The International Federation of Teachers' Associations (IFTA; french: Fédération internationale des associations d'instituteurs, FIAI) was a

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representing teachers in

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s. The federation was established in 1905, as the International Bureau of Federations of Teachers, the first federation of teachers. In 1926, at a meeting in

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, it was reformed as the IFTA. After

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, it began working closely with the

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 teach ...

(FIPESO). In 1952, FIPESO, the IFTA and the World Organisation of the Teaching Profession merged to form the World Confederation of Organizations of the Teaching Profession. The IFTA continued as an autonomous section of the new federation. In 1993, the federation dissolved into the new

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