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Through our 383 member organisations, we represent more than 32 million teachers and education support personnel in 178 countries and territories.

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Informed and empowered by teachers and education support personnel everywhere, we develop tools and strategies that enable us to work across all sectors of education and all regions of the world to effect change and create a better future for our students. Click here to see how we work and find out more about our priorities below.

  1. Quality education for all

  2. The profession

  3. Rights and democracy

  4. Building union power

Latest Updates

  1. Worlds of Education 8 June 2023

    Shining a light on right to education in Afghanistan

    Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly

    Today, the Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations will discuss the desperate situation of human rights in Afghanistan, at the International Labour Conference, in Geneva. Through the Afghan Teachers’ Rights Observatory , Education International collects testimonies and calls attention to the terrible conditions facing teachers and...

    Shining a light on right to education in Afghanistan
  2. News 6 June 2023

    Education International stands with Ukraine: Union leaders in Kyiv meet colleagues and show solidarity

    On May 8 to 11, an Education International delegation visited Ukraine’s capital to deliver a strong message of solidarity and meet with colleagues from the Trade Union of Education and Science Workers of Ukraine (TUESWU), EI member organisation in the country. The delegation also met with the Minister of Education...

    Education International stands with Ukraine: Union leaders in Kyiv meet colleagues and show solidarity
  3. News 2 June 2023

    Korean teachers’ call for quality education, trade union rights, and democracy met with intimidation

    On May 20th, the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU) held its National Teacher's Congress at Cheonggye Plaza in Seoul. The congress celebrated the 34th anniversary of the KTU and challenged the Yoon Seokyeol administration's regressive education policies. The government responded with a search and seizure at the union’s...

    Korean teachers’ call for quality education, trade union rights, and democracy met with intimidation
  4. Worlds of Education 1 June 2023

    Realising ambitions for apprenticeships

    Amanda Brown

    At the upcoming International Labour Conference (5-16 June 2023), the International Labour Organisation will discuss the terms of a new international standard which could mark an important step in the improvement and development of national apprenticeship systems.

    Realising ambitions for apprenticeships
  5. News 22 May 2023

    Romania: educators' wages must be increased

    Unhappy with their wages, which they consider humiliating, Romanian educators have mobilised for an indefinite all-out strike to demand better pay for their work and recognition of its social importance.

    Romania: educators' wages must be increased

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