EDUCATION
HEALTH
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TRAVEL
- Cottage in France made entirely of chocolate available to book for a limited time
- Delta flight blows tires during emergency landing at JFK airport
- Disney World offering new flexible pricing plan starting in October
- Bali considering banning bikini-clad tourists from taking photos at holy sites
- GoAir passenger and first-time flier tries to open emergency exit door thinking it was the bathroom
Land for teachers’ housing has been made available in the Kalar district of Iraq, thanks to the efforts of the Kurdistan Teachers’ Union.
The necessity to improve terms and conditions of employment in tertiary education, and in particular, to limit the alarming increase in precarious work in the sector was at the heart of debates at the International Labour Organisation’s Global Dialogue Forum on Employment Terms and Conditions in Tertiary Education.
In September, Education International’s workshops aiming to improve education quality through stronger social and policy dialogue in the education sector were held in Uganda and Malawi.
Education International urges the World Bank to radically change its approach, which is damaging to workers, democracy and the future of our societies.
The French education unions have criticised the announcement made by Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer regarding a cut of 1,800 teaching positions in secondary education in the 2019 budget, despite larger numbers of students being accepted.
The Uganda National Teachers’ Union calls on the Government to urgently finance the recruitment of 22,000 primary school teachers and provide them with decent working and living conditions. It is the only way to provide quality education for all.
Some employers in the UK are discriminating against employees and undermining education unions after the adoption of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations). That’s according to the NASUWT (National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers).
