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\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		On the road to universal primary education<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Ruth Levine and Nancy Birdsall<\/span>
\nEducation is an end in itself, a human right, and a vital part of the capacity of individuals to lead lives they value. It gives people in developing countries the skills they need to improve their own lives and to help transform their societies\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPayments for progress \u00a0 A hands-off approach to foreign aid<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Owen Barder and Nancy Birdsall<\/span>
\nAt the start of the millennium, the international community committed itself to help developing countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). But there are significant differences of opinion about the\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nExploring the potential of open schooling<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Susan Phillips<\/span>
\nThe Commonwealth of Learning (COL) was established by Commonwealth Heads of Government in 1987 to support and expand the use of open and distance learning (ODL) to increase opportunities for\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nUnder-achieving Caribbean boys \u00a0 Marginalisation or gender privileging?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Mark Figueroa<\/span>
\nThe education of boys in the English-speaking Caribbean has been a topic for hot debate over the last 20 years. It has attracted writers from a variety of fields including anthropology, economics\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nSchools and gendered identities<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: M\u00e1ir\u00e9ad Dunne<\/span>
\nThis paper presents findings from a study of schools in Botswana and Ghana, which focused on how processes of school life influence gender identities (Dunne et al, 2005). The theoretical analysis\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n Knowledge management strategies for distance education<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Sir John Daniel<\/span>
\nIn nearly all areas of human endeavour, technology has revolutionised the way we do things over the last three centuries. It has done so at an accelerating pace, with the result that today ordinary\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMonitoring gender equality in education<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Jyotsna Jha<\/span>
\nIn the past, it was common to use the notions of gender parity and equality interchangeably in the context of education. However, although the two are still regarded as being linked, they\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIssues of gender in education in Pakistan<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Fareeha Zafar<\/span>
\nPakistan, with an area of 803,940 square kilometres, borders India in the east and southeast, Iran in the southwest, Afghanistan in the north and northwest, and the Arabian Sea in the south\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nChildren living with and affected by HIV<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Rachel Baggaley<\/span>
\nEducation is a fundamental right for every child. Principle 7 of the United Nations (UN) Declaration of the Rights of the Child states as follows: The child is entitled to receive education, which shall be free\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nEducation in emergencies<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Margaret Sinclair<\/span>
\n\u2018Education in emergencies\u2019 refers to education for populations affected by unforeseen situations such as armed conflict or natural disasters. There have been over 50 significant armed conflicts since the end of the Cold War\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nConflict and education for all<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Alan Smith<\/span>
\nEducation is an essential tool for human development and the eradication of poverty. It is the means by which successive generations develop the knowledge, values and skills for future economic, social and cultural development\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nEducation reconstruction in post-conflict Sierra Leone<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Alpha Tejan Wurie<\/span>
\nThe West African State of Sierra Leone has a population of about five million. It is blessed with lush forests, fertile land, and several minerals, including diamond, gold and iron. Divided into a Colony and Protectorate\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nReaching nomadic communities Providing inclusive quality education<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Fatimah Kelleher<\/span>
\nProviding education to nomadic communities is one of the most challenging and urgent issues currently facing Commonwealth education policy-makers, practitioners and other actors within the field. On the one hand\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThe role of ODL in curriculum development<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Helen Lentell<\/span>
\nOpen and distance learning (ODL) has the potential to play a major role in curriculum development, particularly in developing countries. But to achieve this potential, it is essential that educators and administrators\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n ODL and ICTs for teacher development<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Sir John Daniel and Mohan Menon<\/span>
\nThe essence of work by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is the application of technology to learning for purposes of development. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will be\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJoining the dots in the Pacific Ocean<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Kaye Schofield<\/span>
\nIt is hard not to be passionate about the Pacific. Its physical beauty, geographic, ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity and its long, rich and complex history make it one of the most fascinating regions on earth\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0Teacher education in the Pacific: issues and challenges<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Priscilla Puamau<\/span>
\nThe aim of this paper is to discuss issues and challenges facing teacher education in the Pacific. The ideas in this paper are taken from my collective experience of over two decades of working in teacher\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nFacing the challenges of tertiary education in a changing world<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: J S Rowett<\/span>
\nThe Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) has a proud history of achievement spanning almost a century. When the Association was established, Europe was one year from the beginning of its 30 years\u2019 war\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCommonwealth teacher migrants<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Ivan Reid<\/span>
