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xpect that education authorities worldwide will implement the
1966 Recommendation on the Status of Teachers, as well as the 1997
Recommendation on the Status of Higher Education Personnel in order to
bring the working conditions of teachers and the learning environment
of students up to the required standards; |
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emand that the right of every child to free quality publicly-funded
education be guaranteed all over the world; |
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rge intergovernmental organisations and their member states to
fulfil their commitment to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, including Education For All, and to consider education as a public
service and not a commodity; |
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all upon governments to plan for the adequate supply of quality
teachers to meet future needs and upon the international donor
community to give their full support to this; |
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ppeal for the voices of teachers and their unions to be heard in the
debate on quality education, as full professional partners in decision
making processes and for constructive social dialogue practices to be
developed in every nation and at all levels; |
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ake a pledge to work with a high degree of professionalism to assure
quality education for all children in the world; |
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nsist that quality education can only be achieved with qualified teachers
who have received high-level initial training, have access to adequate inservice
training and have at their disposal pedagogical means to enable
them to act as professionals in education; |
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blige governments to take seriously their commitments to ensure equal
pay and equal rights for women and to ensure their empowerment in
the education setting, in decision making and in the workplace;. |
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ote the role that we, the teachers of the world, have to play in
securing a quality education of all children — a mission which cannot
be achieved without the full support of national, regional and world
communities.
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