Articles
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23 June 2023 
Go Public! Finance quality, equitable, and inclusive education in Africa
NewsTop education union leaders from Cameroon, Malawi, Rwanda, and Zambia took stock of gains in their fight against education privatisation through the Education International (EI) Global Response campaign and committed to continue these efforts through EI's Go Public! Fund Education campaign to mobilise to fully fund public education systems and...
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27 October 2021 
Solidarity in times of crisis: the EI COVID Response Fund
NewsAs the COVID-19 pandemic became global, education unions showed solidarity with a dedicated COVID Response Fund to support member organisations during school closures and where teachers were hit by the health crisis.
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2 August 2021 
Rwanda: SYPERWA stands by teachers during the crisis
NewsRwandan education workers’ union SYPERWA organised a tour to meet teachers from private schools and help them solve the problems encountered. Thanks to Education International’s COVID-19 solidarity fund, the union has been able to map the issues for teachers affected by COVID-19, provide legal assistance to teachers suspended as a...
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6 December 2020 
SYPERWA resolves to improve the financial capacity of their members
NewsThe Education Staff Union of Rwanda (SYPERWA) has taken measures to improve the financial capacity of their members through the establishment of a solidarity fund for teachers. The decision was taken during the 3rd Congress of SYPERWA on 5th December 2020 held in Kigali.
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20 November 2020 
Project Committee Meeting reaffirms the importance of Early Childhood Education
NewsProject Committee Meeting reaffirms the importance of Early Childhood Education
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21 October 2020 
“Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.
Worlds of EducationUnions 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...
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Cooperation Projects
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2022 - 2025 John Thompson Fellowship programme (Africa)
Train selected union representatives, including leadership in various aspects of unionism.
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2022 - 2025 Social dialogue and quality education in East Africa
The project has national as well as regional elements. The national elements are described in separate counrty sheets (Rwanda, Burundi and Zanzibar). The regional elements consist in 1-2 regional annual conferences for all the teacher unions, and they deal with themes such as education policy, strategy development, teachers’ working conditions,...
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2022 - 2025 Social dialogue and quality education in Rwanda
DLF began cooperation with Rwandan teachers’ unions in 2009 using DLF’s own resources. The present phase of the project runs from 2022 to 2025 and has an annual budget of approximately 13,000€ (100,000 DKK), financed by Danida through the LO-FTF Council.
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Affiliates
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Syndicat des Enseignants et Autres Personnels de l'Education
SYNEDUC
P.O. Box 6512Kigalitel: +250 788.59.60.15tel: +250 785.36.49.79 -
Syndicat National des Enseignants au Rwanda
SNER
BP 2832Kigalitel: +250 788 62.81.99tel: +250 72 867.81.36 -
Syndicat du Personnel de l'Education
SYPERWA
B.P. 400Kigalitel: +250 788.48.95.81tel: +250 963.18.05.21