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Articles

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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...

    World Bank to exit investment in for-profit school chain Bridge International Academies
  5. 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.

    Nigeria: Education unions call for the immediate release of students after new attack
  6. 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.

    Nigeria: students and schools must be protected from attacks
All articles: Nigeria

Development Cooperation Projects

  1. Leadership Training

    Host organizations
    Nigeria Union of Teachers
    Cooperating organizations
    NASUWT
    Countries
    Nigeria
    Start date
    3 November 2019
    End date
    8 November 2019
    Leadership Training
All Development Cooperation Projects: Nigeria

Resources

Name Date Type Lang

The bedrock of inclusion: why investing in the education workforce is critical to the delivery of SDG4

The bedrock of inclusion
12 August 2021 file Download
Ethiopia study
12 August 2021 file Download
Malawi study
12 August 2021 file Download
Mozambique study (English)
12 August 2021 file Download
Mozambique study (Portuguese)
12 August 2021 file Download
Nigeria study
12 August 2021 file Download

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