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How to apply

Good Practice submissions must be programmes, projects, policies, strategies or significant interventions which have made a positive difference to the status and condition of primary school children, their teachers, or the education system of a country in respect of one or more of the 6 Action Areas.

Criteria for the Good Practice Awards

  • Relevance
    The Good Practice demonstrates 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 value of the Good Practice is measured through qualitative and quantitative indicators to demonstrate impact and effect.
  • Sustainability
    The Good Practice is or can be projected to have positive impact and effect whether intermittently at intervals, or on a consistent, continuous basis as required over the long-term.
  • Efficiency and Effectiveness
    The Good Practice has demonstrated cost-savings and/or the efficient and effective use of resources in its implementation.
  • Community Participation and Contribution
    The success of the Good Practice is enhanced or enriched through community and civil society participation, ownership or contribution.
  • Replication
    Given similar conditions and circumstances, the Good Practice has the potential to be replicated in the Education systems of other Commonwealth countries.

Submissions must include:

  • A 50-word Executive Summary of the submission
  • A 1,500 (maximum) word description of the project
  • An Application Form - Download application formApplication Form
  • Information on the size of the organization, the budget involved and the size of the target/beneficiary population are essential.

CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS: Friday, October 31, 2008. Submissions received after this date will not be considered.

The Commonwealth Secretariat reserves the right to reproduce, without limitation, submitted materials including the Good Practice description and any attachments, for distribution to member countries, partner organizations, Commonwealth newsletters and in communication with the general public (print and electronic)