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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION |
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INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION |
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CEART/SP/1997/1 Election of Officers. (English, French)
CEART/SP/1997/2 Review of the ILO and UNESCO joint or separate activities to promote the application of the Recommendation in view of the conclusions set out in the report of the 1994 Ordinary Session of the CEART. Review of UNESCO activities . (English, French)
CEART/SP/1997/3 and 4 and Add. l Review of new ease-studies made by UNESCO on teacher education, participation and stress, with particular reference to contents and methodology. Review of any other case-studies conducted since the Sixth Ordinary Session of the Joint Committee as identified in the report of that session. Add. 1: Studies of UNESCO. (English, French)
CEART/SP/1997/5 Review of studies undertaken in several African countries on the status of women teachers in technical assistance and training. (English, French)
CEART/SP/1997/6 and Add. l Examination of the results of any other actions undertaken as proposed in the report of the Sixth Ordinary Session. Add. 1: Information supplied by international teachers' organizations: (A) Education International and (B) World Confederation of Teachers. (English, French CEART/SP/1997/7 Report on the 1996 International Conference on Education (ICE), focused on teachers. (English, French)
CEART/SP/1997/8 The forms of questionnaire to be used as envisaged in the report of the Sixth Ordinary Session: "An improved International Information System on the Status of Teachers" by Peter R.C. Williams, UNESCO consultant. Annex 4: "Quantitative and qualitative indicators of factors impeding entrance to teaching and advancement of women teachers to posts and in fields dominated by men", by ILO Annex 7: "Teacher indicators: Monitoring stress and bum out - issues and draft research tool", by Geoff Pike, ILO consultant. (English, French)
CEART/SP/1997/9 and Add. l Consideration of allegations received from teachers' organizations since the Sixth Ordinary Session Complaints received from teachers' organizations and submitted to the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association. (English, French)
CEART/SP/1997/11 Developments related to the preparation of a Recommendation on higher education teaching personnel. (English, French)
Colloque conjoint UNESCO/OIT sur les programmes d'ajustement structurel et la condition du personnel enseignant. Rapport final. Dakar, Senegal, 23-26 juin 1997. Dakar, ILO/UNESCO, 1997. (French)
Impact of structural adjustment on the employment and training of teachers: Report for discussion at the Joint Meeting on the Impact of Structural Adjustment on Educational Personnel, Geneva, 22-26 April 1996. Geneva, ILO, 1996. (English, French, Spanish)
International Conference on Education, 45th Session, Geneva, 30 September-5 October 1996. Final Report. Geneva, IBE, 1996. (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish)
Learning: The treasure within. Report to UNESCO of the International Commission for Education in the Twenty-first Century. Paris, UNESCO, 1996. (14 languages)
Note on the proceedings: Joint Meeting on the Impact of Structural Adjustment on Educational Personnel, Geneva, 22-26 April 1996.Geneva, ILO, 1996. (English, French, Spanish)
Overview of work on teachers, their pay and conditions, teaching quality and the continuing professional development of teaching. Paris, OECD, 1996. (English)
Recent developments in the education sector. Report for discussion at the Joint Meeting on the Impact of Structural Adjustment on educational Personnel, Geneva, 22-26 April 1996. Geneva, ILO, 1996. (English, French, Spanish)
Conclusions of the European Consultation ... (English, French)
Contribution of the Africa region to the 45th session of the ICE by Nwabuno Nwaboku. (English)
Education and teachers in central and eastern European countries: 1991-1995 by Julieta Savova. (English, French)
Education and teachers in Western Europe by Jose Antonio Fernandez. (English, French, Spanish)
Enhancing the role of teachers in a changing world - the Latin American and Caribbean Region by Beatrice Avalos. (English)
Final report of the regional preparatory meeting in the Arab States by UNESCO's Amman Office. (Arabic, English)
Strengthening the role of teachers in a changing world: an Asian-Pacific perspective by the Asian Pacific Centre of Educational Innovation for Development. (English)
Report on the 45th session of the International Conference on Education; synthesis of five national monographs; summary of UNESCO activities from 1994 to the present to promote the application of the 1966 Recommendation by Shapour Rassekh. (English)
Analysis of replies from Member States to the special IBE questionnaire on the theme of the 45th session of the International Conference on Education by Nona Iliukhina. (English)
A. Allegation received from the Confederation of American Educators (CEA)
Background
I . By facsimile of 21 April 1995 addressed to the Director-General of UNESCO, the Confederation of American Educators (CEA) submitted allegations concerning the non-observance by the Government of Bolivia of the Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers in respect of teachers' salaries. The Joint Committee's request for additional information addressed to the CEA on 26 September 1995 did not receive a reply.
2. The allegation was submitted to the Government of Bolivia for its observations by letter of 22 July 1996. The Government reply of 9 August 1996 was in tum sent to CEA for additional observations by letter of 26 September 1996. No response was received.
