Articles from Zimbabwe
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Equity and inclusion 11 June 2017 Portrait of a teacher: Angellah Sigauke Tsitsi, Principal of New Years’ Gift primary school
"Living conditions are very harsh in this region. Some children have to walk up to eight kilometres every morning and evening, in order to attend the classes."
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Climate action and literacy 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.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 February 2017 Zimbabwe: Union backs new focus on minority languages
Zimbabwean educators have welcomed the introduction of minority language exams in 2017, acknowledging that teachers were involved in the curriculum review process and indigenous languages are part of the national teacher development programme.
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Trade union rights are human rights 8 July 2016 Zimbabwe: Teachers take industrial action to force government to pay salaries
The Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association has engaged in a nationwide industrial action, joining other public services organisations in defending workers’ trade union rights in their country.
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Standards and working conditions 11 August 2015 Zimbabwe: Union tells Mugabe to reduce ministers not teachers
The Zimbabwe Teachers' Association has firmly condemned plans by the national government to greatly reduce the wage bill in the public sector, including education.
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Standards and working conditions 7 August 2015 Zimbabwe: 3,000 teachers without pay
Government cost-cutting in Zimbabwe aimed at teachers and other public sector workers led to the elimination of salaries for at least 3,000 teachers in July according to news reports.
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Union growth 27 May 2015 Zimbabwe: Teachers advancing a rights culture
Helping teachers to embrace their universal rights in and outside of the classroom was the focus of hands-on training sessions held in Zimbabwe last month to foster a strong culture of rights.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 18 March 2015 Zimbabwe: qualified teachers are the answer to filling the recruitment gap
Teacher unionists aren’t happy with the government’s decision to recruit more than 20,000 unqualified teachers to fill empty posts, which account for nearly a fifth of the country’s teaching force in primary and secondary schools.
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Trade union rights are human rights 4 March 2015 The right to strike worth fighting for in Zimbabwe and Niger
Teacher unions from Zimbabwe and Niger answered Education International’s call to support the Global Action Day on the Right to Strike by organising and spearheading various activities that stressed the importance of taking labour action.
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Equity and inclusion 16 December 2014 Zimbabwe’s teachers’ unions continue fight against child labour despite political set-back
As Zimbabwe continues to come to terms with July’s election results that saw President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party take control of parliament, many are looking to earlier social progress to find a positive way forward.
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Trade union rights are human rights 26 July 2013 Zimbabwe: Schools should be spared political activity
One of EI’s national affiliates, the Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association (ZIMTA), and children’s rights activists have criticised the use of schools as political campaign venues, pointing out that it contravenes the national Constitution.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 5 July 2013 Zimbabwe: Government to pay relocation expenses to higher education teachers
The College Lecturers Association of Zimbabwe (COLAZ), one of EI’s national affiliates, has commented on the payment ordered by a court of US$5.3 million by the Government to 18 discretionarily transferred lecturers. COLAZ represented the latter in Court.
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Standards and working conditions 7 January 2013 Zimbabwe: Teachers warn strike action still likely
Teachers in Zimbabwe say they will return to school when the school year begins on 8 January, despite their ongoing resentment about low salaries and poor working conditions. They did not rule out further strike action, however.
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Standards and working conditions 10 May 2012 Zimbabwe: education unions deplores use of temporary teachers
The Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) and the Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA) have deplored the extended use of temporary contracts to hire teachers. The EI national affiliates have also advocated for students’ right to be taught in their mother tongue.
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Standards and working conditions 5 July 2011 Zimbabwe: Teachers on strike for a living wage
Teachers who are members of the Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) are demanding a 150 per cent pay rise and an end to the violence which is meted out to them by government supporters.
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Trade union rights are human rights 30 March 2011 Teachers under fire in Zimbabwe
Teachers from around the world have condemned reports from Harare which confirm that Zimbabwe’s teachers have been experiencing increased political threats and serious violent attacks since November 2010.
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Trade union rights are human rights 29 March 2011 Teachers are indispensable for the promotion of health and safety in schools
This conclusion was drawn by Professor Davison Munowadawafa at a meeting on school health and safety, evaluating the outcome of the EI EFAIDS programme.
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Standards and working conditions 16 April 2010 Zimbabwe: Deteriorating education system and political tensions have led to severe teacher shortage
Zimbabwe Education Minister David Coltart promised delegates attending the annual conference of the Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA) on 14 April that he would immediately terminate the possibility for parents to pay incentives to teachers, if the country’s teachers organisations would ask him to do so.
Zimbabwe: Deteriorating education system and political tensions have led to severe teacher shortage