Adult Education
World Teachers' Day 2010: Website now live
On World Teachers' Day - October 5, 2010 - hundreds of thousands of students, parents and activists around the world will pay homage to all teachers who have been directly or indirectly affected by a major crisis.
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EU-funded education support programme for Somalia launched
A European Union-funded programme to support Somali administrations in developing a well-structured education and training system has been launched in north east and north west Somalia.
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African affiliates campaign to increase education finance
Education International has joined civil society organisations to lead a regional workshop on education financing for trainers in Malawi. The training is part of a programme to build capacity among Education for All (EFA) coalitions.
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Summer Forum for Educators opens in Oman
His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed Bin Marhoun Al Ma'amari, Minister of State and Governor of Dhofar, has presided over the opening of the seventh Summer Forum for Educators in Salalah, Oman.
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Leaders accused of breaking promises at African Union talks
African leaders have not kept their promises and are failing their citizens, according to a new report released as Heads of State arrive in Kampala, Uganda, for the African Union summit.
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Jobs, Migration and Education
Education was a significant talking point during the BBC World Debate broadcast last week from the OECD in Paris. The question put by presenter Nik Gowing was whether migration should be seen not as taking scarce jobs but rather as a source of scarce skills.
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See BBC World News debate, 10-11 July, on Migration and Investment in Education
Marking the release by the OECD of two major reports on Employment and Migration, BBC presenter Nik Gowing put the question "Is migration the answer?"
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Chilean union president gets help on charter school issue
At the Global Education Summit, sponsored by the National Education Association (NEA), education union delegates from around the world joined by NEA President Dennis Van Roekel and Vice-President Lily Eskelsen to discuss efforts to improve public education.
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Civil society calls for action on Millennium Development Goals
Anti-poverty activists from around the world have gathered at the UN headquarters in New York for a ground-breaking meeting between civil society, private sector bodies and government delegation in the General Assembly.
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World Refugee Day: Unions promote education for refugees
This year's World Refugee Day on June 20 has 'Home' as its theme, to recognise the plight of 40 million uprooted people around the world. About 10 million of these people are children of special concern to the UN High Commission for Refugees.
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World teachers sign Millennium Development Goals letter to UN chief
On behalf of teachers around the world, Education International has joined more than 100 civil society organisations in signing an open letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on his review of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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EI joins civil society to deliver education finance training
Education International has joined the Global Campaign for Education (GCE), Action Aid International and Africa Network Campaign on Education for All, for an intensive training programme on education financing in the East African Sub-region.
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