Articles
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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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17 July 2020 
Education unions pay tribute to the late Emanuel A. Fatoma
NewsEducation union leaders and educators have paid tribute to the late Emanuel A Fatoma. Fatoma’s sudden passing on 6 July came as a shock to many of us and to his former colleagues and friends from Africa and around the world.
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8 July 2020
Obituary: Emanuel Acrisine Fatoma
NewsEducation International is deeply saddened by the loss of our great colleague, Emanuel Fatoma, who passed on Monday, the 6th of July 2020 in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Emanuel Fatoma will be remembered as a great teacher and education advocate who incessantly pursued social justice for all, particularly for the teaching...
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21 December 2019 
Trabalhando para acabar com a violência de género no âmbito escolar
Escritos dos representantes de sindicatos da educação da África Oriental, Ocidental e Austral
PublicationsA iniciativa “Sindicatos da Educação Intervêm para Acabar com a Violência de Género no Âmbito Escolar” da Internacional da Educação1 (EI), faz parte de um processo de mais de 30 anos de advocacia internacional com vista à promoção da igualdade de género na educação e nos sindicatos.
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21 December 2019 
Estratégias para acabar com a violência de género no âmbito escolar
A experiência dos sindicatos da educação em África
PublicationsA Violência de Género no Âmbito Escolar (VGAE), nomeadamente, nas escolas, nos seus arredores e noutros contextos educacionais, consiste num problema de particular importância para os sindicatos do sector da educação e seus membros.
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Cooperation Projects
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2024 - 2025 Go Public! campaign (Sierra Leone)
The issues that our organization want to address through campaigning are as follows: Track government education budget of 22%; Advocate for promotion, reassessment of salaries and recruitment of more teachers; Government to provide adequate teaching and learning materials to public schools; Government and other partners to build more classrooms due...
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2023 Professional Development Facilitator (PDF) Training for New PDFs
The SLTU must train new Professional Development Facilitators (PDFs) for all regions, to replace those who have left the programme for various reasons, thereby addressing the current shortage of trained PDFs, which are vital to the summer in-service programme. Currently, the SLTU must “borrow” PDFs from neighbouring regions, which increases...
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2023 - 2024 Professional Development Facilitator (PDF) In-School Follow-Up Visits
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the SLTU fell behind in its regular schedule of visits to the regions in order to follow up with all participants who have attended the SLTU’s summer in-service programmes (delivered with financial and technical support from the CTF/FCE). This activity provides an opportunity for all...
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Affiliates
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Sierra Leone Teachers' Union
SLTU
P.O. Box 477Freetowntel: +232 (22) 26.32.53tel: +232 (22) 26.30.42fax: +232 (22) 22.44.39