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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 October 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo: education unions join forces to call for greater investment in public education

Education unions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have joined forces to promote public education and counter the privatisation of the education sector. Under the banner of the Education International (EI) campaign Go Public! Fund Education , they aim to improve the quality of public education and the status...
Democratic Republic of Congo: education unions join forces to call for greater investment in public education
Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 July 2023
Inclusive, quality education: the key to ending child labour

From India to Senegal, from Albania to Uganda and Mali, Education International (EI) members raised their voices in support of quality education to commemorate World Day Against Child Labour on June 12th.
Inclusive, quality education: the key to ending child labour
Trade union rights are human rights 1 July 2021
An online union academy made in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Jacques Taty Mwakupemba, Augustin Tumba Nzuji

The Online Union Academy [Académie Syndicale en Ligne, ASL] project set up by the Congo National Federation of Teachers and Social Educators (FENECO/UNTC) is part of the capacity-building activities of unions working in the education sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Primary, Secondary and Technical Education; Higher and University...
An online union academy made in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Trade union rights are human rights 23 March 2021
DRC: online union training full of promise

The Fédération nationale des enseignants du Congo/Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Congo (FENECO/UNTC) has closed the end of its online Trade Union Academy on the fundamentals of trade unionism.
DRC: online union training full of promise
Trade union rights are human rights 3 November 2020
DRC: Collaboration of education trade unions in the production of a guide on COVID-19 in schools

Education International affiliates in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have embarked on a project to develop a guide on COVID-19 intended for teachers and to organise workshops on how to use it. The project has also raised awareness among teachers on the importance of unionisation.
DRC: Collaboration of education trade unions in the production of a guide on COVID-19 in schools
Union growth 21 October 2020
“Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.

Cherine Sabry

Unions 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...
“Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.