As the COVID-19 pandemic became global, education unions showed solidarity with a dedicated COVID Response Fund to support member organisations during school closures and where teachers were hit by the health crisis.
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“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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New research by ActionAid, Public Services International, and Education International warns that the International Monetary Fund’s demands to cut public sector employee costs undermine progress on health and education.
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Research results worldwide indicate that School-Related Gender-Based Violence (SRGBV) is a huge barrier to quality education. With the COVID-19 pandemic. an alarming increase in the incidences of SRGBV is being observed across Africa.
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By Marco Grazia, Dennis Sinyolo & Gabriela Miranda
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The Cape Verdean government has promised to resolve outstanding issues for teachers by 2023. This was confirmed by the Education Ministry at a meeting on World Teacher's Day, 5 October, with the Federaçao Caboverdiana dos Professores (FECAP).
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Education International Africa and the International Institute for Capacity building in Africa (UNESCO-IICBA) co-organised the seminar on the Future of the Teaching Profession, in partnership with the International Taskforce for Teachers (ITTF) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The two-day online seminar took place from 30th September to 1st October...
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Through the African Women in Education Network (AWEN) programme, Education International (EI) Africa organized a regional Leadership training for young members. The training, which took place from 22nd to 24th September 2021 on the Zoom platform, aimed at building the capacity of young teacher and education support personnel unionists to...
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It is time to talk taxes. If more domestic revenue is not found, the Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG 4 on quality education, will simply become one more set of international unmet promises.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has taken an enormous toll on education. Beyond school closures and lost learning, countless educators, union members, and leaders of our profession have died. The losses are staggering. Every day we receive notices from around the globe of colleagues who are no longer with us.
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Education International Africa (EI) organised a two-day Capacity Building subregional Workshop for East Africa. The workshop took place from the 15th to the 16th of September 2021. It was attended by more than 40 senior union leaders, women, and young leaders from Kenya (KUPPET, KNUT, UASU), Rwanda (SNER, SYNEDUC, SYPERWA),...
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UNESCO, ILO and Education International (EI) have agreed on the theme,‘Teachers at the heart of Education recovery’ for World Teachers Day 2021.
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“Educators and students have been victims of conflict in many African countries and globally. They have been attacked, killed, disappeared, kidnapped for ransom, and maimed in Nigeria, Mali, Northern Mozambique, and several other African countries.” Dr. Dennis Sinyolo, Regional Director of Education International (EI) Africa, highlighted during a virtual event...
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The African Union Curriculum Cluster held an Experience Sharing Meeting on 10th August 2021. Dr. Dennis Sinyolo, Education International (EI) Africa Regional Director, shared EI’s research on the impact of COVID-19 on education.
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Rwandan education workers’ union SYPERWA organised a tour to meet teachers from private schools and help them solve the problems encountered. Thanks to Education International’s COVID-19 solidarity fund, the union has been able to map the issues for teachers affected by COVID-19, provide legal assistance to teachers suspended as a...
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In Togo, the teacher’s union FESEN trained 42 teachers and school principals to combat child labour. Taking place from August 2-4 in the prefecture of Sotouboua, the workshop kicked off a new FESEN project against child labour in the communes of Tchébébé, Adjengré and Aouda. The new initiative aims to...
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Education International and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES, German acronym) are working together in Cameroon on a capacity building project, “Union renewal: building strong, inclusive, democratic and effective unions in the education sector in Cameroon”. The project involving all of Education International’s national member organisations will run from 2021 until...
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Education International and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES, German acronym) are working together in Cameroon on a capacity building project, “Union renewal: building strong, inclusive, democratic and effective unions in the education sector in Cameroon”. The project involving all of Education International’s national member organisations will run from 2021 until...
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