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Guinea’s contract teachers resume dialogue with the state

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Guinea’s communal contract teachers who were not retained have suspended their threat to strike and resumed talks with the authorities. The 10 October meeting was due to examine their regularisation in accordance with the agreement protocol of 3 January 2026, under the mediation of the National Council for Social Dialogue, reports SMS News.

Guinea’s communal contract teachers who were not retained resumed discussions with the authorities on Saturday 10 October to examine their situation. The meeting was held at the Ministry of Modernisation of Administration and the Civil Service, with government representatives, the technical committee and the Collective of Communal Contract Teachers Not Retained in Guinea (CECCNRG), reports SMS News.

The discussions were mediated by the president of the National Council for Social Dialogue (CNDS). The resumption of dialogue comes after a threat to strike from the week of 12 October, according to Guinee360.

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