\nThis paper provides a short overview of a piece of research into the recruitment of Commonwealth teachers to countries other than their own and their experiences, commissioned by the Commonwealth\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nInternational student mobility in the Commonwealth<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Kees Maxey<\/span>
\nSince the first conference of the Commonwealth Education Ministers in Oxford in 1959, the issue of student mobility between the member states of the Commonwealth has been \u00a0seen as important. Young\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nDistance education in South Africa<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Jennifer Glennie<\/span>
\nThe advent of South Africa\u2019s first democratic government in 1994 signalled the beginning of significant policy changes in education, including a notable emphasis on distance education. Distance Education\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n The Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Neil Butcher and Paul West<\/span>
\nA virtual university network has been under construction during the past few years. With minimal fanfare, the Virtual University for the Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC) has gained the participation\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThe rising tide of gifted and talented children in New Zealand<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Debbie Smith<\/span>
\nNew Zealand has drawn very much from the theory behind Joseph Renzulli\u2019s use of the metaphor, \u2018A rising tide lifts all ships\u2019, for meeting the needs of gifted and talented students in public schools. This theory\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nDeveloping Singapore school leaders<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: David Ng Foo Seong<\/span>
\nSingapore has always related its economic development and racial harmony to education. School reforms received added impetus in the wake of the 1985-86 economic recession. An Economic Committee recommended\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n The business of higher education in Malaysia<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Hon-Chan Chai<\/span>
\nThe present \u00a0Malaysia\u2019s higher education policy is aimed at developing a \u2018world-class\u2019 higher education system that would help transform its production-based economy into a knowledge-based economy to achieve \u2018developed nation\u2019 status\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCan transnational education assist development aims?<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Joanne Purves<\/span>
\nWith such a large proportion of its population under 30, and basic literacy and numeracy high on the agenda across South Asia and Africa, education is clearly an issue of paramount importance to the Commonwealth. Have the\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nImproving classroom teaching and learning: three key ideas<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Vena Jules, Anthony Layne, Peter Kutnick and David Stephens<\/span>
\nBackground \u00a0This paper draws together three key ideas of education-based research with a view to enhancing social pedagogic and non-traditional classroom approaches for primary school teachers in\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThe building of partnerships in child friendly schools<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Changu Mannathoko<\/span>
\nIntroduction \u00a0Multi sectoral collaboration in education has never been more important than now when education systems are confronted by the multiple threats of HIV and AIDS, increasing numbers of children who are orphans\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThe Education for All \u2013 Fast Track Initiative<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Desmond Bermingham<\/span>
\nIntroduction \u00a0The Education for All Fast Track Initiative (FTI) is a global partnership to help low income countries to achieve the education Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of ensuring that \u00a0every child receives a good quality primary education\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n Private schools for the poor \u00a0 Implications for Commonwealth Ministers of Education<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: James Tooley<\/span>
\nEasterly\u2019s dilemma \u00a0William Easterly begins and ends his latest book, The White Man\u2019s Burden (2006) with the heart-rending story of 10-year old Amaretch, an Ethiopian girl whose name means \u2018beautiful one\u2019: \u2018Driving out of Addis Ababa\u2019, he passes\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nFinancing secondary education in developing countries<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Keith M Lewin<\/span>
\nThis paper explores the challenges that face developing countries seeking to build on success in improving participation in primary schooling in the context of Education for All (UNESCO, 2000), and the education-related\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThe funding and financing of schools in South Africa<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Duncan Hindle<\/span>
\nSouth Africa\u2019s post-liberation experience in the resourcing of public schools is primarily a function of the country\u2019s unique history of apartheid education, and the struggle against that system\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPublic\u2013private partnerships<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Michael Latham<\/span>
\nIntroduction \u00a0One third of the world\u2019s population lives in countries where the \u2018Education for All\u2019 goals of universal access, completion and learning cannot be reached by 2015 solely through the linear expansion of existing\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n Towards the renewal of African universities<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Akilagpa Sawyerr<\/span>
\nOver the course of the last decade, particularly since the turn of the century, there has been widespread concern about the condition of Africa and its people. The concern arises principally from the realisation\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nHousehold financing of basic education<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Mark Bray<\/span>
\nIntroduction \u00a0The international community holds the strong view that national governments, assisted when possible and appropriate by international support, have the obligation to ensure that basic education is provided for all their\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThe new miracle of \u2018free\u2019 content in education<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Wayne Mackintosh<\/span>
\nSir John Daniel, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) speaks of social software and Open Education Resources (OERs) as a new miracle in education. The miracle of OERs is that sharing\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nEducation inequalities around the world<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Deon Filmer<\/span>
