2012 Awards

Submissions are invited for the Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards 2012, which will culminate at the 18th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (18CCEM) in Mauritius in August 2012.

Commonwealth Ministries of Education, educational institutions and civil society organisations, providing or promoting  primary and secondary education, are 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.

What Good Practices should be submitted?

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.