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   Standards and working conditions 24 March 2021

   Morocco: Strikes and demonstrations demand better conditions for contract teachers

   Despite harassment and violence by police forces, Moroccan teachers' unions continue to demonstrate in the capital city, Rabat, to demand permanent contracts and better working conditions. They are also protesting against the rising cost of living.

   Morocco: Strikes and demonstrations demand better conditions for contract teachers

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   Trade union rights are human rights 7 January 2021

   Morocco: repeated government attacks on educators’ human and trade union rights

   Education International is alarmed about ongoing violations of trade union freedoms and the rights and acquis of teachers in Morocco as reported by the Syndicat national de l'enseignement–Confédération démocratique du Travail (SNE-CDT).

   Morocco: repeated government attacks on educators’ human and trade union rights

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   Trade union rights are human rights 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.

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   Equity and inclusion 12 June 2020

   “Getting children back to school after the COVID-19 closures: how EI's child labour projects empowered teachers and their unions”, by Nora Wintour.

   Nora Wintour

   In the research study, conducted in 2018 and 2019 “EI/AOb Child Labour Projects: Transnational best practices and union impacts”, I examined how professional training programmes have enhanced teachers capacity to attract and retain children in school through participatory education techniques and how as a result of the child labour projects,...

   “Getting children back to school after the COVID-19 closures: how EI's child labour projects empowered teachers and their unions”, by Nora Wintour.

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   Fighting the commercialisation of education 13 May 2020

   Morocco: Education unions successful in stopping support to private schools during the COVID-19 crisis

   In a significant development in Morocco, education unions have succeeded in stopping government support for private schools during the COVID-19 public health crisis. They went one step further and were able, through strategic alliances with members of the national parliament, to prosecute those who have fraudulently exploited the crisis.

   Morocco: Education unions successful in stopping support to private schools during the COVID-19 crisis

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   Trade union rights are human rights 11 May 2020

   Morocco: Educator unions present public authorities with proposals for return to school

   The four Moroccan affiliates of Education International have met with the Ministry of Education to highlight ways to ensure quality education and a safe return to class in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic.

   Morocco: Educator unions present public authorities with proposals for return to school