Articles from Zimbabwe
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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.
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Standards and working conditions 14 April 2010 Keynote Address by Fred van Leeuwen, General Secretary Education International, at the 29th Annual National Conference of the Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA), 13-16 April 2010
Honorable Ministers, Distinguished Guests, Colleagues, Friends,
Keynote Address by Fred van Leeuwen, General Secretary Education International, at the 29th Annual National Conference of the Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (ZIMTA), 13-16 April 2010 -
Trade union rights are human rights 12 August 2009 Zimbabwe: teachers’ salary still below poverty line
Zimbabwean teacher unions ZIMTA and PTUZ have called the recent salary increase that places teacher salaries at US$155 a month ‘inadequate’ and urged the government to provide a living wage for teachers.
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Standards and working conditions 27 July 2009 Teacher unions in Zimbabwe demand decent salaries
EI’s largest affiliates in Zimbabwe – the Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) and the Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) – were sharply critical of the salary increase for civil servants announced last week by the government.
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Standards and working conditions 7 May 2009 Zimbabwe: teachers cancelled strike to show faith in government
Zimbabwean teachers cancelled their strike on 5 May to show their faith in the government, even though the interim US$800 monthly salary promised to them in February has yet to be paid.
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Standards and working conditions 15 April 2009 Zimbabwe: Teachers will not return in May if salaries are not paid
Teachers will not return to school when it reopens in May should they not receive their salaries, according to the teacher unions there.
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Standards and working conditions 17 February 2009 Zimbabwe: Teachers hope an end to the education crisis is near
Hopes were raised when Zimbabwe’s new Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, promised that all civil servants, including teachers, would be paid in foreign currency by the end of February.
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Standards and working conditions 23 January 2009 Zimbabwean teachers received Z$29 trillion pay this month
Both EI member organisations in Zimbabwe denounce the latest salary paid to teachers by the government. On 21 January, the teacher unions told reporters that their members were paid an average of Z$29 trillion as salary for January 2009. This amount is less than US$10.
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Union growth 4 December 2008 Zimbabwe: Ten teachers released, but four still incarcerated
Latest reports from Zimbabwe show that more teachers than originally known were arrested in this week's crackdown by the Mugabe government in response to demonstrations protesting the financial and humanitarian crisis. In fact, of the 14 arrested, four remain in prison.
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Union growth 3 December 2008 Zimbabwe: Five teachers among sweep of arrests of union leaders
Five leaders of the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe, including PTUZ General Secretary Raymond Majongwe, are among 48 trade unionists who were caught up in a wave of arrests across the country on 3 December.
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Trade union rights are human rights 14 November 2008 Zimbabwe: Education Fails amid Examination Debate
Zimbabwe’s teacher unions have called for action in the face of the inexorable collapse of the education system that is taking its toll on teachers and students alike.
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Union growth 26 September 2008 Zimbabwean teacher trade unionist released from prison
The President of the Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe, who was illegally arrested and held incommunicado under appalling conditions, has now been released from prison.
Zimbabwean teacher trade unionist released from prison