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Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards

Submissions are invited for the next Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards to be held at the 18CCEM in Mauritius in August 2012.Image of the Knowledge Tree 

At the 15th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (15CCEM) held in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2003, ministers agreed to promote good practices in Commonwealth Education. They recommended that the 16CCEM should be the first occasion for the recognition of these good and promising practices in education.

Following discussion of the awards programme at each of the three regional Education Mid-Term reviews held in 2005, the Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards (EGPA) was launched on 1 October 2005.

The purpose of the awards is to bring attention to educational issues and highlight good practices throughout the Commonwealth. The awards serve to identify and draw attention to good, promising or innovative educational practices that could be replicated in different Commonwealth contexts. It is also expected that the awards would acknowledge, encourage, motivate, inspire, reward and generate enthusiasm within the education sector.

An Education Good Practice is defined as a programme, project, policy, strategy or significant intervention, which has made a positive difference to the status or condition of primary or secondary school children, their teachers or the education system in a country, with respect to priority areas of the Education Section’s strategic plan. Submissions are judged based on a number of criteria as follows:

  • Relevance
  • Measurable Impact and Effect
  • Sustainability
  • Efficiency and Effectiveness
  • Community Participation and Contribution
  • Replication

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.

Launched on 5 April 2011, the third round of the awards will culminate at the 18CCEM in Mauritius in August 2012, and the finalists will be invited to attend.

To apply, download and complete the application form here. Please read the instructions as you do this. Completed forms must be sent by
30 November 2011.

Please email or post to:

The Co-ordinator
Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards
Education Section
Social Transformation Programmes Division
Commonwealth Secretariat
Marlborough House
Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5HX
Email: educationawards@commonwealth.int