Ei-iE

Across the African Region, teachers, education support personnel (ESP), and students are increasingly forced to teach and learn in environments characterised by fear, insecurity, and violence. For many teachers and ESP, the school, which is intended to be a protected public space, has become a setting of risk. Attacks on teachers and schools are not isolated security incidents; they represent a direct attack on the right to education, on decent working conditions for educators, and on the sustainability of public education systems.

Drawing on the experiences of 358 teachers and education support personnel across at least 19 countries, complemented by in-depth case studies from four countries, namely, Nigeria, South Sudan, Mozambique, Cameroon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, this report places teachers and their unions at the centre of evidence generation and policy analysis, in line with EI and AU commitments to inclusive, participatory education governance. It documents a wide range of violations, including threats, intimidation, looting, military occupation of schools, abductions, and killings, and demonstrates how these attacks trigger wider systemic harm, including school closures, displacement, trauma, rising dropout rates, and the erosion of the teaching profession.