Our work in this area
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News 17 September 2024 Nigeria: Education union and government gear up to go public and fund education
In a significant move to strengthen Nigeria's education sector, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) launched the Education International (EI) “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign in their country. This initiative aims to secure increased funding for public education and its personnel, while addressing the chronic underfunding that has plagued the...
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News 13 September 2024 India: nationwide campaign for pension reform yields major victory
In a significant breakthrough, public sector unions in India, including Education International’s affiliate, the All India Primary Teachers' Federation (AIPTF), have secured a major victory in their fight for guaranteed pensions.
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News 23 August 2024 Taiwan teacher union leader on hunger strike for pension fund
In an effort to ensure justice and accountability, Hou Chung-Liang, President of the National Teachers’ Association (NTA Taiwan), has embarked on a hunger strike since August 20th. This drastic action aims to pressure the government into fulfilling its obligations as the employer of all civil servants, including teachers and education...
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News 23 August 2024 Senegal: Mobilizing for education funding
In Senegal more than 3 million children either do not go to state school or find it very difficult to go to school. Insufficient public funding for education is a major obstacle to quality education for all.
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News 19 August 2024 The struggle for a standardized school year in Iraqi Kurdistan
In the ever-evolving landscape of education in Kurdistan, the quest for a standardized school year remains a contentious issue, Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) President Abdulwahed Mohammad Haje explained. The academic calendar, marked by an array of holidays and interruptions, has long been a source of frustration for both educators and...
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News 31 July 2024 The world’s educators demand urgent action to tackle the global teacher shortage
Teachers and Education Support Personnel around the world are overworked, underpaid, and undervalued. Deteriorating working conditions, low salaries, overwhelming workloads, and stifling bureaucracy are pushing teachers out of the profession they love and that the world needs.
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Worlds of Education 30 July 2024 The fight for public education and universities in present-day Argentina
Yamile Socolovsky
Public education in Argentina is under threat from a political agenda that has made its way into the national government and aims to – in the words of President Javier Milei himself – “destroy the state from within”. Arguing that the state is a “criminal organisation” that attacks freedom (of...
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Publications Activating the recommendations related to teachers in early childhood education
The United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession Recommendations
17 July 2024Activating the recommendations related to teachers in early childhood educationThe High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession was convened by the United Nations Secretary General in response to the global teacher shortage. Tasked with providing policy advice for governments to ensure that every child’s right to a professionally-trained, qualified, and well-supported teacher is fulfilled, the Panel identified 59 recommendations .
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Publications Activating the recommendations on teacher well-being
The United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession Recommendations
8 July 2024Activating the recommendations on teacher well-beingThe High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession recognises that “teachers need to work in a climate of security, support, well-being and decent working conditions”. It calls for comprehensive national teacher policies to address teacher well-being and for multi-stakeholder national commissions to be established. The commissions should address workload and well-being...
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Publications Teacher and Education Support Personnel Well-being - Vital for Education
Policy Brief
8 July 2024Teacher and Education Support Personnel Well-being - Vital for EducationThis Briefing outlines the importance of teacher and education support personnel (ESP) wellbeing to high quality education. It sets out a road map for education unions and their members on how to ensure that educational jurisdictions put in place practical strategies for enhancing the wellbeing of all teachers and ESP....
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Research Teacher well-being: a global understanding
8 July 2024Teacher well-being: a global understandingEducation International wishes to further its understanding of the current policy landscape of teacher well-being. To inform this understanding, Education International commissioned Education Support to undertake a small-scale research study to explore and summarise global understandings of teacher well-being. The work included highlighting global definitions of well-being, the identification of...
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Publications Activating the recommendations for higher education
The United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession Recommendations
3 July 2024Activating the recommendations for higher educationThe High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession was convened by the United Nations Secretary General and brought together academics, ministers of education and labour, former presidents, employers’ organisations, teachers and students and their unions.
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Worlds of Education 27 June 2024 Upholding professional teaching standards matters
Ella Mokgalane
Countries without professional standards deprive their education and teaching workforce of quality and professional excellence. As part of its theory of change, the South African Council for Educators (SACE) adopted the concept of Professional Teaching Standards to provide a common language and vision of the profession that all teachers can...
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Worlds of Education 26 June 2024 Recognising the teacher crisis in Norway: a key step towards solving it
Ann Mari Milo Lorentzen
For years, we have fought for the recognition of the teacher crisis in Norway. A new multi-stakeholder strategy brings hope for change from early childhood to higher levels of education.
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News 26 June 2024 Mongolia: Campaign leads to salary increase for teachers and education workers and more support for students
Through a series of campaigns in the past year led by the Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions (FMESU) significant reforms across multiple educational sectors have led to a salary increase for teachers and education workers, more support for students’ well-being, and a focus on infrastructure for higher education.
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Statements 24 June 2024 Reclaiming Public Education For All
On the occasion of Public Service Day, Education International signed the statement on Reclaiming Public Education for All:
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News 18 June 2024 Global development cooperation partners share successes and unite to advance public education
From Albania to Cameroon, members of Education International, are building campaigns to increase funding for public education, and investment in teachers, supported by a network of solidarity from education unions around the world.
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News 18 June 2024 Mongolia: Union launches nationwide call to invest in education
The Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions (FMESU), Education International (EI) national affiliate, has held a series of events to call for respect for teachers’ rights and increased investment in education. It also addressed critical challenges in the education sector, such as teacher shortages, inadequate infrastructure, and the provision...
Mongolia: Union launches nationwide call to invest in education