EI affiliates in South Africa, NAPTOSA, NATU, PEU, SATU, and SAOU, in conjunction with the Department of Education have embarked on an active awareness raising and Covid-19 vaccination programme for teachers and education support personnel. The campaign is running through a series of videos and fliers targeting teachers and education...
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Attracting, retaining, and energising new and young members in the teacher trade union movement – this key topic was at the heart of a recent webinar organised by Education International’s Africa Region.
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The Department of Basic Education in South Africa and teacher unions have launched a COVID-19 vaccination programme with the support and participation of Education International affiliates.
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Education International (EI) Africa joins the rest of the World on this World Refugee Day (WRD) to highlight the plight of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
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Education International (EI) Africa kickstarted capacity building for its affiliates with a workshop for Southern Africa held virtually from 16th to 17th June 2021. The workshop gathered over 40 participants, mainly union representatives from Malawi (PSEUM and TUM), Zambia (ZNUT, SESTUZ and BETUZ), Namibia (NANTU), Eswatini (SNAT), Lesotho (LAT and...
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Child labour is not only harmful to children, but a violation of their fundamental rights. It continues to keep millions of children out of school.
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The second day of the EI Africa Regional Committee training on the use of virtual platforms was very revealing. Covid-19 drove unions into venturing on virtual platforms.
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To build the capacity of its members, Education International (EI) Africa organised an online training for the EI Africa Regional Committee (EIARC) members on the use of virtual platforms. The training gathered the Committee members, the substitutes, technical staff from the Regional Committee members’ unions and EI Africa staff. It...
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By Mr Elvis Gaetan Kponoukon, General Secretary of the SYNAEM
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The Education International (EI) Africa Webinar on SDG4 and CESA, which took place on Thursday, 27 May 2021 from 09:00 to 10:30 GMT/Accra time, assessed progress made by the African continent towards the achievement of the two education blueprints, and adopted a framework on hybrid and remote teaching and learning....
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Since the sudden demise of the President of the Republic of Chad, MrIdriss Deby Itno , and the takeover of power by the military , the country has experienced demonstrations organized by civil society organisations and political parties to protest against the unconstitutional replacement of government leadership.
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Teachers in Cape Verde received good news on Africa Day, 25 May. The newly sworn-in Education Minister, Amadeu Cruz, assured the Federaçao Caboverdiana dos Professores (FECAP) that he would address the protection of teachers against COVID-19, the career development of Cape Verdean teachers, and new legislation for pre-school education.
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At the Worldwide Student Summit on Climate Action and Biodiversity, Education International joined hands with students and youth to call for education for sustainable development to become a worldwide priority in education at all levels.
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“The most effective way to eradicate child labour is to ensure accesses to equitable, inclusive, quality education for all”.
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Education, the world over has undergone a lot of challenges especially in the last two years because of the coronavirus. Education institutions were closed, distance learning was attempted in various forms with very little success. The very essential Education Support Personnel (ESP) were nearly forgotten in this crisis like before....
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In the face of increasing cases of COVID-19 in the education community, the Federaçao Caboverdiana dos Professores (FECAP) has urged the Government of Cape Verde to suspend teaching activities throughout the national territory for a 14-day period.
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Some of the highlights of the EIRAF Forum on Migrants, Refugees, and Internally Displaced Persons co-organised with the UN Special Rapporteur for Education on 29th April were the experiences shared by a refugee teacher in Uganda and union leaders from Europe and Asia Pacific.
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On this year’s International Workers’ Day EI Africa joins the global trade union and educators’ movement to call for decent work for all.
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