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News Archive

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Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen to address London meeting on women’s rights
Released:  14 June 2011
Speakers include Louise Mushikiwabo, Rwandan Foreign Minister, and Baroness Verma, Department for International Development’s Spokesperson in the House of Lords

Role and status of refugee teachers to be explored at Commonwealth meeting
Released:  31 May 2011
Delegates will investigate concrete recommendations for governments to consider to aid migrant teachers looking to work

Osun State of Nigeria welcomes Commonwealth support for capacity-building
Released:  11 May 2011
Governor Rauf Aregbesola says boosting good governance vital for administration

Sharma ends Lesotho visit with pledge to support youth employment creation
Released:  26 April 2011
“The Commonwealth must work in areas of comparative advantage in ways that can be felt progressively”

Commonwealth Secretariat launches Education Good Practice Awards
Released:  12 April 2011
Previous winners highlight importance of recognition from awards

Caribbean school children to benefit from Commonwealth and Microsoft collaboration
Released:  28 March 2011
Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth of Learning and Microsoft Trinidad and Tobago jointly agree to improve access to, and use of, information and communication technologies

Commonwealth supports ICT teacher training in Guyana
Released:  25 March 2011
South African specialist deployed to assist Guyana Ministry of Education in realising its ICT in Education Initiative

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago addresses 'Educating Women – Transforming Society'
Released:  15 March 2011
Commonwealth Chair-in-Office Kamla Persad-Bissessar talks about the transformative power of women’s education at conference to mark Commonwealth Day

Commonwealth women celebrated on Commonwealth Day
Released:  15 March 2011
Women agents of change are presented to HM Queen Elizabeth II at reception to mark Commonwealth Day

Commonwealth to launch report on education in small states
Released:  24 January 2011
Brunei meeting provided a platform for sharing experiences from Asia and Europe