News - European Trade Union Committee for Education

Published: 14 October 2016

2016 autumn meeting of the ETUCE Committee

On 10 – 11 October 2016, the members of the ETUCE Committee convened for the last meeting in the present term of office of this statutory body. A...

Published: 12 October 2016

EI/ETUCE support ZNP in its demand for introduction of sex education and diversity in Polish education

On 3 October 2016, thousands of women, among them many women teachers, came to the streets in Poland dressed in black in a nationwide “Black Monday”...

Published: 07 October 2016

Stand up for Decent Pay - World Day of Decent Work 2016

The theme of this years’ World Day of Decent Work on 7 October 2016 concerns decent pay. Trade Unions in Europe are calling on the European Union to...

Published: 07 October 2016

New Eurydice report on teachers’ salaries: has the education sector really recovered from economic crisis?

On 5 October 2016, Eurydice published a new annual report on Teachers’ and School Heads’ Salaries and Allowances in Europe for the period 2015-2016...

Published: 06 October 2016

Working Group meeting of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Education enhances the dialogue on migrants’ integration and the role of education in preventing radicalization

On 30 September, the European Sectoral Social Dialogue on Education Working Group took place in Brussels. European sectoral social partners in...

Published: 04 October 2016

Ukraine: Brief Analysis of The Reforms in The Education Sector

The Ukrainian education system is undergoing a transformation aiming to adapt it to the European and global education processes and to build a...

Published: 04 October 2016

Russia: Joint Recommendations on Reducing Excessive Administrative Red-tape Issued by Education and Science Employees' Union of Russia and Ministry of Education and Science

According to the TALLIS results conducted by the OECD in 2013, Russian teachers are the most burdened with administrative work in comparison to...

Published: 04 October 2016

Social Dialogue and Social Protection of Trade Union Members: A Key Direction of Work of The Trade Union of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic

Social support of the union members has been one of the key directions in the work of the Central Committee of Trade Union of Education and Science...

Published: 04 October 2016

Kazakhstan: New Labour Code and New Pay Scheme for Public Sector Employees

Kazakhstan introduced a new Labour Code, which came into force on 1 January 2016, replacing the Labour Code of 2007. The new Code introduced a more...

Published: 04 October 2016

Georgia: New Sectorial Agreement Between Educators and Scientists Free Trade Union of Georgia and Ministry of Education and Science

Changes in the Georgian legislation had made amendments and reviews necessary of the 1998 Sectoral Agreement between the Ministry of Education and...

Published: 04 October 2016

Slovenia: Decent pay for pre-school teacher assistants

In the last ten years, the number of children enrolled in nursery schools in Slovenia increased by almost 50 %, from 58,127 children in 2006 -2007...

Published: 04 October 2016

New Opinion of the European Parliament on the European Semester on education and training (2016)

On 28 September, the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) has published an “Opinion on the European Semester for economic...