Education International

25 March 2024

The Education Crisis in Iraq: A Call for Urgent Reforms
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Iraq is currently grappling with a severe education crisis. Despite constitutional provisions and ministerial laws mandating free education at all levels, millions of children are being denied access to education. At the onset of the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)–a Salafi jihadist militant organisation that...
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22 January 2024

Iraq: Union call for urgent solutions as teachers haven't been paid in months
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Painting a bleak picture of the situation of the education system and teachers in the Iraqi Kurdistan, the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union (KTU) President Abdulwahed Mohammad Haje presented his union demands to solve the ongoing issues.
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30 April 2021

Iraq: Trade unionists confront climate change
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On 21 April, during a week dedicated to the issue of climate change, members of the KTU learned ways of working with children to create a healthy environment and climate. During a seminar on climate change, Dr. Abdullah, a specialist in environmental and climate issues, highlighted the roots of climate...
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15 April 2021

Iraq: KTU members call for government to provide ongoing training to support quality education during COVID-19 pandemic
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It is the government’s duty to distribute digital tools to teachers and students and to organise ongoing training for teachers. That was the view of the 24 teachers and nine students from the College of Basic Education who attended the training for members of the KTU’s Halabja union branch in...
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15 March 2021

Iraq: KTU succeeds in getting teachers added to COVID-19 vaccine list
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During a special meeting with Health Minister Saman Hussein Muhammad, the KTU stressed its continued support for the strict implementation of health instructions and guidelines in the education sector.
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23 February 2021

Iraq: Teachers praise KTU training on quality remote education
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SinceNovember 2020 , KTU has held nine training courses on new teaching methods and the use of technology in education, with the participation of 226 teachers from nine branches of the education union.
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