Angelo Gavrielatos
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#GoPublic
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@ Education International (Former President NSWTF and AEU)
And another one for the we-told-you-so file. 👇🏼
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WTF does technologically agnostic actually even mean??? 🤷🏽♂️
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Against a backdrop of growing
#teachershortages
the National Teachers’ Association (NTA) of Taiwan is calling for real change… better pay and improved working conditions. Only then can Taiwan ensure high-quality education for every student.
#GoPublic
#FundEducation
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3167...
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Taiwan: Institutionalized salary increases and adequate professional wages are key to recruiting and retaining teachers
As teacher shortages in Taiwan continue to worry parents and the wider community, the National Teachers’ Association (NTA) is calling for real change. The NTA emphasizes that teachers’ hard work and t...
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/31679:taiwan-institutionalized-salary-increases-and-adequate-professional-wages-are-key-to-recruiting-and-retaining-teachers
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The Cathy Wilcox
6 days ago
The Libs are counting on the idea that they just need to bombard Australians with enough propaganda suggesting renewables cause high power prices, then they can retake power. Things are going to get pretty nasty I suspect.
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“For nearly three weeks, we have heard by-the-minute news about the retrieval of Israeli bodies in Gaza. Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies, with crushed legs and gunshot wounds to the head, that the Israelis finally released” 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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Crushed Legs. Gunshot Wounds to the Head. Shackled: Israel Returns Mutilated Palestinian Bodies
Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies, with crushed legs and gunshot wounds to the head, that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal?
https://zeteo.com/p/israel-return-palestinian-bodies-mutilated-torture?utm_campaign=post&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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Dave Dun
10 days ago
Really interesting piece about the infrastructure of education and what AI companies are doing to it: “While private sector influence in public education has a long history, it is now taking the form of infrastructural penetration from below.”
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Japan Teachers Union (JTU) advocating for increased funding for public education and urgent measures to end the teacher shortage in Japan.
#GoPublic
#investinteachers
#FundEducation
@eduinternational.bsky.social
@eduintap.bsky.social
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3167...
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Japan: Urgent action needed to reduce teachers’ workload and increase education funding
Japan Teachers’ Union (JTU) brought together education stakeholders to discuss the concerning findings of TALIS 2024 regarding teachers’ difficult working conditions, especially the excessive workload...
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/31670:japan-urgent-action-needed-to-reduce-teachers-workload-and-increase-education-funding
10 days ago
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United Nations Secretary-General calls on governments to invest in education and act to end the global
#teachershortage
#GoPublic
#investinteachers
#investineducation
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3165...
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United Nations Secretary-General calls on governments to invest in education and act to end the global teacher shortage
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), highlighted the essential role of education as the foundation of social progress and called on governments and the international communi...
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/31659:united-nations-secretary-general-calls-on-governments-to-invest-in-education-and-act-to-end-the-global-teacher-shortage
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Education International…remains deeply concerned by the sustained military operations [in Gaza] and calls for renewed solidarity with Palestinian educators.
@eduinternational.bsky.social
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3164...
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Education International calls for renewed solidarity with educators and students in Palestine
Education International (EI) welcomes the ceasefire and peace agreement reached in the Gaza Strip in October but remains deeply concerned by the sustained military operations that have followed. The f...
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/31644:education-international-calls-for-renewed-solidarity-with-educators-and-students-in-palestine
12 days ago
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“We face a dramatic teacher shortage — an estimated 44 million worldwide. Education can be an engine of transformation for societies and economies. But only if we can repair the cracks in this vital foundation, and strengthen ed systems for the future.” António Guterres
www.un.org/sg/en/conten...
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Secretary-General's remarks to the high-level side event on Education at the Second World Summit for Social Development
“Education as the Foundation of the New Social Contract: Reimagining Learning to End Poverty, Create Decent Work & Achieve Inclusion for All” Your Highness,Excellencies,
https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/statements/2025-11-04/secretary-generals-remarks-the-high-level-side-event-education-the-second-world-summit-for-social-development
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Education unions in Cape Verde have intensified their advocacy aimed at strengthening public education and improving teacher salaries and working conditions.
#GoPublic
#FundEducation
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3163...
