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David Edwards, Deputy General Secretary of EI, and UNESCO representativers at the meeting

Education unions in Germany are calling for adequate funding for quality education at all levels, from early childhood education to vocational education and training.

A new World Bank report shows how in an education sector in which almost 90 percent of all students attend private schools that offer more than 15 different curricula, Dubai’s Knowledge and Human Development Authority has put in place an innovative governance approach that has led to better education quality through greater transparency, accountability and competition.

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim urged Korean educators and policymakers to better balance the nation’s stellar but stress-loaded education system, suggesting that the country can build a more robust and creative economy by encouraging students to develop a diverse mix of cognitive and non-cognitive skills.

A UN report has made it clear that protecting education as a public good and right against the advancement of profit-making businesses is essential to keeping classrooms accessible to all.

The theme of this year’s Fair Employment Week, ‘Fair for All,’ will promote the importance of all academic staff behind making universities tick, from professors to librarians and researchers.