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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 February 2018 World leaders pledge continued support for education in Dakar
Throughout the day, governments from all around the world made commitments on continued education financing both at home and through contributions to the Global Partnership for Education. At its Replenishment Conference in Dakar, Senegal, governments pledged to continue making funds available to give every child the chance to go to...
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Standards and working conditions 2 February 2018 Germany: Research highlights teachers’ excessive working hours
A study commissioned by a teacher union shows that, in Germany, teachers work one hour and 40 minutes longer than other public employees per week, endangering their health.
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Union renewal and development 1 February 2018 #FundEducation: Teachers are essential to achieving quality education
As the Global Partnership for Education meets for its Replenishment Conference in Dakar, Senegal, Education International leaders have stressed the importance of teachers in achieving quality education for all and in meeting the many challenges affecting education systems worldwide.
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Climate action and literacy 1 February 2018 International prize on education for sustainable development: Open for nominations
Education International is encouraging affiliates to enter nominations for the 2018 UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development.
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Union growth 30 January 2018 Nigeria: Teachers’ dismissal sparks strike action in Kaduna
The Nigeria Union of Teachers and other labour unions in Kaduna State have gone on strike after thousands of teachers had their employment terminated by the state’s government, despite a court order preventing such an action.
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Standards and working conditions 30 January 2018 Canada: Supreme Court finds in favour of teachers and education workers
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of Canada protected teachers’ and public service employees’ collective bargaining rights. The case, brought before the court by the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) against the government of the Canadian province of British Columbia, aimed to hold the government to account and honour...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 January 2018 UK: Education unions support free school meals policy
UK teacher unions have welcomed the latest Education Policy Institute’s report clearly laying out the benefits that free school meals bring to children and their families, and to quality education in general.
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Trade union rights are human rights 26 January 2018 Brazil: concerns over the long-standing campaign targeting former President Lula
In a letter to Brazilian President Michel Temer, Education International (EI) expressed great concern over the long-standing campaign of defamation and political harassment against former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Union renewal and development 25 January 2018 As EI turns 25, a new series of podcasts sheds light on past and future
A quarter of a century after its inception, a series of podcasts on Education International’s history, values and activities is putting sound to the organisation’s celebrations through the voices of its top leaders, past and present.
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Leading the profession 24 January 2018 EI teacher standards to create “common understanding” within the profession
Australian researcher Tom Alegounarias presented his work on the development of global professional teaching standards to Education International’s Executive Board, part of an effort to provide teachers the power to define their own profession.
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Union renewal and development 23 January 2018 Education International names new General Secretary
American David Edwards has been chosen to succeed outgoing and founding General Secretary Fred van Leeuwen after being named to the post by the organisation’s Executive Board.
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Union renewal and development 23 January 2018 EI Executive Board to acknowledge the past while looking ahead to the future
In advance of its 25th anniversary, Education International’s 50th Executive Board Meeting convenes in Brussels where leaders are set to make key decisions as a major chapter of the organisation is celebrated.
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Trade union rights are human rights 22 January 2018 Iranian teacher unionist Esmail Abdi sent back to prison
Denied the extension of his furlough despite his poor health resulting from harsh detention conditions, Tehran teacher union leader Esmail Abdi was taken back to the Evin prison on 20 January.
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Standards and working conditions 22 January 2018 EI at heart of new International Education Workforce Initiative
Education International’s President, Susan Hopgood, has been appointed Co-Vice Chair of the Working Group of the newly established International Education Workforce Initiative.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 January 2018 Education financing crisis sorely missed in World Bank’s Report
Education International has made the voice of the world’s educators heard loud and clear at the Belgian launch of the World Bank’s World Development Report.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 January 2018 Education International stands in support of Roberto Baradel facing threats
Education International, the global teachers‘ federation which represents over 32 million members in 173 countries, has been informed by its Argentinian affiliate, the Confederación de Trabajadores de la Educación de la República Argentina of new anonymous threats against the SUTEBA General Secretary, Roberto Baradel.
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Equity and inclusion 17 January 2018 Bulgaria : union SEB trains teachers and school principals to work with refugees and migrants
Theproject “Teachers obtaining competences for working with migrants and refugees and helping them in the process of inclusion through education” aims to provide teachers and principals with adequate professional competences to work with migrants and refugee children and facilitate their inclusion.
Bulgaria : union SEB trains teachers and school principals to work with refugees and migrants