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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21 February 2024 
Tanzania: Arrested union leaders thank Education International and member organisations for their solidarity
NewsEducation union leaders from Tanzania were released after Education International (EI), the EI Africa office, and member unions from the region mobilised rapidly to their defence.
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20 February 2024 
Maganga and other TTU leaders released from police custody
NewsJaphet Maganga, General Secretary of Tanzania Teachers Union (TTU), and nine of his colleagues who were detained by the police last week have been released. Their release followed mounting pressure from Education International (EI), African EI member organisations and development cooperation partners who sent protest letters to the President of...
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20 February 2024 
EI Africa demands release of arrested Tanzanian teachers’ union leaders
NewsEI Africa has called for the immediate and unconditional release of, Japhet Maganga, the General Secretary of the Tanzania Teachers Union (TTU), and nine other union leaders, who were arrested by the Tanzanian police during a legitimate union National Council meeting held on Friday, February 16, 2024. It has been...
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17 February 2024 
Education International Africa condemns the arrest of TTU leaders
NewsPress Statement: Accra, 16 February 2024
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28 September 2023 
Tanzania: EI requests the Government to stop meddling in the internal affairs of the Tanzania Teachers Union
NewsEducation International is concerned by the disruption of legitimate union activities and meetings of the Tanzania Teachers Union (TTU) by the police, including a TTU Council meeting on 25 September. The intimidation and intervention in the internal affairs of the union by government authorities is a serious violation of international...
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Cooperation Projects
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2022 - 2025 Quality early childhood education and decent working conditions for ECE teachers on the African continent
The project seeks mainly the mobilisation and recruitment of ECE personnel into teacher union in view of fighting for their labour rights and improving their professional standards.
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2022 - 2025 Social dialogue and quality education in Zanzibar
The project cooperation began in 2003. The current phase of the project began in January 2022 and will run until 2025. The annual project budget of 16,000 € (120,000 DKK) is primarily financed by Danida through the LO/FTF Council.
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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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Affiliates
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Zanzibar Teachers Union
ZATU
P.O. Box 1497Zanzibartel: +255 747.42.65.48tel: +255 (24) 223.24.96fax: +255 (24) 223.24.96 -
Tanzania Teachers' Union
TTU
P.O. Box 3077Dodomatel: +255 (26) 2323451