Unions from Latin Americ assembled in Brazil to fight for public education and against privatization

Unions from 19 Latin American countries assembled in Belo Horizonte, Brazil to fight for public education and against privatization. “Angelo Gavrielatos, director of EI’s Global Response to privatization and Commercialisation in and of Education project, said that EI’s research had exposed the very harmful effects of commercialisation on education. EI’s advocacy with international agencies and national governments was bearing results, he added. Gavrielatos also highlighted how education unions in Uganda, Kenya, and the Philippines have successfully mobilised public opinion against the spread of for-profit schools in their countries.”