Articles
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1 October 2025 In their words: Teacher well-being amidst displacement and fragility in Uganda and South Sudan
This article is part of a compilation of case studies that detail promising practices in teacher well‑being, teacher management, and school leadership. This text explores the well-being of teachers in Uganda and South Sudan amidst displacement and fragility. It highlights the challenges faced by teachers, including the impact of displacement...
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28 April 2025 
Teacher compensation in South Sudan: The human cost of underinvestment
Worlds of EducationTeachers in South Sudan are the foundation of the education system, providing critical support in one of the most challenging environments globally. Despite their indispensable role, they face widespread financial instability, chronic delays in salary payments, and wages that are far below a livable standard. These issues destabilize the education...
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28 April 2025 
Teacher compensation in crisis contexts: Problems & paradoxes for paying teachers in South Sudan
ResearchTeachers are essential to upholding the right to quality education for children in crisis and displacement contexts, yet they often experience delayed, irregular, or insufficient compensation, leading to demotivation, absenteeism, and destabilization of educational systems.
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25 October 2024 
South Sudan: Commitment to education financing campaign spurs trade union growth
NewsThe National Teachers Union of South Sudan (NTUSS) has embarked on a transformative journey with the launch of the Education International (EI) “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign. This initiative has significantly contributed to the union’s growth and development.
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21 March 2024 
Go Public! Empowering teachers to transform the future of South Sudan
News“We have been abandoned,” is the sentiment expressed by teachers in South Sudan as they organise to bring urgent attention to the dire situation of education in a crisis context that requires immediate international response and support. The extreme conditions they face were made clear during a gathering of union...
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27 February 2024 
South Sudan: A young union strengthened and emboldened by South-South cooperation
News“We will use the experience provided by the Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) as a starting point, making sure that we are now going to convince the government to cooperate with us.” That is how Garang Deng Kuol Athian, chairman of the National Teachers Union South Sudan (NTUSS), described the...
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Cooperation Projects
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2024 - 2025 Go Public! campaign (South Sudan)
NTUSS is determined to ensure that every learner in the Republic of South Sudan, no matter where they live, is tought by a qualified and motivated teacher. NTUSS is therefore mobilizing stakeholders at all levels to hold government/intergovernmental organizations to account for the adequate funding of education and demand the...
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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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National Teachers Union South Sudan
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