International Federation of Secondary Teachers
The International Federation of Secondary Teachers (French: Fédération internationale des professeurs de l'enseignement secondaire officiel, FIPESO) was a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing secondary school teachers.
History[edit]
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 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.[1][2]
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 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.[1]
In 1952, FIPESO, the IFTA and the WOTP merged to form the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession. FIPESO continued as an autonomous section of the new federation.[1] Its membership initially grew, as secondary education expanded in many countries, but fell during the 1970s, rebounding in the 1980s as it attracted members in Africa, Latin America and Asia. In 1993, it dissolved, its remaining members joining the new Education International.[3]
Leadership[edit]
General Secretary[edit]
- 1921: Achille Beltette
- 1933: Charles Boulanger
- 1939: Janet M. Lawson
- 1954: Andrew Hutchings
- 1965: Émile Hombourger
- 1972: André Drubay
- 1982: Louis Weber
Presidents[edit]
- 1921: Albert Fedel
- 1930s: G. R. Parker
- 1940s: Karl Kärre
- Émile Hombourger
- H. Reinhardt
- 1965: Andrew Hutchings
- 1973: Franz Ebner
- 1977: Otto Kaltenborn
- 1981: Joyce Baird
- 1985: Ernst Kiel
- 1989: Kieran Mulvey
- 1991:
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Coldrick, Percy; Jones, Philip (1979). The International Directory of the Trade Union Movement. New York: Facts on File. p. 225. ISBN 0871963744.
- ^ Repertoire des organisations internationales. Geneva: League of Nations. 1936. p. 169.
- ^ Weber, Louis (2012). "Brève histoire d'un engagement international : la FIPESO". Carrefours de l'éducation. 1 (33). Retrieved 6 November 2019.
