NASUWT: Education must be priority in the global fight against poverty
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
2:57 PM
Commenting on Gordon Brown’s call for a global education fund and a co-ordinated plan for universal primary education, Patrick Roach, Deputy General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, and a board member of Education International, said:
“Education is a fundamental human right that must be a priority in the global fight against poverty and inequality.
“The reality is that despite a great deal of rhetoric, progress towards meeting the internationally agreed goal of universal access to education is already stalling.
“With some 68 million children missing out on access to primary education, now is the time for a renewed international commitment in this area.”
ENDS
Notes to Editors
Education International (EI) is the global teacher organisation representing over 30 million teachers in more than 170 countries and territories.
The NASUWT is an affiliate of EI. The NASUWT Deputy General Secretary is an elected member of the EI World Executive Board.
Stuart Gannon
NASUWT Press Office
Tel: 020 7420 9681
Mobile (and out of hours contact): 07966 198894
Address: 5 King Street , Covent Garden, London, WC2E 8SD
Disclaimer: Press releases published on this page are from key opinion formers
who promote their organisation's activities by subscribing to a campaign site within
politics.co.uk. politics.co.uk does not endorse, edit, or attempt to balance the
opinions expressed on this page. The content of press releases are wholly the responsibility
of the originating company or organisation.
Rich nations must boost their overseas aid for education or UN targets to educate all children by 2015 will be missed, world leaders heard yesterday.
Young people forced to leave home are one of the biggest causes of homelessness, the housing minister said today while announcing a raft of new measures to tackle youth homelessness.
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are on course to miss their targets on child poverty, as new figures show the number of children in relative poverty has increased.
Gordon Brown has been accused of backing away from his pledge to eradicate child poverty.
Broad based policies aimed at encouraging marriage will do nothing to help the most disadvantaged families, the prime minister said today.
'Red tape' is stultifying childhood, the Conservatives argued today.
The government is to identify at risk children in the womb, as part of a bid to tackle the 'hardcore' vestiges of social exclusion.
Tony Blair has urged voters to focus on their daily life when assessing Labour's ten years in power.
More than half a million British children will live below the poverty line by 2015, the TUC has warned in a disputed report.
Families at risk of social exclusion need personalised support from health and social services, ministers have urged.
