Articles
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30 June 2025 
Not the exception, but essential: Teachers with disabilities in mainstream classrooms
Worlds of EducationWhere 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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23 June 2023 
Go Public! Finance quality, equitable, and inclusive education in Africa
NewsTop education union leaders from Cameroon, Malawi, Rwanda, and Zambia took stock of gains in their fight against education privatisation through the Education International (EI) Global Response campaign and committed to continue these efforts through EI's Go Public! Fund Education campaign to mobilise to fully fund public education systems and...
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23 November 2022 
EI Africa relaunches the John Thompson Fellowship Programme
NewsThe Education International Africa Region has revived and relaunched the John Thompson Fellowship (JTF) programme, with the first training taking place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 21st to 27th November 2022 for EI member organizations from East Africa, known as Zone 5. It brought together representatives from SYNEDUC and SYPERWA from...
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27 October 2021 
Solidarity in times of crisis: the EI COVID Response Fund
NewsAs 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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20 September 2021 
EI Africa Capacity Building moves to East Africa
NewsEducation International Africa (EI) organised a two-day Capacity Building subregional Workshop for East Africa. The workshop took place from the 15th to the 16th of September 2021. It was attended by more than 40 senior union leaders, women, and young leaders from Kenya (KUPPET, KNUT, UASU), Rwanda (SNER, SYNEDUC, SYPERWA),...
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7 September 2021 
Rwanda: SYPERWA stands by teachers during the crisis
NewsRwandan education workers’ union SYPERWA organised a tour to meet teachers from private schools and help them solve the problems encountered. Thanks to Education International’s COVID-19 solidarity fund, the union has been able to map the issues for teachers affected by COVID-19, provide legal assistance to teachers suspended as a...
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Cooperation Projects
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2022 - 2025 John Thompson Fellowship programme (Africa)
Train selected union representatives, including leadership in various aspects of unionism.
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2022 - 2025 Social dialogue and quality education in East Africa
The project has national as well as regional elements. The national elements are described in separate counrty sheets (Rwanda, Burundi and Zanzibar). The regional elements consist in 1-2 regional annual conferences for all the teacher unions, and they deal with themes such as education policy, strategy development, teachers’ working conditions,...
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2022 - 2025 Social dialogue and quality education in Rwanda
DLF began cooperation with Rwandan teachers’ unions in 2009 using DLF’s own resources. The present phase of the project runs from 2022 to 2025 and has an annual budget of approximately 13,000€ (100,000 DKK), financed by Danida through the LO-FTF Council.
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Affiliates
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Syndicat des Enseignants et Autres Personnels de l'Education
SYNEDUC
P.O. Box 6512Kigalitel: +250 788.59.60.15tel: +250 785.36.49.79 -
Syndicat National des Enseignants au Rwanda
SNER
BP 2832Kigalitel: +250 788 62.81.99tel: +250 72 867.81.36 -
Syndicat du Personnel de l'Education
SYPERWA
B.P. 400Kigalitel: +250 788.48.95.81tel: +250 963.18.05.21