The T&T Unified Teachers' Association (TTUTA) has congratulated its president, Davanand Sinanan, on his election to the executive board of Education International (EI). This is a significant achievement for T&T, considering that EI represents over 32 million teachers and education sector workers from over 400 unions in approximately 180 countries, a release said.
Sinanan was elected at the seventh World Congress of EI held in Ottawa, Canada, July 21-26. He will serve a four-year term. He is only the third person from the Caribbean to have been elected to this position following Collin Green (Antigua and Barbuda) and Roustan Job (T&T).
TTUTA is confident that Sinanan will proudly and competently represent the education interest of T&T and the region as EI tackles the global education challenges of commercialisation and privatisation in and of the education sector.
At this very successful gathering of approximately 1,800 delegates from around the world, EI reaffirmed its commitment to trade union rights for all sectors of workers and that education is a right that every child should enjoy in every country around the world, no matter their social circumstances in the post 2015 Sustainable Development Agenda.