World Bank to support higher education reform in Vietnam, and improve school readiness for 5-year olds
The World Bank Board of Directors approved a total of US$150 million in two credits to help Vietnam to support and sustain the implementation of the Higher Education Reforms Agenda, and to improve school readiness for 5 year old children.
USA: Education unions welcome Obama’s proposals on early childhood education
EI’s national affiliates, The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), have welcomed President Obama’s proposal to dramatically increase access to early childhood education (ECE) for American students.
New Zealand: Campaign for education support staff
Congo-Kinshasa: strike against non-payment of salaries
Mexico education trade union leader arrested
Elba Esther Gordillo, General Secretary of the biggest education union in Mexico, Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE), is alleged to have misused more than USD 156 million from trade union funds from 2008-2012. SNTE was an EI...
Tanzania: Exam failure rates led to calls for improvement
International cooperation to train qualified teachers
Crisis in Mali disrupting schooling of 700,000 children – UNICEF
A student writes on a chalkboard at a school in Bamako, Mali.
