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TEACHING unions attacked the government’s use of aid money to fund private schools in developing countries yesterday as a breach of human rights.
The National Union of Teachers (NUT), Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) and University and College Union (UCU) were among an international coalition of organisations condemning British investment in for-profit schools in Asia and Africa.
They warned that comprehensive, public education as a human right could come under threat.
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten
