School leadership seminar

Paris, 19th-20th October 2010

On 19th – 20th October 2010 in Paris there was the third international seminar held on school leadership entitled: “Empowering school leaders to meet present and future challenges”. The seminar was attended by nearly fifty school leaders and representatives of EI member organisations from different parts of the world.

The seminar discussed several challenges faced by school leaders and schools, particularly the shrinking school budgets as a result of austerity measures adopted by many governments and narrowing of the curriculum caused by putting undue emphasis on international assessments, standardised testing and the publication of league tables.

The participants noted with concern the spreading trend of using the economic crisis as an excuse for trampling upon trade union and labour rights and for undermining quality education and urged EI and its member organisations to intensify the campaign against the regressive measures adopted by most governments in dealing with the crisis. A full list of recommendations from the seminar is given on pages 3 and 4 of this report.

Please take a look at the report and recommendations drawn up by Education International.