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  1. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 March 2025

    Tackling the teacher shortage crisis in the Commonwealth

    Oliver Mawhinney

    44 million teachers are need globally by 2030 – a shortage that affects developing and developed countries alike, as demonstrated across the Commonwealth.

    Tackling the teacher shortage crisis in the Commonwealth
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 March 2025

    Championing education in Nigeria: Union pushes for better funding, improved working conditions, and safe schools

    In Nigeria, the education system faces numerous challenges, some of which from time to time make international headlines. As a country with a population of over 220 million people, the responsibility of providing quality education falls on the federal, state, and local governments. However, the implementation of sound educational policies...

    Championing education in Nigeria: Union pushes for better funding, improved working conditions, and safe schools
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 September 2024

    Nigeria: Education union and government gear up to go public and fund education

    In a significant move to strengthen Nigeria's education sector, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) launched the Education International (EI) “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign in their country. This initiative aims to secure increased funding for public education and its personnel, while addressing the chronic underfunding that has plagued the...

    Nigeria: Education union and government gear up to go public and fund education
  4. Standards and working conditions 13 September 2023

    Elevating Teachers' Voices to the High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession

    Educators from around the world expressed their concerns about the global teacher shortage, sharing firsthand experiences which highlight the detrimental implications for their classrooms and school communities. Their testimonies were part of consultations organised by Education International to bring the voices of educators to the UN High-Level Panel on the...

    Elevating Teachers' Voices to the High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession
  5. Fighting the commercialisation of education 30 August 2022

    Nigeria: Union deeply advocating free quality public education

    For many years now , the National Union of Teachers (NUT) in Nigeria has been pushing for public education. Efforts include joining Education International’s Global Response campaign to counter the privatisation of education institutions, which undermines the right to education.

    Nigeria: Union deeply advocating free quality public education
  6. Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 July 2022

    Nigeria: Teachers call for more investment in public education to combat growing privatisation

    The national president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Audu Titus Amba, expressed concerns over the proliferation of unregulated private schools in Nigeria. These schools, with the sole aim of making profit, are detrimental to the achievement of quality education for all.

    Nigeria: Teachers call for more investment in public education to combat growing privatisation
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Resources

Name Date Type Lang

The bedrock of inclusion: why investing in the education workforce is critical to the delivery of SDG4

The bedrock of inclusion
12 August 2021 file Download
Ethiopia study
12 August 2021 file Download
Malawi study
12 August 2021 file Download
Mozambique study (English)
12 August 2021 file Download
Mozambique study (Portuguese)
12 August 2021 file Download
Nigeria study
12 August 2021 file Download

Quality and equalities: a comparative study of public and low-cost private schools in Lagos

4 January 2022 file Download

Early Childhood Education: A Global Scenario

25 October 2023 file Download

Learning how to teach - The upgrading of unqualified primary teachers in sub-Saharan Africa

10 January 2022 file Download

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