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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 September 2006 Norwegian government launches post-primary education fund for Africa
The Norwegian Post-Primary Education Trust Fund was officially launched last week to focus on secondary education in Sub-Saharan African countries.
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News 21 September 2006 International Day of Peace
Today, Teachers and education workers will join with United Nations offices, governmental and non-governmental agencies, civil society and religious groups to promote the ideals of peace and non-violence on International Day of Peace.
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Standards and working conditions 21 September 2006 Edward J. McElroy Awarded Education Leadership Award
EI Executive Board member and president of the American Federation of Teachers, Edward J McElroy has been honoured as the first recipient of the Yitzhak Rabin Education Leadership Award at a dinner in Washington, D.C.
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Union renewal and development 13 September 2006 Asia-Pacific affiliates strengthen ties
About 300 representatives of EI member organisations from 27 countries of the Asia Pacific came together in Jakarta this week for their triennial regional meeting.
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Trade union rights are human rights 13 September 2006 EI urges Ethiopian government to stop harassment of teacher union
For the second time this year, security forces have disbanded a constitutional meeting of the Ethiopian Teachers' Association (ETA). EI, which represents education workers around the world, wrote to the Ethoipian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi telling his government to stop harassing the teacher union.
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Leading the profession 12 September 2006 Major OECD report fails to call for greater public investment in education
Education International is concerned that the OECD’s influential annual report, released today in all 30 OECD countries, stops short of urging member governments to significantly increase their investment in public education.
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Union growth 12 September 2006 International Master Programmes for Trade Unionists now open for Application
As part of the Global Labour University network, EI would like to inform its members that the next academic year of Global Labour University is now open for applications. Two Master prgrammes on Labour and Globalisation for trade unionists are offered in 2007-2008 by the network, formed by the international...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 12 September 2006 Issue no.10 of TradEducation out now!
In this issue, you will find reports of EI’s lobby meetings in Geneva during the G-6 meeting in July. To download TradEducation, please clickhere .
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Leading the profession 4 September 2006 Teacher unions seek greater input on PISA
Teachers around the globe are concerned about the impact of large-scale international testing and its uses and abuses in development of national education policies.
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Union growth 1 September 2006 Palestinian teachers to strike over unpaid wages
The General Union for Palestinian Teachers (GUPT), an EI affiliate, has announced that it will start an open-ended strike on 2 Sep, the first day of the school year, over unpaid wages.
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Trade union rights are human rights 30 August 2006 Ethiopian authorities disrupt teachers’ General Assembly
For the second time this year, Ethiopian authorities have disrupted a General Assembly of the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association and forcibly shut it down.
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Standards and working conditions 30 August 2006 Senegal: teachers halt protest actions despite continuing deadlock in negotiations
The "Intersyndicale de l'enseignement du Sénégal" (Education Union Alliance of Senegal) has ceased its boycott of staff meetings and returned withheld examination papers as a sign of goodwill despite a continuing deadlock in their negotiations with the government.
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Trade union rights are human rights 25 August 2006 Zambia: Education Sector Losing 800 Teachers each year to AIDS
Zambia is losing 800 teachers every year to AIDS-related illnesses, EI affiliate the Zambia National Union of teachers (ZNUT) has warned.
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News 25 August 2006 UK: EI Affiliate gives vocal support to International Day of Peace
EI affiliate the NASUWT is supporting the United Nations International Day of Peace on 21 September by encouraging schools to sing a specially-composed song for peace.
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Trade union rights are human rights 24 August 2006 Education of girls key to AIDS prevention
It is high time to confront the vulnerability of girls to HIV and AIDS, and to support the crucial role of the education sector in combating the pandemic.
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Union growth 21 August 2006 EI deplores killing of Sri Lankan students
EI strongly protests against the killing of children in the recent air force bombings in Sri Lanka. Up to 61 girls were killed and about a hundred more injured in a raid on the Sencholai children’s home in the Mullaithivu district in northern Sri Lanka. The area is among those...
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Union renewal and development 8 August 2006 Timorese teachers ensure learning, teaching and union work continue despite difficult conditions
According to EI affiliate, the East Timor Teachers’ Union (ETTU), many teachers and students are still living in refugee camps after three months of violence that shook the already war-torn country.
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Union growth 4 August 2006 ITF holds 41st Congress in Durban
Randall Howard, General Secretary of the South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union, will be the new president of the International Transport Workers' Federation. That makes the ITF the second global union federation, after Education International, to elect a South African trade unionist as president.
ITF holds 41st Congress in Durban