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Guinea’s contract teachers take to streets, threaten more strikes

A classroom in Guinea, where contract teachers are striking due to growing frustration over payment arrears and lack of integration into the public system [File: Wan Naiks/AFP]

Contract teachers in Guinea have taken to the streets and are threatening further strikes as they are growing frustrated over payment arrears and lack of integration into the country’s public system.

Demonstrators protested April 24-30 across parts of the West African state, according to French news outlet RFI. Some of the teachers have reportedly not received their salaries for seven months, and the strike comes one month before students are due to take their end-of-year exams.

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