Articles from Nigeria
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Equity and inclusion 26 April 2018 Nigeria: Address quality education at home first, not by sending teachers abroad
Liberia’s request for Nigerian teachers under the Technical Assistance Corps agreement has been met with condemnation of the Nigerian authorities by education unions, arguing that Nigeria itself is struggling to deliver quality education.
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Trade union rights are human rights 30 January 2018 Nigeria: Teachers’ dismissal sparks strike action in Kaduna
The Nigeria Union of Teachers and other labour unions in Kaduna State have gone on strike after thousands of teachers had their employment terminated by the state’s government, despite a court order preventing such an action.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 15 May 2017 Nigeria: Union renews fight against commercialisation and privatisation of education
The Nigeria Union of Teachers has reaffirmed its commitment to lead the advocacy against commercialisation and privatisation of education in the country.
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Union growth 8 May 2017 Nigeria: Relief about release of 82 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram
Education International has warmly welcomed the release of 82 schoolgirls from a group of 276 abducted three years ago by Islamist militants of the Boko Haram group in north-eastern Nigeria.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 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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Union growth 13 October 2016 Nigeria: bittersweet news as 21 kidnapped Chibok girls are released
Education International (EI) joins with the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education in welcoming the rescue of 21 kidnapped Chibok girls while urging the focus to return to the 200 still missing.
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Union growth 19 April 2016 Report reveals Boko Haram’s devastating toll on education in northeast Nigeria
A new Human Rights Watch report shows that Boko Haram’s targeted attacks on schools, students, and teachers have affected all strata of life in Nigeria’s northeast, with education as the fault line of the conflict.
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Trade union rights are human rights 30 October 2015 Nigerian army frees 192 abducted children from Boko Haram
Three hundred eight people, including 192 children, have been rescued by the Nigerian army during a raid targeting terrorist group Boko Haram, though none of the 219 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls are among those freed.
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Trade union rights are human rights 21 October 2015 Nigeria remembers killed and displaced teachers
Nigerian teachers know all too well how dangerous their work has become, which is why their union used World Teachers’ Day to remember the 600 killed and 19,000 displaced among their ranks.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 7 September 2015 Nigeria:teacher union pushes for decent financing of quality basic education for all
Teacher unionists from Nigeria have expressed huge concerns over the insufficient financing of universal basic education programmes in the different States across the country.
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Trade union rights are human rights 27 August 2015 Nigeria: 500 Days - Chibok Parents continue search for Daughters
As 27 August marks the 500th day since 273 Nigerian school girls were kidnapped, Education International and concerned citizens the world over continue to put pressure on the Nigerian Government.
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Trade union rights are human rights 9 July 2015 Nigeria: Educators killed in a brutal Boko Haram attack
Twenty-eight primary school teachers were killed after extremists set off a bomb that ripped through a crowded group of civil servants in north-western Nigeria, the latest in a string of deadly attacks this week.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 April 2015 Nigeria: Education community concerned about girls still missing after one year
Over 270 girls are still missing in Nigeria, one year after their abduction. Educators worldwide have not forgotten about them and reiterate that schools everywhere must remain safe sanctuaries.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 April 2015 Nigeria: Education community concerned about girls still missing after one year
Over 270 girls are still missing in Nigeria, one year after their abduction. Educators worldwide have not forgotten about them and reiterate that schools everywhere must remain safe sanctuaries.
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Trade union rights are human rights 12 November 2014 Nigeria: College 'hit by suicide bombing' in latest atrocity
EI has roundly condemned the latest atrocities perpetrated against students and teachers by Islamist extremists in northern Nigeria.
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Union growth 28 July 2014 Nigeria: Teachers fighting for security and minimum wage
Teachers in Benue State in Nigeria have finally gone back to work after an eight-month strike in the struggle for payment of the minimum wage. And now teachers in the Kogi State are on strike, as some have not been paid at all for four months.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 3 June 2014 Nigeria: Commonwealth Teachers’ Group solidarity with abducted girls
The Commonwealth Teachers’ Group (CTG) has joined in the global public outcry against the abduction of school girls in Nigeria.
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Trade union rights are human rights 17 April 2014 Nigerian Teachers’ union condemns abduction of female students
Eight students are still missing after Nigeria’s military rescued 121 school girls two days after they were kidnapped at gunpoint in the country’s north-eastern Borno State. In response, The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has firmly condemned the 14 April abductions carried-out by suspected members of the terrorist group Boko...
Nigerian Teachers’ union condemns abduction of female students