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IFUT General Secretary nominated to ILO Best Practice Working Group

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

The IFUT General Secretary, Mike Jennings, has been nominated by Education International as an expert to an International Labour Office (ILO) Working Group which is drawing up a Toolkit on Best Practice for the Teaching Profession world-wide.
The Toolkit is an important new initiative of ILO Sectoral Activities and is strongly supported by Education International. The [...]

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World Teachers’ Day 2009

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Monday, 5 October 2009 is World Teachers’ Day. World Teachers’ Day, held annually on 5 October since 1994, commemorates the anniversary of the signing in 1966 of the UNESCO/ILO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers. It is an occasion to celebrate the essential role of teachers in providing quality education at all levels and [...]

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