Young 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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“An education system based on public institutions is the best option to fully realise the right to education. That is why the State must consolidate education as being a real public good, promoting education as a bearer of not only individual and collective emancipation but of social justice as well.”...
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Two affiliates of Education International (EI) in Morocco, the SNE-FDT and SNE-CDT, have rallied to the aid of people in remote areas of the High Atlas Mountains that were hit by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake on 8 September 2023. Local trade union representatives organised the distribution of school supplies, games,...
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The recently concluded EI Africa 10th Regional Conference under the theme, “Standing Together for Resilient Education Systems in Times of Crisis” at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, brought together teacher unions, civil society organizations, development partners, and observers from across the African Continent to discuss the challenges facing...
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On November 20th, 2023, members of the Women in Education Network (AWEN) came together at the Sandton Convention Centre under the theme, "Educators United for Gender Equality." The forum aimed to ignite change and break barriers, empowering women to take key leadership positions in their unions.
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“It is a real privilege to address this 10th Africa Regional Conference of Education International, particularly with its focus on shaping the future of education on our continent, as well as beyond. And the theme of your conference, 'Standing together for resilient education systems in times of crises', resonates very...
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Teachers and education union leaders across the African continent have converged at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, for the 10th Education International Africa Regional Conference, to discuss the pressing need for inclusive and resilient education systems. The conference is held under the theme "Standing together for resilient education...
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The African Young Educators Network (AYEN) forum, held under the theme "Young Educators United For Resilient Education Systems," took place on November 19, 2023, at Sandton Convention Centre, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Organized by Education International Africa, the event aimed to empower young educators across Africa and equip them with...
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The Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg became a hub of inspiration and collaboration as young and passionate educators from Eswatini, Mozambique, and South Africa convened on Saturday, November 18, 2023, for the Southern Africa Young Educators Network (SAYEN) seminar. The event, organized by Education International (EI) Africa, aimed to empower...
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On September 28, the International Day for Universal Access to Information, Education International hosted an online event entitled Pathways to pedagogy: Overcoming copyright obstacles for teacher resource access. The event launched three new pieces of research commissioned by Education International on copyright regimes and their impact on education and educators...
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On the occasion of World Teachers’ Day (WTD), October 5th, the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association (ETA) reaffirmed that quality education requires safe teaching and learning environments.
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In a bid to foster positive change within the education union movement in Africa , selected education union leaders who are at the forefront of championing educational reforms and improving the quality of education across the African continent recently gathered for a three-day Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) workshop. It...
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EI member organisations in Burkina Faso held a double ceremony on the same day to celebrate teachers and help pupils. The ceremony was attended by hundreds of teachers and enhanced by the presence of the Minister of National Education, Literacy, and the Promotion of National Languages, who came to show...
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The 12th International Further and Higher Education and Research Conference, co-hosted by Education International and its member organisation Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Educación (SNTE), is taking place in Mexico City from October 24 to the 26.
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Education International Africa Region will be holding its 10th Regional Conference at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, from 19 – 24 November 2023. The Regional Conference is held every four years, at least six months prior to the EI World Congress. The Conference will be attended by 400...
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The new unified status for Ministry of Education employees “responds to a number of demands, but our trade union movement has not achieved all its objectives”, said Mohamed Nouiga, Deputy General Secretary of Morocco’s SNE-FDT education union.
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Conrad Sackey is Minister of Basic and Senior Secondary Education in Sierra Leone. Quentin Wodon is Director of the UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (UNESCO IICBA) in Addis Ababa. As we celebrated a few weeks agoWorld Teachers’ Day and the contributions teachers make to our children, communities,...
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The General Union of Palestinian Teachers (GUPT) has put gender equity at the heart of union priorities, organising training sessions for women members around the theme “Women's and girls’ full participation in society: Are Palestinian women reaping the benefits of education in similar ways to the rest of the world?”
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