Global Action Week 2011 Global Action Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness and call on governments around the world to keep their promises on the UN Millennium Development Goal of achieving Education for All. EI firmly believes that governments have the know-how and resources to ensure everyone has the chance to learn and all governments have a responsibility to make sure it happens. This is why, every year, EI and other founding members of the Global Campaign for…

Education International has called for Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak to bring an immediate end to the violence being led by his regime against peaceful demonstrators who continue to demand fundamental rights and democratic change. After a day of clashes between supporters of the President and protesters calling on him to resign immediately, Egyptian state television reports that hundreds of people have been wounded in pitched battles across Cairo. EI calls for an immediate end to the violent repression of peaceful…

ETUCE Conference - Work Related Stress for Teachers Brussels 16/17 February 2009 - attendee F Dalziel, Professional Officer The objectives of the Conference were: � to bring together Unions in Europe to share and agree best practice on drawing up and carrying out Risk Assessments on teacher stress � to share the results of surveys already carried out on the health of teachers in relation to work related stress including a particularly useful one originated by the German government Work…

Link Community Development and the Global Teachers Programme During 2008, and continuing into 2009, with support from SSTA, I am participating in the Global Teachers Programme organised by the international development charity Link Community Development (LCD), which receives support from LTS. LCD works in South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia, Uganda and Malawi on long-term educational development projects, providing ongoing training and support to over 1000 schools, and includes Archbishop Desmond Tutu amongst its patrons. It aims to improve the quality of…

LINK GLOBAL TEACHER PROGRAMME - LINTHIPE SECONDARY SCHOOL - SUMMER 2007 Malawi wasn't in my thinking this time last year either. Events can sometimes overtake you, and so it happened on this occasion. An e-mail from Link Community Development (LCD) circulated by the regional education office, a decision NOT to bin it for a change, and before you know it you've had an interview and are trying to get your head round exactly why you had agreed to spend your…

SSTA member Dr Archie Marshall, was one 17 Global Teachers who traveled to Malawi this in 2007 to work individually and in small groups to support the development of: Teaching methodologies & classroom management Specific curricular/learning areas School development planning Lesson planning Assessment and evaluation Resource management School management, record keeping and administration During their placements, the Global Teachers lived with host families in their homes within the school's community for five weeks - giving them a real insight into…

OECD's LATEST PISA SURVEY The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey is the most comprehensive and rigorous international yardstick of secondary-school students' attainments. PISA 2006 was held in 57 countries that together account for nearly 90% of world GDP. It tested students on how much they knew about science and their ability to use scientific knowledge and understanding to identify and address questions and resolve problems in daily life. It also examined student performance in reading and mathematics, and…

Mganja School, Dedza, Malawi Link Community Development placed me in a community of nearly nine hundred pupils from age 6-17 who are powerfully motivated by the opportunity of free primary education. Set between Dedza and the Lake with the nearest trading centre a good one and a half's hour walk on a pitted dirt road and overlooked by the Kirk Mountain range and a huge electricity pylon, Mganja School is a eye-catching campus. It is here that the children experience…

Summertime for many teachers is a time to kick back, relax and recharge before another school year begins. But at least two SSTA members are spending their summer holidays travelling to destinations around the world to share their knowledge and skills with fellow teachers. Margaret Mackay, a teacher at Lochgelly High School, is currently spending five weeks in a rural community in the Dedza district of Malawi. She will work alongside the Head and staff at the local school where…

GLOBAL TEACHERS PROGRAMME Summertime for many teachers is a time to kick back, relax and recharge before another school year begins. But at least two SSTA members are spending their summer holidays travelling to destinations around the world to share their knowledge and skills with fellow teachers. [Further information] Margaret Mackay, a teacher at Lochgelly High School, spent five weeks in a rural community in the Dedza district of Malawi. She will work alongside the Head and staff at the…