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Articles from Tanzania

  1. Union growth 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...

    “Africa: Collaboration between Unions and Governments for a Better Future in Education”, by Cherine Sabry.
  2. 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...

    “Higher ambitions for education and copyright in Africa and the world”, by Mugwena Maluleke.
  3. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 22 February 2018

    Reflections on GPE replenishment: rhetoric, facts, questions and the way forward.

    Jefferson Pessi

    The city of Dakar, the fascinating and lively capital of Senegal, was the stage of two key moments in the history of global governance of education. First, in the year 2000, it hosted the World Education Forum that adopted the Education for All Goals. Second, eighteen years later, on February...

    Reflections on GPE replenishment: rhetoric, facts, questions and the way forward.
  4. Equity and inclusion 25 July 2017

    Tanzania: Union leaders support efforts to achieve gender equality

    Leaders of the Tanzania Teachers' Union have agreed on the importance of achieving gender equality in their trade union and enhancing women’s leadership skills, and committed themselves to strategies to achieve it.

    Tanzania: Union leaders support efforts to achieve gender equality
  5. Standards and working conditions 19 May 2017

    Women Teachers in Africa

    Nelly P. Stromquist

    A balanced representation of men and women teachers in the classroom creates a healthy environment, where children and youth have access to the wisdom and guidance of adults with varying experiences, attitudes, and skills. The presence of women teachers in two regions of the world, however, is quite weak. In...

    Women Teachers in Africa
  6. Fighting the commercialisation of education 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. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 28 February 2017

    Tanzania: efforts underway to keep teens in school

    A Human Rights Watch report shows that over 1.5 million Tanzanian adolescents are not in school, confirming the urgent need for the government to keep its promise to make secondary education free for all.

    Tanzania: efforts underway to keep teens in school
  8. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 20 February 2017

    Tanzania: Innovative collaboration targets early childhood teachers

    In partnership with the Tanzania Teachers’ Union, Education International has launched the “Developing teachers, improving early learning in Tanzania” project, which aims to improve the professional knowledge, skills, and competence of early childhood teachers.

    Tanzania: Innovative collaboration targets early childhood teachers
  9. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 February 2017

    Tanzania: Competence profile a key step towards quality early childhood education

    Together with Education International’s Dennis Sinyolo, Prosper Lubuva, from the Tanzania Teachers’ Unions discusses challenges in early childhood education, and increasing early childhood educators’ professionalism through the development of a competence profile.

    Tanzania: Competence profile a key step towards quality early childhood education
  10. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 29 January 2016

    Tanzania makes secondary education free for all

    Marking a major win for public education, the Tanzanian government has implemented a new policy making secondary education free for all, and in doing so removes all required fees to go to school.

    Tanzania makes secondary education free for all
  11. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 19 December 2013

    Tanzania: Workshop promotes quality public education in rural schools

    A book writers’ workshop was organised by EI’s affiliates in Tanzania in collaboration with the national Ministry of Education and Vocational Training (MoEVT), in Dar es Salaam, from 2-11 September. The workshop was organised in collaboration with the Pan African Teachers’ Centre (PATC), under the umbrella of EI’s Unite for...

    Tanzania: Workshop promotes quality public education in rural schools
  12. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 25 February 2013

    Tanzania: Exam failure rates led to calls for improvement

    EI is demanding greater investment in quality teachers and respect for their professional and trade union rights, in a bid to improve education quality in Tanzania. The call follows the announcement by Tanzania’s Minister for Education and Vocational Training, Dr Shukuru Kawambwa, that the country’s students performed poorly in the...

    Tanzania: Exam failure rates led to calls for improvement
  13. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 16 January 2013

    Tanzania: Significant move to curb teacher shortage

    The national government in Tanzania plans to hire and deploy over 28,000 teachers in primary and secondary schools starting in January 2013. This move should reduce, by more than half, the shortage of teaching staff in government schools.

    Tanzania: Significant move to curb teacher shortage
  14. 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...

    East African teacher leaders discuss Education for All, democratic freedom, status of teachers
  15. 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.

    Tanzania: Solving the teacher shortage problem
  16. Trade union rights are human rights 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.

    Tanzania: Strike cancelled amid calls for negotiation