Articles from Kenya
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 January 2020 Kenya: Union calls for increased security as four teachers are killed in the first weeks of 2020
With several teachers killed in Kenya since the beginning of the year, concerns over teacher security are increasing, pushing unions to demand government protection for education workers.
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Leading the profession 17 October 2019 “Higher ambitions for education and copyright in Africa and the world”, by Mugwena Maluleke.
Mugwena Maluleke
African nations actively participated in the development of the Sustainable Development Agenda that acknowledged the centrality of education in the achievement of all other plans for a better world. Like other nations of the world, they committed to the provision of a single, renewed education agenda that is holistic, ambitious...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 March 2019 #IWD2019 #Education Voices: “Educating Girls Matters: How You Can Help Change the World”, by Kayce Freed Jennings
Kayce Freed Jennings
This is true: educating girls will change the world. We know that. So why, then, are there still 130 million girls out of school and what can we do about it? What can you, as educators, do about it? What can your students do?
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 October 2018 Kenya: Teacher deaths raise concerns over system of conflict area postings
The killing of two teachers has led to union calls on the government to act now to avoid more deaths of teachers posted to areas affected by conflict and violence.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 October 2018 Put quality early childhood education for all on the top of the agenda for governments
Education International’s member organisations have firmly reminded governments that early childhood education is a fundamental human right and a public good, which must be made available to all young children.
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Union growth 20 August 2018 Kenya: delocalisation policy deepens teacher shortage
The Kenya National Union of Teachers has called on its government to stop the delocalisation policy that has forced more than a hundred teachers to leave the profession act to close the national teacher gap, and stop the current teacher appraisal system.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 3 July 2018 Global Response research, reports and papers
The effects of commercialisation and privatisation have a serious impact on students, communities and public education systems. We use research as a guide to inform the campaign and create an accurate picture of trends, tendencies and outcomes.
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Leading the profession 7 May 2018 #ResNet: Amplifying teacher voice: getting stuck into research, by Philippa Cordingley
Philippa Cordingley
One of the things we are exploring in our research into how different countries construct teachers’ professional identities that will be presented at Education International’s annual Research Network meeting today, is the nature of the links between investing in research-informed teaching and amplifying teachers’ collective professional voice.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 27 April 2018 Five reasons Pearson (and everyone else) should stop investing in Bridge Academies right now
Pearson Education has invested tons of money in fee-charging, for-profit schools operated by Bridge International Academies. Many Bridge schools use unqualified staff, unofficial curriculum in substandard facilities. Its fees can push families into further poverty.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 April 2018 "Can we assess if school and classroom practices align with national educational goals?", by Kate Anderson, Helyn Kim, Seamus Hegarty and Martin Henry.
Helyn Kim, Seamus Hegarty, Kate Anderson, Martin Henry
Now more than ever, countries are orienting their policies toward equipping children and youth with a broad range of skills to succeed in the 21st century [1]. Given this widespread endorsement at the policy level, why don’t we see it happening in more schools? Could it be that schools lack...
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Union growth 23 March 2018 Kenya: Higher education sector maintains pressure on employers for social dialogue
The Universities’ Academic Staff Union, an Education International’s affiliate in Kenya, is involved in a labour dispute with the employers’ federation for public universities over the negotiation and implementation of a collective bargaining agreement.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 22 February 2018 Kenya: Bridge loses court case
The High Court of Kenya in Nairobi has dismissed a complaint of Bridge Academies against the education union KNUT and its General Secretary Wilson Sossion, taking a stand for the defense of quality education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 November 2017 Kenya: African unions make early childhood education a top priority
Leaders from five national education unions in Africa recommended that the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Guidelines on Early Childhood Education be elevated to the level of an ILO Recommendation, making it a legally binding document.
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Union growth 18 October 2017 Kenya: Union support for university lecturers’ strike move
The Trade Unions Congress of Kenya has announced its support for lecturers in 31 Kenyan public universities who have given 21 days’ strike notice after the universities’ councils failed to increase their basic salary and housing allowance.
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Leading the profession 1 June 2017 Teacher union renewal: developing the power of the profession
Howard Stevenson
The challenges that face teachers often look very similar around the world. Global league tables are often behind the relentless pressure to drive test scores up, whilst the forces of global economic competition explain a race to the bottom on teachers’ working conditions. Teachers experience ever rising workloads, but perhaps...
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Leading the profession 31 May 2017 Constructing Teachers’ Professional Identity – learning from seven countries
Philippa Cordingley
Early stages in research projects are always a mix of aspirations, exploration of the research literature and growing clarity about key questions. In a research project that is as important as the one funded by Education International, to explore how national policies and cultural factors influence the development of teachers’...
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Union growth 1 May 2017 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 13 April 2017 Africa: Unions work towards unity and education priorities
The importance of trade union unity in terms of development cooperation activities in Africa was underlined during a recent meeting between African education unions and their development cooperation partners.
Africa: Unions work towards unity and education priorities