Education

Education International World Congress to defend free education in crucial year for development

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Kazakhstan: stronger education unions through reinforcement of negotiating and organising skills

The first of the intermediate level trade union workshops for trade union leaders of the Kazakhstan Trade Union of Education and Science Workers (KTUESW) was held in Shymkent, from 1-3 July, and the second one in Khezkazgan, from 4-6 July.

Malala marks 18th birthday by opening school for girl refugees

Human Rights Activist and Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai has marked her 18th birthday with a renewed commitment to refugees and education by inaugurating a school for more than 200 Syrian girls living in refugee camps in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.

Malala warns of education funding threat for Syrian refugees

The international community must urgently increase education funding for Syrian refugees to avoid a lost generation resulting from the country's civil war, education activist Malala Yousafzai said on Monday (July 13).

Indonesia: education union demands payment of teacher profession allowance

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Nigeria: Educators killed in a brutal Boko Haram attack

A bomb attack in northeast Nigeria led to the “gruesome murder” of 28 primary school teachers.

Blog: What I learned from Ron Thorpe

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Global education unionists ready for biggest ever EI Congress

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