PraisingEarthday.org , Education International and the International Trade Union Confederation for stressing the importance of climate education on Earth Day, 22 April,ILO Director-General Guy Ryder said that his organisation has called for urgent worldwide action on climate change , including the need to support climate education and awareness raising.
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The genesis of a global democratic student movement
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Climate action is more urgent than ever and education is a powerful fundamental tool to catalyse it. If humanity is to avoid the worst consequences of global warming and fast forward the green, clean and sustainable societies of tomorrow today, it has to start at school.
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At the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), teachers gathered under the theme "Surviving as a Reliable and Vibrant Teacher Union in the 21st Century". The event took place at GNAT Hall, Accra on 30th March 2021. Representatives from the Education sector, including...
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On April 13, a fire destroyed a school built with temporary materials on the outskirts of Niamey in Niger. Twenty-five of the 38 straw-covered classrooms in the school were ravaged by the fire.
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A survey to shed light on the monitoring of the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
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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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Last year, 1.5 billion students in 188 countries were locked out of their schools as countries dealt with the COVID-19 pandemic. A special survey by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) tracked the responses by 30 education systems across the globe to the biggest educational disruption ever.
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The research on academic freedom covers 175 countries and territories. It is based on assessments from multiple, independent experts from each country. The previous version was from March 2020 and included 144 countries and territories. Reports draw on relevant information and research going back to 1900.
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In the last year, Education International has commissioned and published research on the intersecting worlds of private sector influence on education and the deployment of distance teaching and learning technologies by Ben Williamson and Anna Hogan. They are entitledCommercialisation and privatisation in/of education in the context of COVID-19 andPandemic Privatisation...
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Two cases illustrate these trends: the assassination of João Alberto by Carrefour security agents in Porto Alegre (RS) in November 2020 and the continuing impunity in the case of the death of Marielle Franco in Rio de Janeiro (RJ), which occurred in March 2018. Despite the uprising of black movements,...
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Educators have a crucial role to play when it comes to climate action. What we teach matters. The survival of our students matters. We must inspire students and communities to action.
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In a joint analysis and appeal, theNational Education Association (NEA) and theAmerican Federation of Teachers (AFT) have outlined “the essential elements needed to effectively understand and address the ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted students’ academic, social, and developmental experiences”.
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Although the study placed national developments in the context of European education policy trends, similar “reforms” and conflicts can be found in other regions. Regardless of the varying national responses, changes in education take place in the context of a larger ideological shift. Governments increasingly promote the market and its...
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EI affiliates from Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe joined EIRAF on 31st March in a virtual meeting to consult on the EI Manifesto on quality climate change education for all. The workshop was also an occasion to relaunch and reinvigorate the climate change network in southern Africa.
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EIRAF Launches Climate Change Network in Southern Africa
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Attacks on women and LGBTI rights
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