L'IE Afrique publie des indicateurs pour la réouverture des écoles
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6 agosto 2020
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6 agosto 2020
EI Africa launches indicators for school reopening
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30 julho 2020 
Education unions responding to COVID-19
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17 julho 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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16 julho 2020 
DRC: The government must pay “new units” teachers and address COVID-19 financial deficit
NewsTrade unionist teachers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have called on the public authorities to respect a promise to pay “new units” teachers since April 2020.
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9 julho 2020 
Palestine: Training in e-learning critical as return to education deferred
NewsAs COVID-19 cases increased in Palestine, the General Union of Palestinian Teachers, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, led a project on e-learning. This has assumed greater significance as schools will not reopen in August as had been previously planned.
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8 julho 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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7 julho 2020 
Kenya: Union sues university leaders over cuts to salaries of academics
NewsIn Kenya, the Universities Academic Staff Union has taken the vice-chancellors of two universities to court over cuts in lecturers’ salaries, which had been previously suspended by a judge.
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29 junho 2020 
Zimbabwe: Trade unions win court battle on school re-opening
NewsThe Government of Zimbabwe announced that schools would reopen, already for examinations in late June and move forward in steps in the following weeks to re-open schools despite risks of an intensification of COVID-19 infections. Education trade unions challenged the re-openings as unsafe and premature and called for social dialogue...
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17 junho 2020 
The Gambia: Social dialogue at heart of COVID-19 response
NewsThe Gambia Teachers Union has been proactive in its advocacy and activities in response to the COVID-19 epidemic as it turns its focus to guaranteeing a safe return to schools and quality education for all.
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2 junho 2020 
Cameroon: the resumption of face-to-face classes without proper preliminary planning endangers teachers and students alike
NewsOrganised teachers in Cameroon have warned the government that a resumption of classes on 1 June carried out without sufficient preliminary planning would put the educational community in danger. They have especially insisted on reduced class sizes and the provision of masks and hand sanitizer.
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2 junho 2020 
Niger: an intolerable situation for more than 2,500 teachers
NewsSchools that had been closed since 20 March reopened on 1 June, but the status and safety of thousands of teachers are still in danger.
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28 maio 2020 
Kenya: New report urges government to plan well and save lives
NewsIn Kenya, education unions have joined with civil society organisations in presenting public authorities with recommendations and steps to be taken to guarantee a safe reopening of schools and education institutions.
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25 maio 2020 
DRC: united teaching unions set out firm conditions for the reopening of schools
NewsThe member organisations of Education International in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have collectively informed the public authorities of the six conditions they insist must be met before schools and teaching institutions are reopened.
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19 maio 2020
South Africa: The safety of educators and students is of serious concern in the reopening of schools and colleges
NewsThe South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (SADTU) has expressed grave concern at government plans to reopen schools and education institutions on 1 June. Urging the government to prioritise safety, the union has compiled preconditions and non-negotiable items to be met before any educators resume on-site teaching.
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13 maio 2020 
Morocco: Education unions successful in stopping support to private schools during the COVID-19 crisis
NewsIn a significant development in Morocco, education unions have succeeded in stopping government support for private schools during the COVID-19 public health crisis. They went one step further and were able, through strategic alliances with members of the national parliament, to prosecute those who have fraudulently exploited the crisis.
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11 maio 2020 
Morocco: Educator unions present public authorities with proposals for return to school
NewsThe four Moroccan affiliates of Education International have met with the Ministry of Education to highlight ways to ensure quality education and a safe return to class in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic.
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7 maio 2020
Senegal: recovering education at all levels while saving lives
NewsMembers of teacher unions in Senegal want to avoid the current school and university year being left “blank” because of the COVID-19 epidemic. While they acknowledge that distance learning is helping education to continue, they insist on an organised recovery of the academic year at educational facilities with proper safety...
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