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UNICEF reports that over 1,300 schools in Ukraine have been completely destroyed since the start of the full-scale invasion launched by Russia in February 2022. Most Ukrainian students are forced to continue their studies online, far from teachers and friends. As a new school year begins in September, students and...

The Education International’s Asia-Pacific (EIAP) office has added the voice of educators in the region to the Global Unions Federations’ statement denouncing attempts to slash labour rights in the country.

The UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession convened its third virtual meeting on 15 August. The Panel discussed three core imperatives for the teaching profession:

Pacific educators affirmed their commitment to climate justice and to advance a just transition during a conference hosted by Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) and the Council of Pacific Educators (COPE) in Lautoka, Fiji on May 23-25, 2023.

Education International (EI) welcomes success achieved by the National Education Union, an EI member organisation in the UK, getting increased funding for schools to ensure that the pay awards are adequately funded and prevent the need for staffing cuts.

On 1 August, the UN High-Panel on the Teaching Profession convened its second virtual meeting bringing together leading experts, policymakers, and representatives from education organizations to address crucial issues within the teaching profession. Education International, as the voice of the profession at the global level, plays a central role in...

Through a broad program structured by the teacher's organization, headed by Alfonso Cepeda Salas, General Secretary, it was possible to inform and reflect with students from secondary and upper middle education, on the risk of addictions as well as the importance of physical and emotional health care.

The meeting provided an opportunity for analysis of the current situation, workshops and discussions between colleagues from all over the region. Initiatives such as the campaign for the ratification of ILO Convention 190 and the launch of the Network’s Observatory: Sumemos Igualdad (Let’s Ad Equality).

In partnership with the Canadian Teachers' Federation, Burkina Faso's Syndicat National des Enseignants du Secondaire et du Supérieur (SNESS) organised the 14th edition of a training session for in-service activists.

On the 25th and 26th of July 2023, the Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment project held an in-person seminar in collaboration with the Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educação (CNTE) for all participants based in Brazil. The meeting, held in Brasilia, was a powerful representation of what teachers can...

On the 25th and 26th of July 2023, the Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment project held an in-person seminar in collaboration with the Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educação (CNTE) for all participants based in Brazil. The meeting, held in Brasilia, was a powerful representation of what teachers and...

A panel discussion on 14 July brought together Education International (EI) President Susan Hopgood, EI General Secretary Emeritus Fred van Leeuwen, and EI co-founder Robert Harris to reflect on the creation of Education International and take stock of the progress accomplished by the global federation representing teachers and education support...

The Teacher-Led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment (T3LFA) project continues to progress in Brazil, with the aim of providing teachers with the space to identify, test and develop formative assessment practices that respond to the unique learning needs of students in classrooms across the country.

The Australian government has announced a set of reforms aiming to increase access to higher education for Indigenous students and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. All Indigenous students will be guaranteed a Commonwealth-supported place at the university of their choice.

In the Iraqi region of Kurdistan retired public educators are a forgotten group. The President of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) Abdulwahid Muhammad Haje calls for increased pensions and better living conditions for them.

In a letter of protest dated 13 July 2023 addressed to Tunisian Education Minister Ali Mohamed Al Boughdiri, Education International (EI) condemned the salary penalties imposed on teacher trade unionists calling for better funding of education in their country.

The Education International Executive Board met online on July 6 and July 14. EI’s 9th World Congress held online on July 11 to 13, as well as the organisation’s strategy on the use of artificial intelligence in education, and the launch of the UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession...