The Commonwealth
  1. Home
  2. What's New
    1. Latest News - RSS
  3. Who We Are
  4. What we do
    1. Democracy and Consensus Building
    2. Economic Development
    3. Education
    4. Environmentally Sustainable Development
    5. Gender
    6. Good offices for peace
    7. Health
    8. Human Development
    9. Human Rights
    10. Rule of law
    11. Public Sector Development
    12. Sport
    13. Youth
  5. How we do it
    1. Policy Development
    2. Technical Assistance
    3. Advisory Services
    4. Development Network
    5. Case Studies
    6. Funding
  6. News
    1. Events
    2. News Archive
    3. Picture Stories
    4. Blogs
    5. Newsletter
    6. Around the Commonwealth
    7. Profiles
    8. From the Archives
    9. Connect with us
  7. Media Room
    1. Media Advisories
    2. Press Releases
    3. Media Contacts
    4. Broadcast Video
    5. CommonwealthTV
    6. Podcast: Pick of the Commonwealth
    7. Events
    8. In the news
    9. Updates
    10. Quotes on the Commonwealth
    11. Commonwealth Images
    12. Secretary-General Pictures
    13. Secretary-General Biography
    14. Commonwealth FAQ's
  8. Resources
    1. Documents
    2. Image Library
    3. Library & Archives
  9. Publications
  10. Employment
  11. FAQs
    1. Acronyms
  12. Contact Us

News Archive

To view all the news articles that appeared in a particular year or month, click on a year below.

 


Caribbean officials look at harmonising qualifications of teachers across region
Released:  16 December 2008
Decisions made at meeting will be presented to Commonwealth education ministers when they meet in Malaysia in June 2009

Keeping boys out of risk
Released:  10 December 2008
Competition to promote projects supporting boys at risk in the Caribbean

Reaching and teaching the most marginalised
Released:  12 November 2008
Experts discuss the Education for All Global Monitoring Report at Commonwealth’s headquarters

Education Good Practice Awards 2009 receives forty-nine submissions
Released:  11 November 2008
A panel will meet in London on 19 November 2008 to begin the adjudication process and decide on a shortlist

Aim to achieve, Sharma urges students
Released:  23 October 2008
And achieve the aim, to make a difference in the world, says Secretary-General

HIV/AIDS challenges global ambition of education for all
Released:  13 October 2008
HIV and AIDS-related deaths, ‘brain drain’ and poor working conditions are all contributing to teacher shortages in Sub-Saharan Africa, a new book says

Simple, effective English teaching methods for developing countries
Released:  10 October 2008
Co-operative, participatory and active teaching and learning methods can be used to counteract under-funding in schools

Sharma urges governments to address teacher salaries
Released:  3 October 2008
Global shortage of teachers is a ‘silent crisis’ which must not be ignored

Commonwealth has a distinct approach to MDGs
Released:  27 September 2008
Secretary-General tells High Level UN Meeting

Initiative looks to fast-track efforts to realise education for all
Released:  25 September 2008
Commonwealth workshop will identify teething problems facing countries that have yet to adopt the necessary framework