3. A request for an update of the situation with regard to this allegation in light of changes in progress as announced by the Government of Bolivia in its initial letter was sent to the Government by facsimile on 12 June 1997. A copy of the Recommendation in response to the Government request was sent on 27 June 1997. The Government of Bolivia supplied additional information by letter dated 20 August 1997.
Substance of the allegation
4. The communication from the CEA raised allegations of inappropriate salaries for teachers in Bolivia The provisions concerning negotiations to determine salaries established by the Educational Reform Law No. 1565 were allegedly ignored in the context of a "State of Siege " (the definition of this term was unclear) declared by the Government. The Joint Committee requested more detailed information relating to the salaries and working conditions of Bolivian teachers and living conditions in Bolivia. collective agreements which set salaries and any relevant information as to how the- "State of Siege" affected teachers, but did not receive a reply from the CEA.
5. The Government initial reply merely stated that considerable changes had recently been made by the Government with respect to the issues in question. Once related decrees and regulations had been approved, the Government observations would be sent. Moreover, assurances were given that the Government viewpoints were in line with the provisions of the Recommendation. No reply as to the substance of the allegation was provided. In its latest communication, the Government indicated that elections in August 1997 had produced a Government whose electoral programme called for substantial improvements in teachers' education and salaries. The improvements should become evident in the eight months following the elections. The letter reiterated the Government total agreement with the Recommendation's provisions.
6. The Joint Committee did not receive any additional information which would help to clarify the situation with regard to teachers' salaries in Bolivia.
Findings
7. In light of incomplete information received from the CEA and the incomplete and summary information supplied by the Government of Bolivia, the Joint Committee considers that it is unable to thoroughly examine the substance of the allegations, and that no further consideration of them is appropriate until such information is supplied or available.
Recommendations
8. The Joint Committee recommends that the Governing Body of the ILO and the
Executive
Board
of UNESCO:
- take note of the above situation and agree that no further consideration of the
allegation is
appropriate at this stage;
-
communicate the report on the situation both to the Government of Bolivia and
to the CEA.
Background
1. By letter dated 23 Apnl 1997 addressed to the Joint Committee, the Czech and Moravian Trade Union of Workers in Education (CMOS PS) submitted allegations concerning the non-observance of the Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers by the Czech Republic with respect to guiding principles, educational objectives and policies, rights and responsibilities of teachers and conditions for effective teaching and learning (hours of work).
2. At the request of the Joint Committee, CMOS PS sent additional information by letter dated 30 June 1997.
3. The Government of the Czech Republic was requested by facsimile and by letter of 31 July 1997 to submit its observations on the allegation. A reminder was sent on 3 September 1997. At the time of the meeting, no reply had been received. The Joint Committee is of the opinion that there has been insufficient time for the Government of the Czech Republic to respond to its request.
Recommendations
4. The Joint Committee recommends that the Governing Body of the ILO and the Executive Board of UNESCO:
- take note that the Government of the Czech Republic has not yet presented its observations on the allegations, and that further consideration of the allegations has been postponed until such information is provided, or a reasonable time has elapsed, as set out under the allegations procedures;
- invite the Government of the Czech Republic to send its observations on these points as soon as possible, request the Government and CMOS PS to keep the Joint Committee advised as to further developments and that these will be reviewed in accordance with approved procedures.
Background
1. By letter of 7 November 1995 addressed to the ILO, the National Teachers Confederation of Haiti (CNEH) transmitted information alleging the non-observance by the Government of Haiti of the Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers in respect of security of employment, negotiations over terms of service and social security.
2. The initial communication alleged that the Ministry of National Education, by virtue of a Presidential Decree of 28 March 1995, had distributed notifications of special early retirement to hundreds of teachers in October 1995. The measures were allegedly taken following the introduction of structural adjustment measures in the education sector. The communication alleged that the notifications were invalid both as to the form and the substance. In the first place, backdated notifications were issued but received by teachers after the deadline stipulated by the Presidential Decree. As to the substance, the CNEH alleges that the Presidential Decree is unconstitutional, since any pension granted on retirement must be the object of a law adopted by Parliament. Action by CNEH apparently managed to halt the process of automatic retirement, although the measures in question were not cancelled, and the dispute had not been resolved by mutual agreement at the time that the allegation was deposed.
3. In view of the uncertainty with regard to whether or not the dispute had been resolved, the CNEH was requested to provide additional information on the situation by letter of 11 July 1996. No response to the communication has been received.
4. The Government has not been invited to submit its observations on the situation.
Findings
5. In the absence of further information on the situation from CNEH, the Joint Committee considers that it is not in a position to examine the matter further, unless and until additional information is provided by CNEH, and the Government is then invited to submit its observations according to the appropriate procedures.
Recommendations
6. The Joint Committee proposes to suspend consideration of the allegation until such time as the requested further information is received. It recommends that the Governing Body of the ILO and the Executive Board of UNESCO:
take note of the situation as described above.