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Cape Verde: Education unions advance Go Public! Fund Education campaign
Education unions in Cape Verde have intensified their advocacy for inclusive quality public education and for the teaching profession through the Go Public! Fund Education campaign.
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/31637:cape-verde-education-unions-advance-go-public-fund-education-campaign
13 days ago
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Education International
13 days ago
It's not rocket science! In Australia and worldwide, paying teachers decent salaries and investing in public education greatly reduce teacher shortages. That's why education unions around the 🌏 say 📢
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#FundEducation
eiie.io/48ZfJJX
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Australia’s teacher shortages are some of the shortest (longest?) in the world! | First Dog on the Moon
Imagine having the responsibility to mould the tiny minds of the next generation and you have to buy your own clag
https://eiie.io/48ZfJJX
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“In NSW they tried something groundbreaking when they increased teachers’s salaries quite a bit. Inexplicably teacher shortages dropped by 60%” Who woulda thunk????
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Australia’s teacher shortages are some of the shortest (longest?) in the world! | First Dog on the Moon
Imagine having the responsibility to mould the tiny minds of the next generation and you have to buy your own clag
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2025/nov/03/australias-teacher-shortages-are-some-of-the-shortest-longest-in-the-world
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Ben Phillips
13 days ago
It’s gonna trickle down tho - I can feel it…
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Education International
13 days ago
✊🏽✊🏾✊🏻 When we fight, we win! Huge congratulations to our colleagues at the Federation of Mongolian Education and Science Unions! Their persistent mobilisation secured a 50% raise for teachers. ➡️ https://eiie.io/47INJI9 #GoPublic #FundEducation
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Wendy Harmer
16 days ago
OMG, the Nationals' stance on renewable energy makes them a laughing stock. That's if you get your laughs from an idiotic cult of climate deniers, fools and grifters. Like the Ouroboros... the mythical snake that eats itself in a death spiral.
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Jelmer Evers
17 days ago
We're doing a European wide study on the state of play, policies, union responses and we're working on exchanging and building best practices and capacity. We'll publish more soon.
etuce.org/en/news/etuc...
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ETUCE Conference on Artificial Intelligence – Education trade unions shaping the future of our education systems
Copenhagen, 7–8 October 2025 – The ETUCE European Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education brought together over 70 education unionists, researchers, and experts from across Europe. Organis...
https://etuce.org/en/news/etuce/5707-etuce-conference-on-artificial-intelligence-education-trade-unions-shaping-the-future-of-our-education-systems
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Our
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#FundEducation
campaign unites Pacific education unions in their struggle to address teacher shortages and push for greater investment in public education.
@eduinternational.bsky.social
@eduintap.bsky.social
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3161...
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Go Public! Fund Education successfully takes off in Pacific Islands
Education union leaders from the Pacific Islands came together to share experiences, challenges, and Go Public! Fund Education campaign priorities in their respective countries.
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/31613:go-public-fund-education-successfully-takes-off-in-pacific-islands
17 days ago
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The slaughter of innocent people continues.
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“Education unions have committed to organise, organise, organise… and pledged to strengthen solidarity across North Asia.”
#GoPublic
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@eduinternational.bsky.social
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www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3158...
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North-Asian education unions mobilised for enhanced solidarity and cooperation to Go Public!
Leaders of Education International (EI) member organisations across North Asia have committed to “organise, organise, organise; day and night” and pledged to “strengthen solidarity across North Asia a...
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/31587:north-asian-education-unions-mobilised-for-enhanced-solidarity-and-cooperation-to-go-public
20 days ago
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George Takei
21 days ago
Fentanyl and coke are the new “weapons of mass destruction” lie. It’s Iraq all over again, folks. It’s always about controlling the oil.
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Democracy Now!
23 days ago
“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians,” says Israeli American human rights lawyer Sari Bashi. “Only about a thousand of them have actually been convicted of any crime."
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The Forgotten Captives: Israel Still Imprisoning 9,000 Palestinians Even After Hostage Deal
“Even after having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians, in what it calls security prisoners or detainees,” says Sari Bashi, an Israel...
