Education International

EI
Education International
Founded1993; 31 years ago (1993)
HeadquartersBrussels, Belgium
Location
  • International
Members
32 million in 178 countries and territories (2023)[1]
Key people
Susan Hopgood (President);[2] David Edwards[3] (General Secretary).
Websitewww.ei-ie.org

Education International (EI) is a global union federation (GUF) of teachers' trade unions consisting of 383 member organizations in 178 countries and territories that represents over 32 million education teachers and education support personnel from pre-school through university.[4] It is one of the world's largest sectoral global union federations.[5]

  1. ^ "Education International". Archived from the original on 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  2. ^ Susan Hopgood is also General Secretary of the Australian Education Union.
  3. ^ "David Edwards (General Secretary)". Education International. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Education International". Education International. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  5. ^ Smaller, Harry (May 2022). "January 1993: The Founding of Education International". History of Education Quarterly. 62 (2): 211–230. doi:10.1017/heq.2022.5.