Education International Africa

Articles

1. 30 June 2025

   

   In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises

   Howard Stevenson Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo Melanie Bhend Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou

   Research

   The research examines recent trends in the higher education sector and how they align with the current provisions of the ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel (1997) and the recommendations of the UN High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession. It also analyses higher education unions' experience with...

   1. Report
   2. Summary

   Read more
2. 20 June 2025

   

   Go Public: Zimbabwe's education union’s successful push towards education quality and funding

   News

   Awareness raising activities in all regions of the country, continued dialogue between educators and policymakers, enhanced teacher professional training and certification. These are some of the achievements of the Zimbabwe Teacher’s Association (ZIMTA) since the national launch of the Education International (EI) Go Public! Fund Education campaign.

   Read more
3. 12 June 2025

   

   Over 1,880 children brought back to school thanks to education unions working to end child labour

   News

   Across 6 countries in Africa, education union programmes against child labour are delivering life-changing results. In 2024 alone, over 1,880 former child labourers have been returned to classrooms in project areas in Burundi, Malawi, Mali, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

   Read more
4. 23 April 2025

   

   Education International brings hope and effective strategies to curb child labour

   News

   Thanks to an Education International project on child labour, working with union members and their local communities, 1,880 children were brought back to school last year in six participating countries: Burundi, Malawi, Mali, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

   Read more
5. 10 December 2024

   

   Malawi: Coming together across borders to eradicate child labour

   News

   Education unionists from Burundi, Mali, Senegal, Togo, Uganda, and Zimbabwe came together in Malawi to learn about successful local efforts to end child labour. From 1 to 6 December 2024, coordinators and project leaders spearheading the unions’ work against child labour had the opportunity to exchange know-how and good practice...

   Read more
6. 12 July 2024

   

   Against all odds: the union’s victory to elevate the status of college lecturers in Zimbabwe

   David Dzatsunga

   Worlds of Education

   How does a lecturers’ union influence legislative change and restore the status of its members in a toxic, polarized, and polarising political environment? Through commitment, resilience and indomitable will. This article chronicles the unlikely victory of the College Lecturers Association of Zimbabwe (COLAZ) that saw the Government of Zimbabwe enact...

   Read more