NATIONAL EDUCATORS' ASSOCIATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

 BACKGROUND

Cambodian Educators’ Association for Development (N.E.A.D) is a local organization established on January 14th 2007. The NEAD is registered and recognized by the ministry of Interior, Cambodia on April 4th 2007.

GOAL

- Promote EFA and eliminate Child Labour, WFCL

- Advocate to mainstream CL, WFCL, SOH and Gender to ministry of education.

- Enhance the living conditions and conditions of work for teachers and education workers

- Enhance the quality of education both in private and public sector

- Organize teachers to speak with one voice and advocate/negotiate to increase the salary and welfare

VISION

- Fight demanding increase in salaries for teachers to enable them to live with dignity

- Improve the quality of education.

- Promote education for all and eliminate Child Labour especially the Worst Form of Child Labour

- Enhance the role of the women in leadership.

- Protect teachers’ interest and rights.

MISSION

- Work with Government specially the ministry of education, NGOs and Private sectors to improve the quality of education, gender and to promote EFA

- Advocate for salary increase for teachers to enhance the standard of living condition.

- Protect teachers’ interest and rights.

- Promote democracy and human/trade union rights.

OBJECTIVES

- To conduct awareness raising programmes on the CL-WFCL,HIV-AIDS, ILS, Child Right, Gender and others programmes to build up teachers’ skills and quality.

- To empower and encourage teachers to have one voice.

- To advocate and participate in social development and social justice.

- To build up unity among teachers in the country and the teachers in the world.

ACTIVITIES

- Liaise and cooperate with NGOs, National and international organizations both in the private and public sectors.

- Organize teachers to be one voice for negotiating with government/ministries.

- Provide education/training and professional skill for capacity building of teachers.

- Support the law and advocate effective law implementation.

- Conduct research and disseminate relevant information on the laws, ILS and working conditions for teachers.

- Organize and strengthen the teachers’ net work throughout the provinces and cities.

STRATEGIES

- Strengthen abilities of NEAD’s working groups

- Liaise and cooperate with national and international organizations

- Organize and set up key persons in provinces and cities

- Build up awareness and information on the law, gender, education, condition of work and ILSs.

- Campaign for recruiting members and dues collection

- Encourage leaders and activists to recruit more members and collect dues.