About Education International
Education International is a Global Union Federation that represents organisations of teachers and other education employees.
It is the world’s largest, most representative global, sectoral organisation of unions with more than thirty-two million trade union members in about four hundred organisations in one hundred and seventy countries and territories.
- Education International promotes the principle that quality education, funded publicly, should be available to every student in every country.
- Education International promotes and represents the interests of teachers and other education employees on the international level.
- Education International assists the development of independent democratic organisations to represent teachers and other education employees and builds solidarity and cooperation between them.
- Education International supports the development of qualifications of teachers and recognition of teachers as professionals.
- Education International supports democracy, peace, social justice, and human rights, including trade union rights and the right to education.
- Education International advocates equity in society. It combats racism and xenophobia. It challenges discrimination on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, religion, and racial or ethnic origin or characteristics.
- Education International works with other Global Union Federations and other friendly organisations to promote and achieve solidarity.
Education International is the global voice for education employees.
We promotequality education. |
We promotethe interests of teachers |
We promoteequity in society. |
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