The International Federation of Secondary Teachers (, FIPESO) was a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing secondary school teachers.

History 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.

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.

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. 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.

Affiliates The following unions were affiliated in 1979:

Union Country Membership Australian Teachers' Federation Australia 40,617 Austrian Teachers' Union Austria 1,500 Barbados Secondary Teachers' Union Barbados 217 Fédération de l'enseignement moyen official du degré supérieur de Belgique Belgium 1,000 Gymnasiekolernes Laererforening Denmark 4,000 Association of Estonia High School Teachers in exile Estonia 101 Trade Union of Education in Finland Finland 12,500 Syndicat national des enseignements de second degré France 45,500 Syndicat national des personnels de direction de l'enseignement secondaire France 2,991 German Teachers' Association West Germany 67,500 German Philologists' Association West Germany Unknown Association of Masters and Mistresses in Government-recognised Secondary Schools Guyana 120 Association of High School Teachers Iceland 166 Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland Ireland 4,800 Israel Teachers' Union Israel 3,300 Association of Secondary School Teachers in Israel Israel 6,000 Federazione Nazionale Insegnanti Scuole Media Italy 450 Sindicato Nazionale Scuola Media Italy Unknown Association des professeurs de l'enseignement supérieur et secondaire Luxembourg 515 Malta Union of Teachers Malta 50 Dutch Association of Teachers Netherlands 13,657 Norwegian Association of Graduate Teachers Norway 6,763 Singapore Middle School Teachers' Union Singapore 600 National Union of Teachers Sweden 18,911 Swiss Union of High School Teachers Switzerland 3,560 Swiss Teachers' Union Switzerland 2,900 Secondary Heads' Association United Kingdom 2,727 Assistant Masters' and Mistresses' Association United Kingdom 70,700 Educational Institute of Scotland United Kingdom 20,317 National Union of Teachers United Kingdom 69,733 Sindikat Radnika Drustvenih Delatnosti Jugoslavije Yugoslavia 8,333

Leadership General Secretary 1921: Achille Beltette 1933: Charles Boulanger 1939: Janet M. Lawson 1954: Andrew Hutchings 1965: Émile Hombourger 1972: André Drubay 1982: Louis Weber

Presidents 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:

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