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Education Minister heads to The Bahamas for C’wealth Education Ministers’ Conference

Jun 20, 2015 News

Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine, is leading a delegation to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas to attend the 19th Conference of the Commonwealth Education Ministers (19CCEM) that commences on Monday and concludes on June 26, 2015.
Also attending the Conference would be Olato Sam – Chief Education Officer; Ms. Tricia Teekah – Caribbean Region Representative of the Commonwealth Students’ Association – Steering Committee; and Joshua Griffith – President of the University of Guyana Students’ Society.
The high level meeting of Commonwealth Ministers is being held under the theme: “Quality Education for Equitable Development: Performance, Paths and Productivity”.   The conference aims to follow up on “a major commitment towards the attainment of the Internationally Agreed Goals”, which according to Bahamas Minister of Education, were signed on to, in Dakar, Bangladesh and at the United Nations.
He said, “This conference will allow us to gauge where we  stand with regard to that commitment and accordingly revisit, if need be, mechanisms to accelerate towards the attainment of the Internationally Agreed Goals, as well as to strategize for aligning Commonwealth priorities with education aspects of the new Post-2015 Global Development Framework.”
The Conference will provide an opportunity for the participants to deliberate on the priority and emerging issues, identified by the Ministerial Working Group, which include the persistent inequalities and inequities, worsening income inequalities, high unemployment, vulnerabilities of marginalised groups, universality, measurement of quality and unmet education needs.
The conference will also elaborate on policy, practice and the strategic actions required in direct response to the new development goals and targets, while exploring trends and innovative practices in education in the Commonwealth.
The wide-ranging discussions at the conference are expected to cover a range of educational issues focusing on quality and skills that meet the dynamic needs of learners, especially the youth and global qualification standards, ICT integration in education and training, opportunities for economic growth and investment, education for sustainable development, and the overall quality of education across the Commonwealth.
According to Minister Jerome K. Fitzgerald, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh Sharma, highlighted three for (Teachers, Youth and other Stakeholders), which are vital components of the conference, thus creating relevant space for interaction and sharing of experiences by various partners in education.
It is expected that teachers and young people will form part of the different delegations from the Commonwealth countries that will be attending the conference.  Minister Fitzgerald stated in his letter to Guyana’s Minister of Education, that the Commonwealth Secretariat will officially launch its Fourth Edition of the Commonwealth Education Good Practice Awards (CEGPA) 2015.
He further stated that there will be a dedicated website which will provide adequate information and details on the Conference.

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