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The killing of a teacher unionist has exposed the deteriorating political situation in Haiti where the country was left to linger in constitutional limbo following the resignation of President Michel Martelly.

Teachers across Indonesia are urging their government to keep its promise to change their professional status from non-permanent to permanent civil servants, entitling them to decent work and living conditions.

The Slovak Republic has undertaken a series of reforms to improve its education system, and the country now needs to use resources more efficiently and improve equity and inclusion in schools, according to a new OECD report.

Mother languages are essential to providing quality education, which in turn supports the achievement of the new global development agenda, the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on the International Day established to promote the preservation and protection of all languages used by peoples of the world.

Americans continue to hold science and scientists in high regard, new poll results indicate.

According to UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report, mother tongue education and quality education are closely intertwined, as data speak for themselves: an estimated 40 percent of the global population does not receive education in a language they speak or understand. This is why the theme of this year’s International Mother Language Day is Quality education, language(s) of instruction and learning outcomes.

Aqeela Asifi , who has been shortlisted for the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize 2016 .

Omar Ali Ewado, the Deputy General Secretary of the Union of Primary School Teachers and President of the Human Rights League of Djibouti