Articles
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27 March 2025 
Tackling the teacher shortage crisis in the Commonwealth
Worlds of Education44 million teachers are need globally by 2030 – a shortage that affects developing and developed countries alike, as demonstrated across the Commonwealth.
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18 March 2025 
Championing education in Nigeria: Union pushes for better funding, improved working conditions, and safe schools
NewsIn Nigeria, the education system faces numerous challenges, some of which from time to time make international headlines. As a country with a population of over 220 million people, the responsibility of providing quality education falls on the federal, state, and local governments. However, the implementation of sound educational policies...
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20 September 2024 
Nigeria: Education union and government gear up to go public and fund education
NewsIn a significant move to strengthen Nigeria's education sector, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) launched the Education International (EI) “Go Public! Fund Education ” campaign in their country. This initiative aims to secure increased funding for public education and its personnel, while addressing the chronic underfunding that has plagued...
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17 September 2024 
Nigeria: Education union and government gear up to go public and fund education
NewsIn a significant move to strengthen Nigeria's education sector, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) launched the Education International (EI) “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign in their country. This initiative aims to secure increased funding for public education and its personnel, while addressing the chronic underfunding that has plagued the...
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9 March 2024 
Education International Africa calls for immediate release of the 287 kidnapped students in Nigeria
NewsEducation International Africa (EIA) strongly denounces the abduction of 287 students from a school in Kaduna State, Nigeria, and calls on Nigerian authorities to swiftly rescue all the kidnapped children.
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30 June 2023 
EI Africa urges governments to invest in Education
NewsEducation union representatives from Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, and Zambia convened at the Mensvic Hotel in Accra, Ghana, for the public event on education financing . The Education Financing Forum, which took place on June 22, 2023, aimed at urging governments to enhance funding for public education.
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Cooperation Projects
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2021 - 2023 Global Response to Commercialization and Privatization of Education in Nigeria
Workshop/campaign on commercialization and privatization of education
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2019 Leadership training in Nigeria
Training for the new Officers and Executive of the Nigeria Union of Teachers.
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2008 - 2027 African Women in Education Network (AWEN)
AWEN is the EI Women’s Network in Africa. It was launched in May 2008 with the overall goal to promote Gender Equality in unions to strengthen these unions for the achievement of Quality Education for All. AWEN constitutes a platform for women educators sector to influence the political will in...
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Affiliates
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Nigeria Union of Teachers
NUT
National Teachers' House, Airport Road, Lugbe,F.C.T. AbujaP.M.B. 516 Garki, Abujatel: +234 (9) 671.37.10tel: +234 (9) 672.51.13fax: +234 (9) 672.44.81