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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 27 March 2025

   Tackling the teacher shortage crisis in the Commonwealth

   Oliver Mawhinney

   44 million teachers are need globally by 2030 – a shortage that affects developing and developed countries alike, as demonstrated across the Commonwealth.

   Tackling the teacher shortage crisis in the Commonwealth

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 March 2025

   Championing education in Nigeria: Union pushes for better funding, improved working conditions, and safe schools

   In Nigeria, the education system faces numerous challenges, some of which from time to time make international headlines. As a country with a population of over 220 million people, the responsibility of providing quality education falls on the federal, state, and local governments. However, the implementation of sound educational policies...

   Championing education in Nigeria: Union pushes for better funding, improved working conditions, and safe schools

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   Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 September 2024

   Nigeria: Education union and government gear up to go public and fund education

   In a significant move to strengthen Nigeria's education sector, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) launched the Education International (EI) “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign in their country. This initiative aims to secure increased funding for public education and its personnel, while addressing the chronic underfunding that has plagued the...

   Nigeria: Education union and government gear up to go public and fund education

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   Standards and working conditions 13 September 2023

   Elevating Teachers' Voices to the High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession

   Educators from around the world expressed their concerns about the global teacher shortage, sharing firsthand experiences which highlight the detrimental implications for their classrooms and school communities. Their testimonies were part of consultations organised by Education International to bring the voices of educators to the UN High-Level Panel on the...

   Elevating Teachers' Voices to the High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession

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   Fighting the commercialisation of education 30 August 2022

   Nigeria: Union deeply advocating free quality public education

   For many years now , the National Union of Teachers (NUT) in Nigeria has been pushing for public education. Efforts include joining Education International’s Global Response campaign to counter the privatisation of education institutions, which undermines the right to education.

   Nigeria: Union deeply advocating free quality public education

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   Fighting the commercialisation of education 5 July 2022

   Nigeria: Teachers call for more investment in public education to combat growing privatisation

   The national president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Audu Titus Amba, expressed concerns over the proliferation of unregulated private schools in Nigeria. These schools, with the sole aim of making profit, are detrimental to the achievement of quality education for all.

   Nigeria: Teachers call for more investment in public education to combat growing privatisation