Call for Proposals for Gender Equity in Open Schooling
COL’s Open Schooling initiative seeks proposals for COL’s new financial year starting in July 2020. We are seeking proposals that will address a gender inequality challenge in…
Category: Gender Equality
International Women’s Day 2019
COL’s President Professor Asha Kanwar shares a message for International Women’s Day 2019 to address this year’s theme of ‘Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for…
NIOS visits Japan for International Teachers Exchange Programme
A five-member delegation from National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) headed by Dr. A.S.Bahal, Director, Vocational Education visited Japan for an Invitation Programme for teachers…
NIOS Workshop on Gender Green Teacher (GGT) Programme
The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) organised a workshop on the Gender Green Teacher (GGT) Programme, a project of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL). The Green…
Ministry of General Education Open Education Resources Phase 1 Project: ‘Enhancing Digital Literacy in Women Educationists in Zambia’
Case Study by Jane Bweendo Nkomenshya In the quest to increase access to education for all, the Zambian Government, in collaboration with Common Wealth of…
Successful strategies for impact at scale – India
Strategy 1.0 Building for growth How did we get to over 25,000 schools across 15 districts of India in 10 years? And how do we…
Introducing the Mini-LAMP: A practical option for developing countries to assess reading and numeracy skills
“I am in Bangkok at the Asia-Pacific Meeting on Education 2030 (APMED) to find ways to transform learning and meet the skills demand to achieve…
Meet The Woman Revolutionizing Renewable Energy In The Caribbean
“Today I interview Hannah Olmberg-Soesman, winner of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Energy Personality Award. Olmberg-Soesman received the inaugural award for her exceptional contribution to a sustainable…
GLOBAL EDUCATION MONITORING REPORT 2018 GENDER REVIEW
“The 2018 Gender Review prepared by the Global Education Monitoring Report team, the sixth in the series, knows that it is not sufficient to look…
Digital skills are not optional in today’s tech-savvy world
“Negative stereotypes about women and girls studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects are among the impediments to an inclusive world where hi-tech solutions…
Gender stereotypes in Bangladeshi school textbooks — World Education Blog
By M Niaz Asadullah, Samia Huq, Kazi Mukitul Islam and Zaki Wahhaj* Education is widely considered an effective means to address the socioeconomic challenges that…
First Female Commonwealth Secretary-General
[dt_sc_fullwidth_section first] Patricia Janet Scotland, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, PC, QC (born 19 August 1955) is a Dominican born, British barrister and jurist, who served…