Articles
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1 October 2025 West Africa – Investing in Teachers and School Leaders: Professional Standards, Working Conditions, and Teacher Education
This document outlines a study conducted by UNESCO IICBA on the state of teacher professionalism in West Africa, focusing on professional standards, teacher education, and working conditions. It emphasizes the urgent need for countries to adopt and implement professional standards and competencies for teachers and school leaders. It highlights how...
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5 October 2023 
Africa: Member organizations celebrate World Teachers’ Day
NewsIn commemoration of Word Teachers’ Day, Education International (EI) held a webinar to highlight the fundamental importance of teachers in education and emphasize the need for them to be well-trained, well-supported, and well-remunerated. This year’s celebration is under the theme, ‘The teachers we need for the education we want: The...
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28 April 2023 
The Gambia: Development cooperation supports teacher union’s co-operative credit union
NewsThe successful partnership between the Gambia Teachers Union Co-Operative Credit Union (GTUCCU) and the Comhar Linn INTO Credit Union of Ireland has positively impacted the lives of teachers and their families in The Gambia. GTUCCU currently has over 30,000 members who use a variety of financial services, including savings and...
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25 April 2023 
The Gambia: Development cooperation supports teacher union’s co-operative credit union
NewsThe successful partnership between the Gambia Teachers Union Co-Operative Credit Union (GTUCCU) and the Comhar Linn INTO Credit Union of Ireland has positively impacted the lives of teachers and their families in The Gambia. GTUCCU currently has over 30,000 members who use a variety of financial services, including savings and...
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23 March 2023 
Regional Committee passes resolutions to address trade union rights
NewsThe Education International Africa Regional Committee (EIARC) passed four resolutions as it wound up its meeting on 22 March in Johannesburg, South Africa. The resolutions were on attacks on the union in Eswatini, irregular payment of teachers’ salaries, unfair terms of work in Angola and intimidation of union leaders in...
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23 March 2023 
Johannesburg: EI Africa Regional Committee meets to address education and union challenges
NewsThe EI Africa Regional Committee met from 20-22 March at Holiday Inn, Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. The main purpose of the meeting was to prepare for the 10th EI Africa Regional Conference, as well as make decisions to address current challenges confronting education, educators and students.
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Cooperation Projects
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2024 GTU Women's Empowerment Symposium (Gambia)
Inspired by her experience when speaking at a CTF/FCE Women's Symposium, the GTU General Secretary, Marie-Antoinette Corr, had a vision to host a similar event in her union. The result was a 400-person gathering of women and men (a small number of allies and carefully selected influential people) to celebrate...
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2021 - 2022 Mentoring and mobile phones to support young women teachers in The Gambia
Funded by the Government of Canada and this collaboration between the GTU and the CTF/FCE, linked 48 young women teachers in rural and remote areas of The Gambia with 12 more experienced colleagues in a mentee-mentor relationship (4 mentees for each mentor) to form a personal and professional support network....
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2020 Conducting corona virus risk communication, social mobilization and grassroots engagement (Gambia)
Conducting Corona virus Risk Communication, Social Mobilization and Grassroots Engagement Activities for Regional Structures.
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