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Jean Rémy Yama, president of the National Union of Teachers and Researchers (SNEC), has been removed from the public service. The professor has been imprisoned since the beginning of March. He is charged with breach of trust in a housing construction.…

The "We Supported Too Much" movement (OTS), which launched the "dead chalk" operation on February 21, has still not lifted its strike slogan. Other teachers, especially those in primary school who had been relatively behind until then, have also joined the…

In Burkina Faso, the Federation of Education and Research Unions has supported students who have been fighting for several weeks against the reform of exams. The Ministry of National Education had announced reforms on BEPC and BAC degrees, including the abolition of a subject in certain subjects and the organization of bac which…

In Chad, unemployed academics demonstrated on Monday, May 24, before spreading rapidly. But the riot police fired tear gas into the courtyards of some high schools that are overwhelmed by the whirlwind. The teachers' union condemns another systematic use of tear gas by the police in high school. In the morning, unemployed…

In Algeria, the schooling sector is on strike for 3 days after the 14 largest unions within the sector. Elementary faculty academics, highschool and highschool academics, central and technical administration employees have been laid off since Sunday, Might 9, in line with the president of the Nationwide Autonomous Union of Secondary and Technical Academics, who speaks of a "well-followed strike"…

The protests against insecurity in the cities of the eastern DRC continue to make headlines. If activities in some cities like Butembo, Oicha and Kasindi start to pick up little by little, after three weeks of tension, this is not the case everywhere. This situation affects the school calendar and worries more and more parents and teachers.…

Thirty-one professors from the University of Kinshasa, the largest in the country, have died since January. Illness, poor medical care, difficult working conditions are among the causes, according to the association of UNIKIN professors. This is the first time that the university has achieved these figures in one year. Kinshasa, the troubling situation in academia.…

In Cameroon, teachers from the Presbyterian school kidnapped in Kumbo were released on Thursday, November 5, at noon, according to the office of the governor of the English-speaking northwestern region. A release coming as the funeral of the murdered children at their school in Kumba on October 14 took place in the morning in the English-speaking southwestern area.…

At least six teachers were abducted on the morning of Tuesday, November 3, from a Presbyterian school in Kumbo in the English-speaking northwestern region. According to confirmatory sources affiliated with the RFI, the unidentified attackers were heavily armed. According to testimony from the teachers' associations, it was…

In Burkina Faso, hundreds of teachers have had to abandon their students after attacks by armed groups, and more than 2,100 schools have been closed following terrorist threats. Today, some professors are waiting for new assignments that are no longer able to return to their old position. Botou is located in the eastern region of Burkina Faso. The teachers in this municipality have received several visits from armed men. The message was clear: no more teaching French in the schools. Out of fear for their lives, these…