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UK's first ever garden villages, which have the potential to deliver more than 48,000 homes across England, have been given government backing.

When the new school year in September was disrupted by political unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the General Secretary of EI affiliate, the National Federation of Teachers and Social Educators of Congo (Fédération Nationale des Enseignants et Educateurs sociaux du Congo - FENECO-UNTC), Augustin Tumba Nzujia, had qualified the situation as "serious", and highlighted that the rising death toll in the country had let to the suspension of school-related activities.

More than 90 thousand preschool and primary school students and teachers in Uruguay will benefit from a US $40 million loan approved by the World Bank (WB) Board of Executive Directors. Parts of the loan’s disbursements will depend on the achievement of specific goals, thus becoming the first loan incorporating a results-based approach for the Uruguayan education sector.

As part of this year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, UNESCO and UN Women have released a new Global Guidance on addressing school-related gender-based violence.

For the first time ever, education trade unions in Niger have called for a national strike to demand the integration of contract teachers into the civil service, and the payment of wage arrears.