Articles
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7 July 2023
Inclusive, quality education: the key to ending child labour
NewsFrom India to Senegal, from Albania to Uganda and Mali, Education International (EI) members raised their voices in support of quality education to commemorate World Day Against Child Labour on June 12th.
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16 December 2021
Education unions in Germany, the UK, Switzerland, Canada, the USA and South Africa call on governments to support vaccine equity
NewsEducation International member organisations in Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, the United States of America and South Africa are calling on governments to support the temporary waiver of intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines and treatments at the World Trade Organization. If adopted, the waiver would enable an expansion...
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16 March 2021
German and Austrian unions call for more education support personnel specialised in health issues
NewsGÖD: Relief needed for teachers
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6 March 2021
When your class is “Zoom-bombed” and other stories from the frontlines of online teaching
NewsThis has had effects on us physically and psychologically.
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22 February 2021
Germany: A new primary school curriculum, not now!
NewsIn thepetition (in German), Education International‘s affiliates, theGewerkschaft für Erziehung und Wissenschaft(GEW) and theVerband Bildung und Erziehung(VBE), joined by the Primary School Association (GSV, German acronym) state that “the primary and special schools need to have time available for children, their individual support and lessons. The high workload of colleagues...
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28 January 2021
76th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation: German, Israeli, and Polish trade unions unite to say “Never again”
NewsZNP: Education about Holocaust vital
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Cooperation Projects
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2022 Trade union engagement in prevention and elimination of school dropout and child labour in Albania
Extension to 12 schools in 4 regions (Shkodra, Elbasan, Kamza and Lezha) of the 2019-2020 project against child labour.
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2021 - 2023 Global Response to Commercialization and Privatization of Education in Nigeria
Workshop/campaign on commercialization and privatization of education
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2021 - 2023 Global response action on privatisation and commercialisation of education in Ghana
Capacity building in action points and strong advocacy amongst key stakeholders.
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Affiliates
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Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft
GEW
Postfach 90-04-09D-60444 Frankfurt am Maintel: +49 (69) 78973-329fax: +49-69-78973-103 -
Verband Bildung und Erziehung
VBE
Bundesgeschäftsstelle - Behrenstrasse 24D-10117 Berlintel: +49 (30)72619660fax: +49 (30)726196618