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The growing commercialisation and privatisation in and of education is the greatest threat to achieving free quality public education for all.Our #StudentsBeforeProfit campaign advocates against the expansion of profit making in education.OpinionRelevant articlesResearchOpinionAchieving Sustainable Development Goal 427 June 2022Transforming the financing of educationDavid ArcherFaced with an education timebomb, in September, Presidents and Prime Ministers will gather in New York for an unprecedented Transforming Education Summit. Never before have Heads of State been convened to focus their attention exclusively on education, but this is now truly urgent as progress towards globally agreed education... Read moreTransforming the financing of educationFighting the commercialisation of education13 June 2022Why the education community should be paying attention to the WTO E-commerce Work ProgrammeMichael GeistE-commerce has emerged in recent years as critical part of commercial activity. With mounting online sale of goods and delivery of services, the implications of e-commerce for the education community arise at both the commercial and policy levels. Indeed, e-commerce and online education delivery played an increasingly prominent and important... Read moreWhy the education community should be paying attention to the WTO E-commerce Work ProgrammeAchieving Sustainable Development Goal 423 April 2022Economically disadvantaged Malawi teachers bear the brunt of IMF wage bill policiesDr. Limbani Eliya NsapatoMalawi has a long-term relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)which drives the country’s macroeconomic policies, often to the detriment of progress in targeted sectors such as education and health. Malawi became a member of the IMF on 19 July 1965 and has had at least 16 arrangements (loans)... Read moreEconomically disadvantaged Malawi teachers bear the brunt of IMF wage bill policiesAchieving Sustainable Development Goal 422 April 2022The impact of IMF policies on the public service wage bill in ZambiaGideon BulwaniThere is sufficient evidence to suggest that the International Monetary Fund austerity measures have the potential to negatively affect Zambian ability to attain SDG 4. It is a paradox that the global system encourages investment in access to quality education for all, while putting obstacles along the path to the... Read moreThe impact of IMF policies on the public service wage bill in ZambiaStandards and working conditions20 April 2022Wage Bill Constraints: Hardship of Teachers in NepalPrabin Kumar AcharyaIn 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) directed the governments of 15 countries, including Nepal, to reduce their public expenditure. This has greatly impacted teachers after the COVID-19 pandemic. Read moreWage Bill Constraints: Hardship of Teachers in Nepalmore: OpinionRelevant articlesAchieving Sustainable Development Goal 419 July 2022Teachers around the world mobilise to transform education. Join us!1.6 billion students were out of school at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions are still struggling with trauma and learning loss. Teachers and education workers have done the impossible to support their students and school communities in this time of crisis. But the crushing workloads, poor pay, and... Read moreTeachers around the world mobilise to transform education. Join us!Fighting the commercialisation of education5 July 2022Nigeria: Teachers call for more investment in public education to combat growing privatisationThe national president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Audu Titus Amba, expressed concerns over the proliferation of unregulated private schools in Nigeria. These schools, with the sole aim of making profit, are detrimental to the achievement of quality education for all. Read moreNigeria: Teachers call for more investment in public education to combat growing privatisationFighting the commercialisation of education21 June 2022Demanding progress for education and research at the World Intellectual Property OrganizationStop putting teachers at risk and advance balanced international reforms that empower educators and researchers worldwide to adapt and choose materials for quality education and research. Read moreDemanding progress for education and research at the World Intellectual Property OrganizationFighting the commercialisation of education11 April 2022Africa: Educators united to resist privatisation and defend quality public educationPrivatisation, the importance of State funding in public education, and campaigns to combat the privatisation and commercialisation in and of education all came under the spotlight at a recent online forum. Organised by Education International’s Africa Region (EIRAF) office, the webinar focused on the need to resist privatisation and defend... Read moreAfrica: Educators united to resist privatisation and defend quality public educationDemocracy27 March 2022Uruguay: Unions say yes to public educationEducation International in full solidarity with its affiliatesAgainst all the odds, trade union organisations and grassroots movements in Uruguay secured a referendum in the country to overturn a series of government-imposed measures set to undermine public education and encourage privatisation. Read moreUruguay: Unions say yes to public educationmore: Relevant articlesResearchFighting the commercialisation of educationEducation versus austerity Why public sector wage bill constraints undermine teachers and public education systems -and must end24 June 2022At least 69 million more teachers are needed by 2030 to achieve the sustainable development goal on education, yet around the word existing teachers face low pay and deteriorating conditions, affecting the status of the profession. There is a clear common cause uniting low pay and teacher shortages – both... Education versus austerityEducation versus austerity-Policy briefFighting the commercialisation of educationE-commerce, Education and Copyright: A Policy Briefby Michael Geist13 June 2022In the context of the World Trade Organisation’s 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) in Geneva on 12-15 June 2022, Education International calls on governments to deliver a comprehensive intellectual property waiver on Covid-19 vaccines, treatments and tests and warns of the risk of increasing commercialisation of education and research due to... E-commerce, Education and Copyright: A Policy BriefDownloadFighting the commercialisation of educationTime to turn the tide: Privatisation trends in education in the CaribbeanSteven J. Courtney,Rinnelle Lee-Piggott9 February 2022This report is an initial mapping of education privatisation trends in the Caribbean region and will form the basis for further analysis and union action. It draws attention to favourable conditions for privatisation across the region, including a chronic underfunding of public education systems. Time to turn the tide: Privatisation trends in education in the CaribbeanTime to turn the tide: Privatisation trends in education in the Caribbean - full research paperTime to turn the tide: Privatisation trends in education in the Caribbean - Summary of findingsFighting the commercialisation of educationPandemic Privatisation in Higher Education: Edtech & University ReformBen Williamson,Anna Hogan15 February 2021During the COVID-19 pandemic, a state of emergency engulfed higher education. The crisis of mass campus closures and a rapid ‘pivot’ to online learning became the context for attempts by private actors and commercial organisations to reconfigure the sector. Pandemic Privatisation in Higher Education: Edtech & University ReformReportSummaryAchieving Sustainable Development Goal 4Teaching with Tech: The role of education unions in shaping the futureChristina J. Colclough27 October 2020The Future of Work is not just making the headlines - it has become an issue of increasing importance for students, teachers and the whole of society. While there is always an element of anticipatory anxiety when facing the future there has also been real concern about the arrival of... Teaching with Tech: The role of education unions in shaping the futureReportSummarymore: ResearchFacebookTwitterYouTubeSoundcloudEducation International - Unless otherwise noted, all content on this website is free to use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 license.Legal NoticeData Protection Policy