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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 July 2024 Investing in quality education and teachers: an African perspective on EI’s upcoming World Congress
Joan Aja
The teaching profession is traditionally known to be a noble profession and a driver for all sectors and industries we have in the world of work. The profession is highly valued but greatly ignored by many African governments: they want quality teaching but take a short-sighted approach and are unwilling...
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Union renewal and development 26 February 2024 South Sudan: A young union strengthened and emboldened by South-South cooperation
“We will use the experience provided by the Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) as a starting point, making sure that we are now going to convince the government to cooperate with us.” That is how Garang Deng Kuol Athian, chairman of the National Teachers Union South Sudan (NTUSS), described the...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 July 2023 Inclusive, quality education: the key to ending child labour
From India to Senegal, from Albania to Uganda and Mali, Education International (EI) members raised their voices in support of quality education to commemorate World Day Against Child Labour on June 12th.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 June 2023 Uganda: Education International condemns the horrific attack on Lhubiriha Secondary school
Education International, the global federation of educators, strongly condemns the horrific attack on Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe, Uganda and mourns in solidarity with the families and communities impacted by this devastating act of violence.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 February 2023 Overwhelmed, undervalued, and underpaid: Governments must act to support teachers in contexts of displacement
Stella Oryang Aloyo
Working as a teacher in an emergency situation is challenging but it can also be very rewarding. The opportunity to be a positive influence on my students, watching a student learn, grow and become a good person, knowing that I can be part of this process gives me a wonderful...
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Trade union rights are human rights 20 July 2022 Uganda: Government must put an immediate halt to the intimidation of teachers
Education International has firmly condemned the intimidation of teachers currently taking industrial action led by the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU), an organisation affiliated to Education International.
Uganda: Government must put an immediate halt to the intimidation of teachers
Resources
Crises and the COVID-19 pandemic: education responses and choices during times of disruptions
Education unions take action to end school-related gender-based violence
Os Sindicatos da Educação tomam medidas para acabar com a violência de género no âmbito escolar
Education of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in the Context of COVID-19: The Education for Life Project in Uganda and South Sudan
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Uganda National Teachers Union
UNATU