Our work in this area
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News 28 August 2019 Germany: new teachers must receive equal salaries for equal qualifications
The Verband Bildung und Erziehung is pushing for teachers in Germany to be paid the same amount of money for the same initial education and qualifications when they enter the profession.
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News 20 July 2019 ESN holds General Assembly prior to World Congress
The Education and Solidarity Network (ESN), of which Education International (EI) is a founding organisation, held its General Assembly in Bangkok, Thailand on July 20. These organisations from all around the world, including education unions, share the values of solidarity and democracy as their members cooperate to improve the health...
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Worlds of Education 10 July 2019 #OffTrack #1: In Morocco, Teachers Protest Precarious Employment Contracts That Disregard SDG Commitments to Improve Teacher Employment Conditions
Today, the United Nations High-Level Political Forum will focus on reviewing Sustainable Development Goal 8 on decent work and interrelations with other goals. We are far off track to achieve decent work for all educators. In fact, in some countries, governments are introducing policies that are worsening the employment and...
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News 5 July 2019 Korea: teacher unionists stand in solidarity with striking education support workers
On 3 July, over 60,000 education support workers went on a 3-day strike in South Korea to request improved working conditions and job security.
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Worlds of Education 27 June 2019 "Teacher ethics: ethics of presence", by Eirick Prairat.
Eirick Prairat
The professionalisation of the teaching profession, initiated at the beginning of the 1990s, was conceived solely in terms of technical skills. There was little talk of ethics at the time. In this text, we would like to show that far from being “an extra soul”, ethics is at the heart...
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News 19 June 2019 The OECD Teaching and International Survey (TALIS) 2018 data released
The latest Teaching and international Survey (TALIS) 2018 report released by the OECD illustrates the issues teachers face in their workplace; focusing on working time and training of teachers.
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Worlds of Education 11 June 2019 “Prohibiting violence and harassment in the world of work”, by David Edwards.
David Edwards
More than 800 million women have experienced some form of violence and harassment, ranging from physical assault to verbal abuse, bullying and intimidation. #MeToo and similar movements have helped expose the scale of the problem in the world of work, encouraging women to speak out and demand justice. Whilst women...
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News 31 May 2019 Members of New Zealand teacher unions unite in largest teachers' strike in New Zealand history
Almost 50,000 New Zealand teachers take to the streets to advocate for a higher education budget.
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Research Understanding the invisible workforce: Education support personnel’s roles, needs and the challenges they face
Philippa Butler
16 May 2019Understanding the invisible workforce: Education support personnel’s roles, needs and the challenges they faceEducation Support Personnel (ESP) play a vital role in promoting quality education, fostering a safe and positive learning environment for all students, and ensuring that schools and educational institutions function effectively. ESP cover a wide range of people working in the education sector, and despite being an essential part of...
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Worlds of Education 16 May 2019 “Education Support Personnel: Shining light on the invisible workforce”, by Philippa Butler.
Philippa Butler
Education Support Personnel (ESP) are a vital part of the education workforce. They help to do all the background tasks and hidden duties that ensure that teachers can teach and students can learn. Together with teachers and school leaders, ESP are responsible for creating and sustaining a school culture where...
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News 29 April 2019 Argentina: Education unions unite in national strike
Education International extends its support and solidarity to Argentinian workers in their call for a National Strike on Tuesday, 30th April.
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News 25 April 2019 European Education trade unionists to join large rally for a fairer Europe for workers – 26 April
The European Trade Union Committee for Education has called on European education unionists and activists to take part in a large-scale demonstration, “A Fairer Europe for Workers”, on 26 April.
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News 24 April 2019 UK: Solidarity, democracy and unity high on the agendas of education trade unions
During their annual conferences, the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers and the National Education Union, both affiliated to Education International, have reasserted during their annual conferences their core values and determination to continue advocating education policies beneficial for educators and students.
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News 9 April 2019 Poland: ZNP calls strike over education salaries after government turned a deaf ear to their demands
Despite efforts to come to an agreement with public authorities, Poland’s teachers and other education workers are following the call by the education union Zwiazek Nauczycielstwa Polskiego to go on strike to demand higher salaries.
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Worlds of Education 25 March 2019 “Finland leads the way”, by David Edwards.
David Edwards
Sometimes it appears that hope is draining from the world and that, for both young and old, pessimism is becoming the default position. The trouble with pessimism is that it is negative. It annuls the ability to act; to create something better which benefits future generations. I believe that education...
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News 15 March 2019 European education union leaders in solidarity with Dutch colleagues
The Committee of the Education International’s European region, the European Trade Union Committee for Education, has called on the public authorities of Netherlands to ensure decent working conditions and salaries for Dutch educators.
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Worlds of Education 15 March 2019 “Early Childhood Education – the start of lifelong learning – but build upon play and well-being”, by Lasse Bjerg Jørgensen.
Lasse Bjerg Jørgensen
At last Early Childhood Education (ECE) is on the agenda of an International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP). At this year’s Summit, ISTP 2019, the importance of ECE for lifelong learning and well-being is now, for the first time, one of the Summit’s three plenary themes.
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Worlds of Education 14 March 2019 “Success comes only to those countries that invest in education”, by Olli Luukkainen and David Edwards.
Olli Luukkainen, David Edwards
Humanity is faced with many threats including climate change and threats to the environment. A vision is needed for these problems to be solved. Changing lifestyles and consumption habits can contribute to solving these problems but at the heart of helping humanity to survive is education, training and research.
“Success comes only to those countries that invest in education”, by Olli Luukkainen and David Edwards.