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/20/sari_bashi
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#Teachershortages
continue to impede education progress across... [Africa]. 44 million new teachers are needed to achieve SDG 4 by 2030, 15 million of them in Sub-Saharan Africa alone. The root cause is insufficient investment”
#GoPublic
#investinteachers
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3157...
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Ethiopia: Teacher unionists set bold agenda and chart the future for quality education
The 23rd General Assembly of the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association (ETA) convened from October 14th-15th, 2025, bringing together educators and union leaders from across the nation and continent. The ev...
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/31575:ethiopia-teacher-unionists-set-bold-agenda-and-chart-the-future-for-quality-education
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stands with colleagues in Taiwan demanding fair working conditions and quality education for all; echoing the global call on governments to
#GoPublic
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www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3156...
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Taiwan: “Teachers have nearly become forced labor in sweatshops called schools”
The National Teachers Association (NTA) is urging the government of Taiwan to listen to teachers and improve their working conditions and to align with the UN Recommendations on the teaching professio...
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/31561:taiwan-teachers-have-nearly-become-forced-labor-in-sweatshops-called-schools
25 days ago
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“You can’t be ‘objective’ about fascism. You can’t be ‘objective’ about genocide. You can’t be ‘objective’ about whether people have the right to live. You can’t be ‘objective’ about the climate crisis.”
@amyremeikis.bsky.social
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www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian...
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Australian journalism prizes 'objectivity' over truth
The dispute between Chris Hedges and David Marr reveals much about the state of our press
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/australian-journalism-prizes-objectivity
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Doug Cameron
28 days ago
“We have been amazing allies” says Trump as our sovereignty goes down the drain and we capitulate to militarism, US hegemony and containment of China. We will inevitably be dragged into a war with our most important trading partner. A sad, dangerous day not a diplomatic triumph!
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With 97% of schools destroyed or damaged, 600,000 children have just begun their third year out of formal education.”
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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‘The loss of education is the loss of the future itself’: Gaza’s children and teachers on two years without school
With 97% of schools destroyed or damaged, 600,000 children have just begun their third year out of formal education. Three students and a teacher share their stories – and their hopes
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/oct/19/education-gaza-children-teachers-two-years-without-school
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🤦🏻♂️ There must be a medical explanation for this madness.
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Ben Williamson
about 1 month ago
South Korea pushed AI hard in schools. The national program was aborted within months, following massive pushback from students, parents and teachers, after a fortune had already been spent by both the government and education publishers
restofworld.org/2025/south-k...
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AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea
South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
https://restofworld.org/2025/south-korea-ai-textbook/
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Jelmer Evers
about 1 month ago
🤯 Can teachers be forced to make an "AI" avatar of themselves? Why is the government allowing this mass experimentation on children and teachers by a private entity? Is there any oversight whatsoever? Were teachers, students and parents part of the decision making process?
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The Cathy Wilcox
about 1 month ago
Welcome home. My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Education International
about 1 month ago
In Asia-Pacific and around the world, growing pressures on democratic institutions and shrinking civic space go along with increasing attacks on the autonomy of educators and researchers. Education unions are leading the resistance. Defending academic freedom and democracy are top priorities.
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Greg Jericho
about 1 month ago
Yeah, the Nobel Peace Prize recipient is not all that great. Not being Trump doesn’t make you good.
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
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Nobel Peace laureate calls for US bombing of her country
Within hours of being named the Nobel Peace laureate for 2025, María Corina Machado called on President Trump to step up his military and economic campaign against her own country, Venezuela.
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10/nobel-peace-laureate-calls-for-u-s-bombing-of-her-country/
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463 people including 157 children have been starved to death!!! Starvation as a weapon of war is a war crime, a crime against humanity, an act of
#genocide
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Peter Murphy
about 1 month ago
Dear ABC News, Why do you refer to Israeli hostages yet Palestinian prisoners? The word prisoner implies they've committed a crime. Yet you know almost all of the Palestinians were held w/o charge, trial or conviction. Words matter. Hostages on both sides.
#Israel
#Palestine
#JournalismMatters
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“From 1898 to 1994, the US successfully ousted a Latin American government at least 41 times. While US security interests may have often been cited as justification, economic interests often prevailed.”
