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30 July 2024
Educators Converge in Argentina for 10th EI World Congress
NewsFrom July 27th to August 2nd, over 1,400 education union leaders from 150 countries convened in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the 10th Education International (EI) World Congress. This global gathering of educators is focused on ensuring that students receive the high-quality education they deserve by advocating for fair pay, better...
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29 July 2024
Young Educators for the Africa We Want
NewsYoung educators from 10 Southern African countries, namely South Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique, Lesotho, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, and Malawi participated in a leadership training from 11th to 12th July 2024 at Garden Court Hotel, O.R. Tambo, in Johannesburg, South Africa. The training was organized by Education International Africa (EIA)...
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28 June 2024
Upholding professional teaching standards matters
Worlds of EducationCountries without professional standards deprive their education and teaching workforce of quality and professional excellence. As part of its theory of change, the South African Council for Educators (SACE) adopted the concept of Professional Teaching Standards to provide a common language and vision of the profession that all teachers can...
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28 March 2024
14th Teacher Policy Dialogue Forum: African Governments urged to prioritize the welfare of teachers
NewsThe 14th Teacher Policy Dialogue Forum, organized by the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 (Teacher Task Force), in partnership with the Ministry of Basic Education of the Republic of South Africa, was held in person from February 26–28, 2024, in Johannesburg, South Africa. The three-day forum was...
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26 January 2024
International Day of Education: Unionists celebrate the right to education by campaigning for quality public education for all
NewsOn January 24, the International Day of Education, education unionists from around the world came together to reaffirm their commitment to the universal right to education and to mark the first year of the Education International global campaign Go Public! Fund Education. The campaign is an urgent call for governments...
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12 December 2023
Young Educators Exchange Experience
NewsYoung educators from ONP Mozambique visited their counterparts in Eswatini from 7th to 9th December. This was a follow-up visit of the SNAT young educators to Mozambique from the 23rd to the 25th of October. The visits comprised 10 young male and female educators from the visiting young educators meeting...
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Cooperation Projects
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2022 - 2025 Promoting educators' rights in Africa
Absolute monarchy of Eswatini does not allow civic action, violent disruption of demonstrations and strikes is familiar for activists. Many are scared to organize, although there is plenty of space for improvement in working conditions. In Mozambique challenges are different, but not necessarily any minor. Union registration is complicated, and...
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2019 ONP Congress (Mozambique)
Crowning a global development cooperation initiative, the 4th Congress of the Organizaçao Nacional dos Professores (ONP) modified the organisation’s constitution to become a trade union able to engage in social dialogue and improve teachers’ working and living conditions.
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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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National Teachers' Union
NATU
P.O. Box 716Empangeni, 3880tel: +27-35-7721608tel: +27-35-7722401fax: +27-35-7721651 -
National Professional Teachers’ Organisation of South Africa
NAPTOSA
P.O. Box 572Pretoria 001tel: +27 (12) 324.13.65tel: +27 (12) 324.52.14fax: +27 (12) 324.13.66 -
Suid-Afrikaanse Onderwysersunie
SAOU
P.O. Box 90120Garsfontein 0042Gautengtel: +27 (12) 4360900tel: +27 (83) 306.93.17fax: +27 (12) 348.96.58 -
Professional Educators Union
PEU
P.O. Box 328382017 Braamfonteintel: +27 (11) 403.29.90tel: +27 (11) 403.29.91fax: +27 (11) 339.82.46 -
South African Democratic Teachers' Union
SADTU
Postnet Suite 106Private Bag X 51630 Aston ManorGautengtel: +27 11 971 2000