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12 February 2021 
SLTU discusses Education Workforce Report
NewsSLTU
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10 December 2020 
#16dayscampaign | “When teachers’ unions take action, schools become safer for everyone”, by madeleine kennedy-macfoy (EI) and Rex Fyles (Gender at Work).
Worlds of EducationGender-based violence in and around schools poses big challenges to education unions and their members. Because everyone in and around schools – teachers, students, education support personnel - can be both perpetrator and victim of such violence, school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) is a violation of both the right to quality...
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25 November 2020 
New resources for education financing launched
NewsNORRAG Special Issue 05
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21 October 2020 
“Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.
Worlds of EducationUnions and governments have been in conflict since the dawn of time. The mere existence of unions as a force to defend workers’ rights where governments fail to do so in and of itself leads to this conflictual relationship. In Africa, unions have rarely been consulted during the COVID-19 crisis...
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17 July 2020 
Education unions pay tribute to the late Emanuel A. Fatoma
NewsEducation union leaders and educators have paid tribute to the late Emanuel A Fatoma. Fatoma’s sudden passing on 6 July came as a shock to many of us and to his former colleagues and friends from Africa and around the world.
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8 July 2020
Obituary: Emanuel Acrisine Fatoma
NewsEducation International is deeply saddened by the loss of our great colleague, Emanuel Fatoma, who passed on Monday, the 6th of July 2020 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Emanuel Fatoma will be remembered as a great teacher and education advocate who incessantly pursued social justice for all, particularly for the teaching...
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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
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