The World Confederation of Organisations of the Teaching Profession (WCOTP) was a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing teachers.
6-720: The federation was established in 1952, with the merger of the International Federation of Secondary Teachers (FIPESO), the International Federation of Teachers' Associations (IFTA), and the World Organisation of the Teaching Profession (WOTP), the three main international federations of teachers. FIPESO and the IFTA became sections of the new organisation, while the WOTP was dissolved into it. The federation aimed to promote
12-542: The International Federation of Teachers' Associations (IFTA), which represented primary school teachers, while with the International Teachers' Federation and World Organisation of the Teaching Profession (WOTP), it formed the loose Comité d'Entente, to lobby international organisations on education issues. In 1952, FIPESO, the IFTA and the WOTP merged to form the World Confederation of Organizations of
18-538: The International Reading Association. At the end of 1992, the federation merged with the International Federation of Free Teachers' Unions , to form Education International . In 1979, the following unions were affiliated to the federation: International Federation of Secondary Teachers The International Federation of Secondary Teachers ( French : Fédération internationale des professeurs de l'enseignement secondaire officiel , FIPESO)
24-598: The consolidation of teachers' unions, to have one in each country, to support its members, and to exchange professional knowledge. For many years, it had around 140 members, plus sixty associate members and five specialist international members. These international members were the International Association for School Librarianship, the International Council on Education for Teaching, the International Council on Health, Physical Education and Recreation, and
30-470: The war and began growing. By 1932, it had 26 affiliates, with a total of 100,000 members. It became the "International Federation of Secondary Teachers" in 1935. In 1921, the federation launched the International Bulletin journal, for the discussion of education issues. After World War II , the federation also began campaigning on professional and social topics. It built closer contacts with
36-638: Was a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing secondary school teachers. The federation was established in 1912 at a meeting in Brussels attended by unions from France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Initially named the International Bureau of National Associations of Teachers in Public Secondary Schools , it became moribund during World War I , but was revived after
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