Unite for Quality Education

EI Africa Regional Committee meets to address challenges in the region http://dlvr.it/Ryr7T5

The Brazilian National Confederation of Education Workers (CNTE) is mobilizing to prevent the shutdown of public basic education in January 2021 due to lack of funding. This Thursday, CNTE is calling its affiliates and educators from around the globe to put pressure on the country’s congress to vote for the renewal of the Fund for the Maintenance and Development of Basic Education and Valorization of Education Professionals (FUNDEB). http://dlvr.it/Ryr7Ss

Key education unions in the UK have warned that a majority of teachers have already considered leaving the profession due to pay concerns. http://dlvr.it/Ryr7Sj

While they welcomed the news that state sector primary education was to become completely free at the point of use when the government announced its decision to do away with school fees, teachers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have reiterated their concerns about teachers’ salaries and the need to find a sustainable source of funding for public education. http://dlvr.it/Ryr7SH

Meeting with the Kurdistan Parliament’s President, Deputy President and Secretary, leaders of the Kurdistan Teachers Union urged Parliament to work towards free quality education for all. http://dlvr.it/Ryr7Rs

New data shows thousands of attacks on schools, mostly by military and other armed forces. This continuing epidemic of violence in regions of armed conflict demonstrates the vital and ongoing need to endorse and implement the Safe Schools Declaration. http://dlvr.it/Ryr7RG

Education trade unionists belonging to the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union and the Iraqi Teachers’ Union took stock of the situation of education in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, urging the responsible public authorities to make education a priority and allocate an appropriate budget to it. http://dlvr.it/Ryr7Q5

Nearly 800 delegates from every corner of Mongolia participated in the VIIth Mongolian Teachers’ Congress, where the Prime Minister informed participants of the increase of the national budget allocated to the public education sector and teachers’ continuous professional development. http://dlvr.it/Ryr7Lv

Education International extends its support and solidarity to Argentinian workers in their call for a National Strike on Tuesday, 30th April. http://dlvr.it/Ryr7HQ

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. http://dlvr.it/Ryr7DQ