Articles from Kenya
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Standards and working conditions 22 June 2012 How KNUT got rid of contract teachers
The action taken by KNUT to prevent the recruitment of teachers on contract not only ensured that education is protected against the shocks of economy which could lead to cuts directed at the education sector but also set the trend for continued recruitment of qualified teachers in Kenya. It also...
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Standards and working conditions 24 May 2012 Kenya: Pay and teacher shortages at top of union agenda
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), one of EI’s national affiliates, has been strongly advocating for a 300 per cent pay rise, and is carrying out a survey on the shortage of educators in the country and its impact on the delivery of quality education. In January, KNUT also...
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Trade union rights are human rights 12 January 2012 Kenya: teachers under threat over exam results
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), one of EI’s national affiliates, has condemned the surge of violence against teachers following the release of the results for the national Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examinations (KCPE).
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Standards and working conditions 30 September 2011 Kenya: Union wins permanent contracts for teachers
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has won its campaign to secure permanent contracts for more than 18,000 teachers. The move will benefit teachers who are currently employed on temporary contracts and will provide them with more favourable terms and conditions that include a higher salary and pension rights...
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Standards and working conditions 12 September 2011 Kenya: Teachers protest in nationwide strike
School will start a little later than usual this year in Kenya as teachers have gone out on strike across the country to demand the government awards permanent contracts to thousands of teachers.
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Standards and working conditions 7 March 2011 Kenya: Unionists demand permanent contracts for teachers
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) acting national chairman Wilson Sossion has urged the government to stop hiring teachers under fixed-term contracts.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 31 January 2011 Teachers join voices on Education for All in Africa
Teacher unionists from around the world have called for renewed investment in education and teachers to ensure Africa’s future and to meet Education For All commitments on the recruitment and retention of qualified teachers.
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Standards and working conditions 8 July 2010 Kenya: Teacher shortage to be recognised a national disaster
EI affiliate in Kenya, the Kenyan National Union of Teachers (KNUT), urged “the government to declare the shortage of teachers a national disaster,” reported the national newspaper Daily Nation.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 May 2010 EI joins civil society to deliver education finance training
Education International has joined the Global Campaign for Education (GCE), Action Aid International and Africa Network Campaign on Education for All, for an intensive training programme on education financing in the East African Sub-region.
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Trade union rights are human rights 20 September 2009 Kenyan union insists on proper jobs for properly trained teachers
As the school year begins across Kenya, the Kenya National Union of Teachers, KNUT, has successfully initiated legal action to block government plans to hire ‘intern’ teachers, fearing that this new development would create a new sub-class of underpaid teachers, which would further endanger the achievement of quality education.
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Union growth 30 January 2009 Kenya: Teachers demand immediate salary increases and respect for union rights
After successfully negotiating a collective agreement including substantial salary increases, Kenyan teachers are now in their second week of strike demanding that the raise be effective immediately.
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Trade union rights are human rights 19 May 2008 Kenya: KNUT’s commitment to EFAIDS unshaken by unrest
The post-election unrest in Kenya has not dulled the commitment of the Kenya National Union of Teachers to advancing EFA and halting HIV and AIDS. The union gathered forty of their members in Ngong Town, southern Kenya, to participate in a national training of trainers (TOTs) session on April 23,...
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News 8 February 2008 Kenyan teachers respond to crisis
Leaders and members of Kenya's education unions are struggling to respond to the post-election violence and unrest that have convulsed their country since late December. Francis M. Ng'ang'a, Secretary General of the Kenya National Union of Teachers, said that the union is working on an emergency programme to bring affected...
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Standards and working conditions 18 June 2007 Kenya: Government lifts 10-year teacher employment embargo
The Kenyan government has lifted a 10-year employment embargo and announced extra funding for education, though the measures fall short of what is required to ensure adequate allocation of teachers.
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Trade union rights are human rights 18 April 2007 KNUT/Kenya awards schools on HIV/AIDS prevention efforts
In October 2006 a competition for schools participating in the KNUT/AFT HIV/AIDS programme got off the ground with the involvement of 105 schools. EI provided support for this initiative which was heralded as an excellent method of motivating schools to step up their HIV/AIDS education efforts.
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Trade union rights are human rights 12 February 2007 Teachers Matter: New Report on HIV in Kenya
A new study conducted by the Population Council/Horizons Programme finds that teachers are being neglected by initiatives to prevent the spread of HIV and recommends further action to train and provide services to teachers on HIV prevention, care and support and the reduction of stigma.
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Trade union rights are human rights 5 December 2006 Kenya: Education minister thanks UASU for calling off strike
A six-week strike by university lecturers has been called off by their union, EI affiliate the University Academic staff Union (UASU), to pave way for negotiations.
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Standards and working conditions 12 June 2006 Kenya: State agrees to discuss teachers' pay
The Kenyan Government has finally agreed to meet teachers for discussions over the implementation of salary increases after vigorous campaigning by EI affiliate the KNUT.
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