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Articles from Nigeria

  1. Fighting the commercialisation of education 28 May 2018

    Nigerian children targeted by for-profit education corporation

    Foreign edu-business corporations, such as Bridge International Academies (BIA), are targeting families in Lagos, Nigeria by setting up fee charging education facilities to expand their business model. For parents looking for a quality school for their children, is this a good option?

    Nigerian children targeted by for-profit education corporation
  2. Equity and inclusion 26 April 2018

    Nigeria: Address quality education at home first, not by sending teachers abroad

    Liberia’s request for Nigerian teachers under the Technical Assistance Corps agreement has been met with condemnation of the Nigerian authorities by education unions, arguing that Nigeria itself is struggling to deliver quality education.

    Nigeria: Address quality education at home first, not by sending teachers abroad
  3. Trade union rights are human rights 30 January 2018

    Nigeria: Teachers’ dismissal sparks strike action in Kaduna

    The Nigeria Union of Teachers and other labour unions in Kaduna State have gone on strike after thousands of teachers had their employment terminated by the state’s government, despite a court order preventing such an action.

    Nigeria: Teachers’ dismissal sparks strike action in Kaduna
  5. Union growth 8 May 2017

    Nigeria: Relief about release of 82 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram

    Education International has warmly welcomed the release of 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 abducted three years ago by Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group in north-eastern Nigeria.

    Nigeria: Relief about release of 82 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram
  6. Union growth 1 May 2017

    This May Day, why not try solidarity?

    As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.

    This May Day, why not try solidarity?
  7. Union growth 13 October 2016

    Nigeria: bittersweet news as 21 kidnapped Chibok girls are released

    Education International (EI) joins with the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education in welcoming the rescue of 21 kidnapped Chibok girls while urging the focus to return to the 200 still missing.

    Nigeria: bittersweet news as 21 kidnapped Chibok girls are released
  8. Trade union rights are human rights 19 April 2016

    Report reveals Boko Haram’s devastating toll on education in northeast Nigeria

    A new Human Rights Watch report shows that Boko Haram’s targeted attacks on schools, students, and teachers have affected all strata of life in Nigeria’s northeast, with education as the fault line of the conflict.

    Report reveals Boko Haram’s devastating toll on education in northeast Nigeria
  9. Trade union rights are human rights 30 October 2015

    Nigerian army frees 192 abducted children from Boko Haram

    Three hundred eight people, including 192 children, have been rescued by the Nigerian army during a raid targeting terrorist group Boko Haram, though none of the 219 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls are among those freed.

    Nigerian army frees 192 abducted children from Boko Haram
  10. Trade union rights are human rights 21 October 2015

    Nigeria remembers killed and displaced teachers

    Nigerian teachers know all too well how dangerous their work has become, which is why their union used World Teachers’ Day to remember the 600 killed and 19,000 displaced among their ranks.

    Nigeria remembers killed and displaced teachers
  12. Union growth 27 August 2015

    Nigeria: 500 Days - Chibok Parents continue search for Daughters

    As 27 August marks the 500th day since 273 Nigerian school girls were kidnapped, Education International and concerned citizens the world over continue to put pressure on the Nigerian Government.

    Nigeria: 500 Days - Chibok Parents continue search for Daughters
  13. Trade union rights are human rights 9 July 2015

    Nigeria: Educators killed in a brutal Boko Haram attack

    Twenty-eight primary school teachers were killed after extremists set off a bomb that ripped through a crowded group of civil servants in north-western Nigeria, the latest in a string of deadly attacks this week.

    Nigeria: Educators killed in a brutal Boko Haram attack
  16. Trade union rights are human rights 12 November 2014

    Nigeria: College 'hit by suicide bombing' in latest atrocity

    EI has roundly condemned the latest atrocities perpetrated against students and teachers by Islamist extremists in northern Nigeria.

    Nigeria: College 'hit by suicide bombing' in latest atrocity
  17. Union growth 28 July 2014

    Nigeria: Teachers fighting for security and minimum wage

    Teachers in Benue State in Nigeria have finally gone back to work after an eight-month strike in the struggle for payment of the minimum wage. And now teachers in the Kogi State are on strike, as some have not been paid at all for four months.

    Nigeria: Teachers fighting for security and minimum wage