Education International Africa

Articles

1. 15 July 2025

   

   Ethiopia and Nepal: Go Public! campaign showing strong results with solidarity and strategic advocacy

   News

   In a world where education systems are increasingly under threat from austerity measures and privatization, EI’s Go Public! campaign has emerged as a powerful force for change, as demonstrated during a recent EI Development Cooperation (DC) Café gathering union leaders and partners.

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2. 30 June 2025

   

   Not the exception, but essential: Teachers with disabilities in mainstream classrooms

   Nidhi Singal

   Worlds of Education

   Where are the teachers with disabilities in our classrooms? A question I often ask my audience is: “How many of you were taught by a teacher who identified as having a disability during your school years?” In a room of 50–60 people, usually only one or two hands go up.

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3. 24 June 2022

   

   Education versus austerity

   Why public sector wage bill constraints undermine teachers and public education systems -and must end

   Publications

   At least 69 million more teachers are needed by 2030 to achieve the sustainable development goal on education, yet around the word existing teachers face low pay and deteriorating conditions, affecting the status of the profession. There is a clear common cause uniting low pay and teacher shortages – both...

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4. 20 April 2022

   

   Teacher Wage Bill Constraints: Perspectives from the Classroom

   Research

   Constraints to the teacher wage bill blocks teacher recruitment and limits teacher salaries. This exacerbates teacher shortages and decreases the attractiveness of the profession, impeding the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4 on quality education for all.

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5. 27 October 2021

   

   Solidarity in times of crisis: the EI COVID Response Fund

   News

   As the COVID-19 pandemic became global, education unions showed solidarity with a dedicated COVID Response Fund to support member organisations during school closures and where teachers were hit by the health crisis.

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6. 12 October 2021

   

   The public versus austerity: Why public sector wage bill constraints must end

   ActionAid, Education International, Public Services International

   Research

   The world faces a series of interconnecting crises and responding to them will demand a complete disruption of business as usual. In the light of Covid-19, the growing debt crisis, rising inequality, gender injustice, and the climate crisis there is an urgent need to revisit the fundamental redistributive role of...

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