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Human, Trade Union Rights Situation of Education Workers in Asia-Pacific Disappointing   

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Human, Trade Union Rights Situation of Education Workers in Asia-Pacific Disappointing   
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December 12: The human and trade union rights situation of education workers in the Asia-Pacific region is found to be disappointing. A report entitled "State of Rights of Education Workers in Asia-Pacific (2021-22)" launched by the Education International: Asia-Pacific (EIAP) highlighted the persistence of long-standing tensions and emergence of new conundrums in the human and trade union rights situation of teachers and education support personnel in the Asia-Pacific.    
According to the report, most of the countries or territories in the Asia-Pacific accord legal recognition to the human, civil and political rights of teachers. However, in a considerable number of states, these rights are either totally denied to citizens, in general, on sectarian grounds or particularly on the basis of the teachers' sectoral profile.    
Teachers have also been particularly targeted and victimized by arbitrary arrests, torture and violent dispersals. Meanwhile, discriminatory practices based on sex, race, ethnicity, citizenship or disability in hiring, promotion or pay policies were observed during the survey.    
Moreover, low salaries and the dismal working conditions of teachers, including large class sizes and long work hours, continue to be major issues, according to the report.    
Sixty-Seven percent of total EIAP member organizations (63) in the region have responded to the survey, representing 24 countries out of 36 countries or territories in all five sub-regions, namely: South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Pacific, North Asia, and West Asia. Out of the total number of respondent unions, 29.73% represent the public sector only, while 43 24% represent mostly the public sector. The respondents were distributed across sectors from early childhood education to education support personnel, with most (86.49%) representing primary and secondary education workers.    
During the report launch, EIAP regional director, Anand Singh, dubbed the report the "first of its kind," providing an overview of the human and trade union rights situation, particularly for teachers and education support personnel in the Asia-Pacific region.    
Researcher Frank Lioyd Tiongson called for the improvement of the human and trade union rights of education workers while Institutional School Teachers' Union (ISTU) President Hom Kumar Thapa said private teachers have been denied their political and trade union rights. -- RSS

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