Articles from Tanzania
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Union renewal and development 12 December 2012 East African teacher leaders discuss Education for All, democratic freedom, status of teachers
The EI member organizations in Eastern Africa asked Education International to step up its activities in support of teachers in Somalia and Djibouti. In Dar Es Salaam, where East African education unions met on 10-12 December, the Somalian representative said that the country has no longer a viable public school...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 15 November 2012 Tanzania: Solving the teacher shortage problem
A shortage of teachers in over 250 schools has been the focus of Government and education union action in Zanzibar. The fundamental issue for both is to determine how Zanzibar can train, recruit and retain teachers in their teaching jobs.
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Union growth 29 August 2012 Tanzania: Strike cancelled amid calls for negotiation
The Tanzania Teachers’ Union (TTU) has called off its strike over teachers’ pay, after a High Court ruling found the countrywide action unlawful. The TTU made its decision in order to encourage bilateral discussions with the government to settle its case.
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Union renewal and development 28 January 2010 Tanzanian education system affected by massive floods
Flooding in central Tanzanian regions earlier this month prevented schools from opening as usual in mid-January.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 14 November 2008 In Search of Teachers in Tanzania
‘In Search of Teachers’ is the most recent research to emerge from the partnership between the EI EFAIDS Programme and the University of Amsterdam.
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Union growth 24 January 2006 Tanzania: TTU President turns Education Minister
It is a victory in the history of teacher trade unionism in Africa that the President of the Tanzania Teachers' Union (TTU), Margaret Sitta, has recently been appointed the country's Minister of Education and Vocational Training.
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Standards and working conditions 23 September 2005 Tanzania: research pays dividends for teachers' unions
Independent research into education issues is an area yet to be explored by many EI affiliates. However affiliates who have carried out their own research have discovered that it can be a powerful tool when debating with governments how best to provide quality education. Independent research provides teachers' unions with...
Tanzania: research pays dividends for teachers' unions