Education

Quebec union celebrates National Day for education support personnel

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New school year taken hostage by political unrest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Ongoing political conflict has delayed the start of the new school year, keeping students from class while preventing unions from pressing for a better status for teachers and quality education for all children.

Myanmar: teachers work from the ground up to strengthen union

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With a young democracy as its backdrop, the Myanmar Teachers Federation continues to build its ranks across the country with the help of Education International and its affiliates’ experience one year after its creation.

South Africa: University fee cap welcomed

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The Minister of Higher Education and Training, Blade Nzimande, said that universities can increase fees by up to eight percent only. In addition, families with household incomes of less than ZAR600,000 (€39,000) can apply to have the increase...

Education unions take case of missing Mexican students to the United Nations

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Together, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the Confederation of Education Workers of the Argentine Republic, Brazil’s National Confederation of Education Workers, Unión Nacional de Educadores, Colegio de Profesores de Chile, and the...

UK: Union highlights needs of refugee children

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At the UK Trades Union Congress’ Congress in Brighton on 14 September, the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) President, Kathy Wallis, urged the Government to play its full part in ensuring all refugee and displaced...

UN: World leaders adopt plan to enhance protections for refugees and migrants

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