Articles
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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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9 January 2023 
Africa: Education unions benefit from South-South development cooperation and solidarity
NewsThe South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) has undertaken a series of development cooperation activities with other education unions affiliated to Education International in neighbouring countries. It has especially supported the Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) in its efforts to recover from the damaging impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...
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24 June 2022 
Education versus austerity
Why public sector wage bill constraints undermine teachers and public education systems -and must end
PublicationsAt least 69 million more teachers are needed by 2030 to achieve the sustainable development goal on education, yet around the word existing teachers face low pay and deteriorating conditions, affecting the status of the profession. There is a clear common cause uniting low pay and teacher shortages – both...
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22 April 2022 
The impact of IMF policies on the public service wage bill in Zambia
Worlds of EducationThere is sufficient evidence to suggest that the International Monetary Fund austerity measures have the potential to negatively affect Zambian ability to attain SDG 4. It is a paradox that the global system encourages investment in access to quality education for all, while putting obstacles along the path to the...
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20 April 2022 
Teacher Wage Bill Constraints: Perspectives from the Classroom
ResearchConstraints to the teacher wage bill blocks teacher recruitment and limits teacher salaries. This exacerbates teacher shortages and decreases the attractiveness of the profession, impeding the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 4 on quality education for all.
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13 October 2021 
EI Joins AAI and PSI to launch Public Vs Austerity Report
News“IMF should listen to facts …they should listen to workers, civil society, students and other victims of their destructive policies”, Advised Dr Dennis Sinyolo recalling the devastating impact of IMF’s Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPS) of the 1980’s and 90’s. This was during the East and Southern Africa segment of the...
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Cooperation Projects
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2023 Orientation of the National Executive Committee (NEC)
The programme will help the new leaders of the union to undertake their functions effectively, and to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes for effective delivery of the union’s services. As the NEC members are coming into their leadership positions for the first time, and it is expected that...
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2021 - 2022 Education Out Loud
Building of network to advocate for tax justice as an alternative source to achieve better education financing.
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2021 - 2027 African Young Educators Network (AYEN)
The Africa Young Educators Network (AYEN) was launched on 23rd September 2021 during a virtual webinar attended by 40 young male and female educators aged 35 years and below. It is designed as a multi-level net work with sub-regional networks feeding into a regional structure, enabling young educators across Africa...
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Affiliates
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Secondary School Teachers’ Union of Zambia
SESTUZ
P.O. Box 36138Lusakatel: +260211238638tel: +260 97.69.22.20fax: +260 211238638 -
Basic Education Teachers Union of Zambia
BETUZ
P.O. Box 31131Lusakatel: +260 (1) 25.53.62fax: +260 (1) 25.53.73 -
Zambia National Union of Teachers
ZNUT
P.O. Box 3191410101 Lusakatel: +260 (2) 118.47.806fax: +260 (2) 118.45.768