\nIntroduction \u00a0Measured by the percentage of children who reach the last year of primary school, the primary completion rate, the world has made substantial progress towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) of\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nEducation in a democratic and multicultural Commonwealth<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Jagdish S Gundara<\/span>
\nIntroduction \u00a0The following discussion on education and democracy takes as its premise that issues of multiculturalism include not only contemporary aspects of diversity based on language, religion, nationality and social class\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n Development of NEPAD e-schools initiative<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Peter E Kinyanjui<\/span>
\nIntroduction \u00a0There is a new partnership that is driving business in Africa. The New Partnership for Africa\u2019s Development (NEPAD) has been widely accepted as the framework for Africa\u2019s development. A brainchild of the\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCouncil for Education in the Commonwealth<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Peter Williams<\/span>
\nIntroduction \u00a0A major challenge for the 21st century is to devise more effective mechanisms for making international bodies and their activities more accountable to the world community. Good governance is required of international\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n New ways of working in partnership for education<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Jill Hart and Chike Anyanwu<\/span>
\nThe Commonwealth Education Fund (CEF) is premised on the notion that civil society organisations working in partnership can help make public schools work for all children. From its inception, CEF has\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nLifelong Learning for Farmers travels the last mile<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Krishna Alluri<\/span>
\nLifelong Learning for Farmers (L3Farmers) is a Commonwealth of Learning (COL) initiative designed to help poor rural communities acquire relevant knowledge in a sustainable manner for economic\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nInclusive education in Brunei Darussalam<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Teng Leong Koay<\/span>
\nBrunei Darussalam is an independent Islamic Sultanate located in the northern part of Borneo in Southeast Asia. It is an oil rich country with a land area of 5,765 square kilometers that shares its borders\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThe use of media empowerment Addressing health issues and other MDGs<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: David Walker<\/span>
\nIn order to be truly of service to the underprivileged and rural poor, the appropriate use of technology must create conditions and mechanisms that can provide people with genuine access to information. Such mechanisms\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThe Commonwealth Teachers\u2019 Group \u2013 vision and mission<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Steve Sinnott<\/span>
\nIt is easy to become cynical about our ability to change systems, about working for peace and justice, about human rights flouted in so many places throughout the world. Yet our young people need not be tainted with that cynicism\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nThe DfES Global Gateway \u00a0 International collaboration and policy dialogue in education<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Mary Stiasny<\/span>
\nIn 2004 the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) set out its vision to develop a world class system of education in England in Putting the World into World-Class Education: An international strategy for education, skills\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n Out of school missing boys \u2013 a study from Lesotho<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Pulane J Lefoka<\/span>
\nThis paper is based on the findings of a study on boys\u2019 underachievement that was undertaken by the Commonwealth in some Commonwealth countries. Lesotho participated in the study and selected the Lesotho Distance Teaching Centre\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nFreedom as learning \u00a0 Life skills education and sustainable human development in a world with HIV and AIDS<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Anna Maria Hoffmann and Rick Olson<\/span>
\nIn order to fully expand the freedom of people, education needs to be seen in terms of equitable access to learning that enhances capability and viable options with regard to HIV and AIDS\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n In the best interests of the child \u00a0 Conceptualisation and guidelines in the context of education<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Trynie Davel<\/span>
\nIntroduction \u00a0The fact that the decision of a court concerning a child has to be in the best interests of that specific child, has for some time been an established common-law principle in a number of private law\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nGlobal citizenship, our values and international education<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Stuart Mole<\/span>
\nA competitive global economy places new demands on national education systems to meet the range and scale of skills required. In turn, high quality, world class education requires partnership between different\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n Skills in a global economy<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Chris Humphries<\/span>
\nIntroduction \u00a0Over the last 10 years, workforce skills have become increasingly important on government agendas around the world, as the realities of global competition have become clearer. Every nation now\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMultigrade teaching \u00a0 Can it support achievement of quality universal primary education?<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Author: Virg\u00edlio Juvane<\/span>
\nIn recent years, access to primary education in Commonwealth countries has seen remarkable progress. The 2006 Commonwealth report on the performance of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) records\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Author: Sonny Leong<\/span>
\nTen years ago, the UK\u2019s Conservative government terminated the Education Low-price Books Scheme (ELBS) . This scheme was funded from 1960 to 1996 by the UK\u2019s Overseas Development Administration\u2026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  On the road to universal primary education Author: Ruth Levine and Nancy Birdsall Education is an end in itself, a human right, and a vital part of the capacity of individuals to lead lives they value. It gives people … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":69,"menu_order":90,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n