Category: Teachers
Resign to be safe: How Kenya’s transfer system is pushing teachers out of refugee schools
Imagine having stones thrown at you on your morning commute to school. Or hearing live bullets cross the school compound while you try to comfort frightened children. Or being hospitalised after a student brings a knife to school the day after being disciplined.
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Feet planted firmly in the air: The danger of teacher-free education events
The political philosopher Bernard Crick once warned that think tanks risk having ‘their feet planted firmly in the air’ – confident, well-funded and untethered from reality. Without teacher voices, that is exactly where too many education events are headed.
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The sound of equity: Teachers’ school journeys captured through soundscapes
While visual data is popular in educational research, sound-based methods are far less common. Yet, both are vital sensations that help us understand human interaction and the sensory impact on the body. In our research with teachers with disabilities, we used soundscapes as a reflective tool for participants with visual…
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The multiplier effect: Investing in school leaders
For years, global education has overlooked the role of school leaders. Recently, governments, funders, and NGOs have started paying more attention to the role of school leadership in systemic change, stronger programmes, and improved student outcomes.
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Why are we silent? 9 out of 10 children in Sub-Saharan Africa are not learning, and the elephant in the classroom is still being ignored
This is not just a learning crisis; it is a massive fiscal one. Teacher absenteeism costs India and Uganda an estimated US$1.5 billion every year. In Uganda alone, this represents a 12% loss of total public education expenditure.
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Equally qualified yet unequally paid teaching workforce in Pakistan
Teacher salary sits at the heart of Pakistan’s education system which not only shapes teachers’ livelihoods but also the stability and quality of learning in classrooms.
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An innovative approach to improving teaching: Lessons from India
Teaching children to learn to read, write and do basic mathematics are vital building blocks learnt in the early years. These basic skills are essential to continued learning, staying in school and thriving.
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“It’s later than you think… but never too late”: Reflections from the RTIA Creative Workshop at UKFIET 2025
As part of the Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa (RTIA) Facility, the Enabel Innovation Hub had the privilege of hosting a creative workshop at the UKFIET Conference 2025 focused on one of the most urgent challenges in education today: How do we scale teacher-focused innovations across diverse contexts, without compromising…
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Refugee teachers deserve more than policy promises
In Kenya’s refugee-hosting counties, such as Turkana and Garissa, education is not just a right — it is a lifeline. For thousands of children who have fled conflict and disaster, school offers stability, protection and the only real hope for a better future.
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A conflict-sensitive perspective on teacher retention in violent contexts: understanding the social anchoring of teachers
Teacher retention is a global educational policy goal. Based on the assumption that stable staffing improves student-teacher relationships and learning outcomes, the policy consensus has coalesced around maximising retention through an array of primarily technical interventions.
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Ethical education scaling in times of crisis: Example of a leading INGO closure during a scaling process
Between 2018 and 2025, Save the Children International in Georgia led a national education and child wellbeing scaling strategy with partners. This strategy aimed to train every teacher, and integrate every pre-school and primary school classroom, with the HEART programme.
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Emancipatory teaching in social studies: Lessons from Paulo Freire
Social studies, as a field of education, carries the responsibility of preparing young learners to understand their societies and to participate meaningfully as active citizens. However, in many classrooms, social studies is limited to the memorisation of facts, dates and state-approved narratives that give preference to obedience to rote learning…
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