Articles from Nigeria
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 16 March 2022 World Bank to exit investment in for-profit school chain Bridge International Academies
Education International (EI) welcomes the decision from the World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to stop investing in the for-profit chain of schools, Bridge International Academies. The IFC had invested more than US$ 10 million in Bridge International Academies operations in Africa and supported the company's...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 July 2021 Nigeria: Education unions call for the immediate release of students after new attack
Education International condemns the kidnapping of 140 students by gunmen in northwest Nigeria Kaduna state and urges public authorities to ensure their safe return to their families and communities. EI reiterates that schools must be safe havens, free from violence and intimidation.
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Union growth 5 March 2021 Nigeria: students and schools must be protected from attacks
Attacks from armed groups against schools and students have been increasing in the last months in Nigeria, where kidnapping for ransom is a widespread criminal enterprise. Nigerian authorities must act swiftly to protect the right to education of children, especially girls.
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News 26 February 2021 EIARC Adopts Resolutions to Protect Quality Education and Teachers
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Union growth 17 December 2020 Nigeria: Education International calls for immediate release of students kidnapped by jihadist group
On 13 December, at least 600 teenagers were kidnapped by Boko Haram at the Government Science Secondary School in Kankara, Katsina State, northwest Nigeria. Education International, the global union federation representing educators, has joined the international community in calling for the safe release of the 300 teenagers still in captivity.
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Equity and inclusion 20 November 2020 Project Committee Meeting reaffirms the importance of Early Childhood Education
Project Committee Meeting reaffirms the importance of Early Childhood Education
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Trade union rights are human rights 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...
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Union renewal and development 14 October 2020 Member organisations celebrate World Teachers’ Day
Member organisations celebrate World Teachers’ Day
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 16 September 2020 Nigerian teachers strengthen campaign against commercialization and privatization of education
The COVID pandemic hasn't stopped the work of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in the framework of Education International (EI)’s Global Campaign against commercialization and privatization of education.
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Trade union rights are human rights 30 July 2020 Education unions responding to COVID-19
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 17 October 2019 “Higher ambitions for education and copyright in Africa and the world”, by Mugwena Maluleke.
Mugwena Maluleke
African nations actively participated in the development of the Sustainable Development Agenda that acknowledged the centrality of education in the achievement of all other plans for a better world. Like other nations of the world, they committed to the provision of a single, renewed education agenda that is holistic, ambitious...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 4 June 2019 Nigeria: Union steps up campaign against privatisation and commercialisation of education
The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has stated its determination to prevent exploitation of the poor by marketers in education.
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 April 2019 Global education union leaders in solidarity with African educators living in violence-ridden countries
The Education International Executive Board has sent out solidarity letters to member organisations in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Nigeria; countries where political and terrorist violence has taken the lives of teachers, academics, and education support personnel.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 March 2019 #IWD2019 #Education Voices: “Educating Girls Matters: How You Can Help Change the World”, by Kayce Freed Jennings
Kayce Freed Jennings
This is true: educating girls will change the world. We know that. So why, then, are there still 130 million girls out of school and what can we do about it? What can you, as educators, do about it? What can your students do?
#IWD2019 #Education Voices: “Educating Girls Matters: How You Can Help Change the World”, by Kayce Freed Jennings