2012 Awards
Rwanda project wins Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards 2012.
Commonwealth Ministries of Education, educational institutions and civil society organisations, providing or promoting primary and secondary education, were invited to submit Good Practices taking place in their country in one or more of the following eight Action Areas:
- achieving universal primary education;
- eliminating gender disparities in education;
- improving quality in education;
- mitigating the impact of HIV on education systems;
- supporting education in difficult circumstances;
- using distance learning to overcome barriers;
- using education to promote sustainable development e.g. climate change;
- and promoting civil paths to peace e.g. respect and understanding.
Good Practice submissions must be programmes, projects, policies or strategies which have made a positive difference to primary school children, secondary school students, their teachers, or the education system of a country in respect of one or more of the eight Action Areas.
Award Criteria
- Relevance: The Good Practice should demonstrate a socio-culturally sensitive and economically appropriate response to the context and challenge of education delivery in a specific country.
- Measurable Impact and Effect: The Good Practice should have an impact on the intended group, which could be demonstrated and measured.
- Sustainability: The Good Practice should be projected to have continued positive impact in the long-term.
- Efficiency and Effectiveness: The Good Practice should demonstrate the efficient and effective use of resources in its implementation.
- Community Participation and Contribution: The Good Practice should be enhanced or enriched through community and civil society participation, ownership or contribution.
- Replication: Given similar conditions and circumstances, the Good Practice should have the potential to be replicated in other Commonwealth countries.