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Education International

We are the voice of teachers and education workers around the world.

Through our 375 member organisations, we represent more than 33 million teachers and education support personnel in 180 countries and territories.

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Informed and empowered by teachers and education support personnel everywhere, we develop tools and strategies that enable us to work across all sectors of education and all regions of the world to effect change and create a better future for our students. Click here to see how we work and find out more about our priorities below.

  1. Quality education for all

  2. The profession

  3. Rights and democracy

  4. Building union power

Latest Updates

  1. Worlds of Education 8 April 2026

    Elevate, support, and invest in the teaching profession

    Anand Singh

    We need 44 million more teachers globally by 2030. In Asia-Pacific alone, that figure is more than 16 million. This is not a projection to worry about later — it is an emergency we are living right now.

    Elevate, support, and invest in the teaching profession
  2. News 8 April 2026

    Education International members raise their voices in solidarity with teachers and students devastated by the war in the Middle East

    Education International (EI) brought together education unionists from across the globe for a solidarity webinar with member organisations impacted by the war in the Middle East. During the online gathering, which featured teachers and unionists directly impacted by the war, EI members reiterated a call for an immediate ceasefire, the...

    Education International members raise their voices in solidarity with teachers and students devastated by the war in the Middle East
  3. News 7 April 2026

    Teachers across Asia-Pacific call for urgent investment and stronger support for the profession

    Around 120 teachers, teacher educators, academics, and education leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region convened in Bangkok from 30 March to 2 April 2026 for the Education International (EI) and UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Teachers. Participants committed to working collectively to elevate, support, and invest in the teaching profession.

    Teachers across Asia-Pacific call for urgent investment and stronger support for the profession
  4. News 31 March 2026

    Asia-Pacific education unions stand firm amid escalating crises

    Gathering in times of overlying crises across the region, the Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) Regional Committee issued an urgent call for peace, democracy, and public education. It adopted a statement demanding “an immediate ceasefire and de-escalation” in Iran and the Middle East and condemning attacks on schools and education workers.

    Asia-Pacific education unions stand firm amid escalating crises
  5. Worlds of Education 30 March 2026

    United Nations Commission on the Status of Women: Recognizing the connections between our struggles and joining forces

    Tesa Fiddler

    There’s always something powerful about being in a space with women from all over the world, each carrying their own stories, responsibilities, and reasons for being there. You feel the weight of that, but also an understanding of shared strength in knowing you’re not alone in the work.

    United Nations Commission on the Status of Women: Recognizing the connections between our struggles and joining forces
  6. News 30 March 2026

    Educators join the biggest day of mass protest in U.S. history to raise their voice against the Trump Administration

    Organisers report that more than eight million people participated in over 3,300 No Kings events across all 50 US states. Outside the US, Americans living abroad and others took part in demonstrations in France, Portugal, Germany, Italy, and Greece.

    Educators join the biggest day of mass protest in U.S. history to raise their voice against the Trump Administration

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