Abstract
Public education is a system that encompasses the educational institution proper and the entire community, the families and their social environment, beyond the four walls of the classroom. For that reason, at Education International, we understand education as a dynamic process, where non-teaching workers are an integral part of the education system. We all assume a role in education, especially in the public sphere where the right to quality education for all is guaranteed, irrespective of the socio-economic status. This applies to all levels of education: primary and secondary, higher education, vocational training and childhood education. The professional, technical and administrative staff in education form part of the education environment, through their work – cleaning, gardening, administration, counselling, transport, nutrition, etc. – but also through their conduct and the inter-personal relationships they establish with the entire educational community. In this respect, an education trade union cannot obviate the entire educational process and leave outside out, technical and administrative staff of education, since that would be fragmenting education and limiting the action of its trade union work. Through the process already initiated to include non-teaching staff in its trade union work, Education International is trying to bring this holistic outlook on education at all levels. The text which we submit for discussion below was drawn up by the researcher Juan Arancibia, who sent a questionnaire to the affiliated Education international for latin america Education support personnel: an integral part of the educational process
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