ILO’s Ryder Calls for ‘Urgent Action’ to Improve Global Teaching Conditions
International Labor Organization (ILO) Director-General Guy Ryder says the world economic crisis has seriously affected teachers and students around the globe, causing teacher layoffs, cuts in funding, resulting in larger class sizes with fewer resources and reduced teacher salaries. In his World Teachers' Day message last week, Ryder said:
All this has resulted in a decline in the status of teachers. Sadly, it is a profession under siege.


