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22 Jun 2015

“Essential” role for civil society in education governance

The Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, Minister for Education in Jamaica, discusses why it is fundamental to development for civil society to ...

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22 Jun 2015

All hands on board needed to ensure success in education

Joel Warrican (University of the West Indies) makes the point that although Commonwealth governments are doing a lot of good things in ...

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22 Jun 2015

Connecting the two monologues of civil society and governments

Dame Pearlette Louisy, Governor General of St. Lucia, attended a ministerial roundtable session at the 19CCEM Civil Society ...

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22 Jun 2015

Effective education key to sustainable development

Rhonda Blackman (Barbados National Council of Parent-Teacher Associations) on why there is no one-size-fits-all policy for education in ...

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22 Jun 2015

Download statement of recommendations from the 19CCEM Civil Society Forum

Following two days of discussions, civil society delegates submitted a statement of 12 key requests to education ministers, while ...

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20 Jun 2015

Quality and Equity in Education – Civil Society Shaping a Commonwealth Agenda

The opening address to the 19th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (19CCEM) Civil Society Forum by Commonwealth Foundation ...

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20 Jun 2015

The 19CCEM Civil Society Forum opens in The Bahamas

The Honourable Jerome K. Fitzgerald, Minister of Education, Science and Technology in The Bahamas and Host Minister of the 19th ...

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18 Jun 2015

A Form Capable of Anything

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16 Jun 2015

Visiting Kigali

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11 Jun 2015

Changing Pakistan

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