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Zimbabwe

16 May 2019

Understanding the invisible workforce: Education support personnel’s roles, needs and the challenges they face

Philippa Butler
Research
Education Support Personnel (ESP) play a vital role in promoting quality education, fostering a safe and positive learning environment for all students, and ensuring that schools and educational institutions function effectively. ESP cover a wide range of people working in the education sector, and despite being an essential part of...
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2025
Go Public! campaign (Zimbabwe)

Teacher trade unions in Zimbabwe are currently advocating for: increased funding for public education better salaries and improved working conditions for teachers teacher-pupil ratio restoration of respect and dignity for the profession through professionalization of the teaching profession
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2021 - 2023
Promoting social dialogue to eradicate child labour and strengthen quality education provisions in Zimbabwe

Following the successful implementation of a project against child labour in Chipinge (Manicaland province) in 2015-2020, ZIMTA and PTUZ are developing a child labour free zone in the Muzabani district (Mashonaland Central province).
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2016 - 2024
Union Capacity Support (Zimbabwe)

Ongoing support for the union's core activities of collective bargaining and defense of member rights. Provided assistance to hold national congress and collective bargaining workshop.
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Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe

PTUZ

P.O. Box CR 620 Cranborne

Harare

http://www.ptuz.org.zw/

tel: +263 772.35.82.74

tel: +263 773.62.25.51

fax: +263 (4) 74.19.37
College Lecturers Association of Zimbabwe

COLAZ

No 90 Alverstone Court,

Zimrights House, 4th Street

Harare

[email protected]

tel: +263 (4) 70.72.78

fax: +263 (4) 70.72.68
Zimbabwe Teachers' Association

ZIMTA

P.O.Box 1440

Harare

http://www.zimta.org.zw

[email protected]

tel: +263 (4) 79.59.31

tel: +263 (9) 12.23.76.49

fax: +263 (4) 79.10.42
Zimbabwe Educational, Health, Scientific, Social and Cultural Workers Union

ZEHSSCWU

P.O. Box CY 95

Causeway, Harare

tel: +263 (4) 70.47.47

tel: +263 (4) 70.09.02

fax: +263 (4) 70.47.47