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News 12 August 2008 Algeria: Teachers on hunger strike
Education International (EI) has sent a message of solidarity to its affiliates in Algeria regarding the 35 teachers on hunger strike since 15 July 2008.
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News 4 August 2008 Brazilian teachers win national standard professional wage scale
Brazilian educators are celebrating a new law that establishes a national standard salary, bringing to an end decades of inequity between teachers’ salaries in different regions of the country.
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News 30 July 2008 COPE, UNESCO and UNICEF to hold conference on Improving Status of Teachers
Together with UNESCO and UNICEF, EI's sub-regional organisation, the Council of Pacific Educators (COPE) will be holding a conference on "Improving the Status of Teachers as per ILO-UNESCO's 1966 Recommendation and promoting Children's Rights to Quality Education".
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News 22 July 2008 Guatemala: New government brings positive change for teachers and students
Six months ago, the newly elected centre-left government of Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom Caballeros started reversing the privatization of the school system. The government also introduced collective bargaining in the public sector. As a result, a few weeks ago the unions were able to sign a new collective agreement that...
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8 July 2008 Address by Fred van Leeuwen, EI General Secretary, at the 20th National Congress of the Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI), June 30 – July 4 2008, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia
"Improving the Quality of Education through Professional, Prosperous, and Protected Teachers"
Address by Fred van Leeuwen, EI General Secretary, at the 20th National Congress of the Persatuan Guru Republik Indonesia (PGRI), June 30 – July 4 2008, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia -
News 8 July 2008 Indonesia: Government promises annual increase in education budget and teacher salary at PGRI's national congress
The government of Indonesia will annually increase the education budget as well as the salaries of teachers. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made that promise to the more than 5000 delegates and observers attending the opening session of the 20th Congress of the Indonesian teachers' union PGRI held in Palembang on...
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News 23 June 2008 NGO and trade unions call for millions more health workers and teachers
Today, Public Services International, Education International and Oxfam International announced a joint call to world leaders, demanding funds for tens of millions of qualified health workers and teachers worldwide to be trained and hired to deliver public health and education for all. The current gap means that governments are failing...
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News 12 June 2008 Belgian teachers join in national protest over declining purchasing power
EI's Belgian affiliates, CSC-Enseignement, ACOD and CGSP, joined the three national labour confederations in a united front to protest the declining purchasing power of workers.
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News 4 April 2008 Education International supports Lebanese teachers’ struggle for fair salary increase
Education International is strongly supporting the teachers of Lebanon in their strike action to back legitimate demands for a fair salary that reflects the high increase in the cost of living.
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News 28 March 2008 France: Teachers resist Sarkozy’s job cuts
French education unions are mobilizing against the government’s plan to cut 11,200 teaching jobs at the beginning of the next school year. Since early last week, secondary teachers have been on strike at various schools throughout the country.
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13 March 2008 France: Teachers worried about Sarkozy reforms
“The education public service deserves an ambitious policy. Unfortunately, the service is coming under pressure today due to job cuts.”
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News 15 February 2008 EI joins the Commonwealth Secretariat in hosting the 3rd Teacher Research symposium in Maputo
EI is joining the Commonwealth Secretariat in hosting the Third Commonwealth Teacher Research symposium which will be held in Maputo, Mozambique, from 19-21 Feb 2008.
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14 January 2008 Despite 1000 percent salary increase, Zimbabwean teachers still struggle to survive
Government in Zimbabwe has moved to stave off another crippling strike by awarding teachers an immediate 1000 percent pay rise.
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Research Teacher supply, recruitment and retention in six Anglophone Sub-Saharan African countries
Dennis Sinyolo
19 December 2007Teacher supply, recruitment and retention in six Anglophone Sub-Saharan African countriesThe purpose of this survey was to investigate teacher supply, teacher attrition, teacher remuneration and motivation, teacher absenteeism and union involvement in policy development in six Anglophone African countries: The Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Tanzania Uganda and Zambia.
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News 7 December 2007 New EI study shows current critical shortage of qualified teachers threatening the achievement of EFA
A critical shortage of properly-trained and qualified teachers is threatening the achievement of Education for All targets and Millennium Development Goals by 2015, according to a new study by Education International.
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News 24 October 2007 Senegal: 72-hour strike to make government fulfil its promises
Starting today, Senegalese teachers in primary and secondary public schools are on a 72-hour strike to make the government fulfil its promises on research and housing allowances.
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22 October 2007 Speech by EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, at the UNESCO General Conference held on 22 October 2007, Paris
Below is the speech, in English, of EI General Secretary, Fred van Leeuwen, at the UNESCO General Conference held on 22 October 2007 in Paris, France.
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News 19 October 2007 South Africa: Teachers Reject Salary Offer
EI affiliate the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (Sadtu) had rejected the government's proposals on a new teacher payment regime which would link remuneration with performance.
South Africa: Teachers Reject Salary Offer