Articles
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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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24 July 2022 
EI Member organisations call for democracy and respect for human and trade union rights
NewsEI member organisations in Africa joined a regional online conference on 20 July 2022 to share and discuss the state of democracy, human and trade union rights in the region. The webinar, which was attended by almost 200 union leaders and activists, reflected on strategies to defend and promote democratic...
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11 October 2021 
Education Unions Take Action to Eradicate School-Related Gender-Based Violence
NewsResearch results worldwide indicate that School-Related Gender-Based Violence (SRGBV) is a huge barrier to quality education. With the COVID-19 pandemic. an alarming increase in the incidences of SRGBV is being observed across Africa.
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12 July 2021 Education unions take action to end school-related gender-based violence
VideoEducation union activists from nine countries across Africa share what they have learned about challenging gender-based violence in their schools, their communities, their unions and their national education systems.
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1 May 2021 Os Sindicatos da Educação tomam medidas para acabar com a violência de género no âmbito escolar
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13 February 2021 
SLTU discusses Education Workforce Report
NewsThe Sierra Leone Teachers Union (SLTU), in collaboration with Education International (EI), organised a workshop, the first since the emergence of Covid-19, on the Education Workforce Initiative (EWI), from 18th to 19th January 2021. A total of 50 participants (26 females and 24 males), comprising union officers and activists drawn...
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Cooperation Projects
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2024 - 2025 Go Public! campaign (Sierra Leone)
The issues that our organization want to address through campaigning are as follows: Track government education budget of 22%; Advocate for promotion, reassessment of salaries and recruitment of more teachers; Government to provide adequate teaching and learning materials to public schools; Government and other partners to build more classrooms due...
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2023 Professional Development Facilitator (PDF) Training for New PDFs
The SLTU must train new Professional Development Facilitators (PDFs) for all regions, to replace those who have left the programme for various reasons, thereby addressing the current shortage of trained PDFs, which are vital to the summer in-service programme. Currently, the SLTU must “borrow” PDFs from neighbouring regions, which increases...
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2023 - 2024 Professional Development Facilitator (PDF) In-School Follow-Up Visits
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the SLTU fell behind in its regular schedule of visits to the regions in order to follow up with all participants who have attended the SLTU’s summer in-service programmes (delivered with financial and technical support from the CTF/FCE). This activity provides an opportunity for all...
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Affiliates
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Sierra Leone Teachers' Union
SLTU
P.O. Box 477Freetowntel: +232 (22) 26.32.53tel: +232 (22) 26.30.42fax: +232 (22) 22.44.39