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History Illustrated: Is the US eyeing its next Latin American target?
US warships massing off the coast of Venezuela raise the spectre of yet another military intervention.
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/10/13/is-the-us-eyeing-its-next-latin-american-target
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Glen
about 1 month ago
World's media today will be full of emotive stories about the release of ~20 Israeli hostages held by HAMAS for 2 years. There will be no similar stories about the ~2000 Palestinian hostages to be released by Israel, many imprisoned for much longer. Racist, much? That's x100 racist.
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Yanis Varoufakis
about 1 month ago
IF THIS IS NOT HOSTAGE TAKING, WHAT IS? Israel refuses to release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya who insisted on staying with his patients in his bombed hospital even after his own son was murdered. Since then he has been held in one of Israel's torture facilities.
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Mongolia: The public has shown strong support for teachers’ demands, urging the government to prioritize investment in teachers and the education sector.
#GoPublic
#FundEducation
#investinteachets
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3150...
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Mongolia: Amid ongoing educators’ sit-ins, trade union brings their demands to the Government
The peaceful sit-ins by teachers and education support personnel in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar are drawing national attention and growing solidarity from other sectors, such as the railway secto...
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/31503:mongolia-amid-ongoing-educators-sit-ins-trade-union-brings-their-demands-to-the-government
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Jason Kander
about 1 month ago
I was a skeptic about the import of the Epstein files. But 3 invasions of cities, one military buildup outside Venezuela, a government shutdown, and so many other things meant to distract have me convinced whatever’s in there is the biggest presidential scandal in U.S. history.
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Lebanon: The time has come to move from words to action, and to invest meaningfully in public education.
#GoPublic
#FundEducation
#investinteachers
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3149...
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Lebanon: Go Public! Fund Education, from words to action
Informed by the recommendations of the UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession (UNHLP), the Santiago Consensus and new research focusing on the political economy of education in Lebanon, Educ...
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/31499:lebanon-go-public-fund-education-from-words-to-action
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African unions demand immediate and decisive action to fully fund public education and invest in teachers at the Africa Union
#GoPublic
#FuneEducation
#investinteachers
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www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3147...
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Historic: Education union leaders bring their voice to the African Union
Leaders of Education International Africa (EIA) member organizations exchanged experiences and strategies during a Go Public! Fund Education event and then actively participated in the Pan African Co...
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/31475:historic-education-union-leaders-bring-their-voice-to-the-african-union
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Ben Williamson
about 1 month ago
"Why would OpenAI and Microsoft spend $23 million to give 'free training' on how to use AI to teachers? Because they love teachers? No. Because they want to get their products into public schools in an attempt to cultivate the education market. ... To automate teachers, in other words."
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“We know what works. Governments must invest in the teaching profession—through competitive salaries, manageable workloads, fully funded professional development, and secure employment.”
@daveswords.bsky.social
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#FundEducation
#investinteachers
www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3145...
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New TALIS data: Report confirms need to act on global teacher shortage and working conditions
New data reveals a stark reality: One in five teachers under 30 years of age plan to leave the profession within the next five years. In some education systems, this figure rises to half of young teac...
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/31459:new-talis-data-report-confirms-need-to-act-on-global-teacher-shortage-and-working-conditions
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“There is a real threat to education. Many qualified teachers are changing their profession and joining other highly paid sectors. The future of Mongolia’s education is at risk. We MUST act!”
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www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3145...
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Mongolia: Thousands of teachers and education support personnel rally to demand salary increase and adequate investment in the education
In Ulaanbaatar’s main square, thousands of teachers and education support personnel staged a peaceful demonstration in front of the Parliament building. Their core demand is to raise the basic salary ...
https://www.ei-ie.org/en/item/31454:mongolia-thousands-of-teachers-and-education-support-personnel-rally-to-demand-salary-increase-and-adequate-investment-in-the-education
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Nowhere is this year’s theme for
#worldteachersday
“together for teachers, together for tomorrow” more fitting than in Palestine. A deliberate act of solidarity by
@eduinternational.bsky.social
to mark this day in Palestine with members of the General Union of Palestinian Teachers. 👇🏼
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