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Fighting the commercialisation of education 16 March 2022
World Bank to exit investment in for-profit school chain Bridge International Academies

Education International (EI) welcomes the decision from the World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to stop investing in the for-profit chain of schools, Bridge International Academies. The IFC had invested more than US$ 10 million in Bridge International Academies operations in Africa and supported the company's...
World Bank to exit investment in for-profit school chain Bridge International Academies
Union growth 21 October 2020
“Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.

Cherine Sabry

Unions and governments have been in conflict since the dawn of time. The mere existence of unions as a force to defend workers’ rights where governments fail to do so in and of itself leads to this conflictual relationship. In Africa, unions have rarely been consulted during the COVID-19 crisis...
“Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.
Union renewal and development 14 October 2020
Member organisations celebrate World Teachers’ Day

Member organisations celebrate World Teachers’ Day
Member organisations celebrate World Teachers’ Day
Trade union rights are human rights 9 April 2020
Liberia: Teacher union provides educators with vital personal protective equipment

An education union in Liberia has donated valuable equipment to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
Liberia: Teacher union provides educators with vital personal protective equipment
Fighting the commercialisation of education 7 November 2019
Liberia: Renewed fight against increasing privatisation

In Liberia, educators and their unions are determined to fight back against the privatisation and commercialisation of education in the face of strengthened links between the government and edu-business.
Liberia: Renewed fight against increasing privatisation
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...
“Higher ambitions for education and copyright in Africa and the world”, by Mugwena Maluleke.