 10,000 new teaching assistant jobs announced
  13. Standards and working conditions 4 July 2013

    Indonesia: trade unionists demand decent wages and better promotion prospects

    The 21st Congress of the Teachers’ Association of the Republic of Indonesia (PGRI), EI’s largest national affiliate, has called on the government to invest in teachers and education, and improve teacher's living conditions by giving them decent salaries.

    Indonesia: trade unionists demand decent wages and better promotion prospects