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COMMONWEALTH CONSORTIUM FOR EDUCATION
& UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA CONFERENCE
Living Together In Peace: Education For Social Cohesion
12 June and 13 June 2009 at Hotel
Equatorial Bangi Putrajaya, Malaysia
The Commonwealth Consortium for Education customarily holds its General
Conference on the eve of the triennial Conferences of Commonwealth Education
Ministers, and chooses a relevant theme of current concern to the Ministers.
In Edinburgh in 2003 the chosen topic was recruitment, retention and mobility
of teachers: and in Cape Town in 2006 it was school and college partnerships
in the Commonwealth. In each case these topics were the subject of recommendations
by Ministers in their Conference communiqués.
The Consortium welcomes the opportunity to work with a locally based partner in arranging such conferences. In 2003 this was the Commonwealth Teachers' Group and the National Union of Teachers in the UK: in 2006 it was Link Community Development, based in South Africa. In 2009, the Consortium is delighted that Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM, or the National University of Malaysia), located close to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital city, agreed to be its partner.
UKM, founded in May 1970, is one of the four top Malaysian public universities designated the prestigious "research university" status. Since inception, it has used Malay, the national language, as the medium of instruction. UKM therefore plays a pivotal role in the construction and dissemination of knowledge in the Malay language, which is the custodian of the national culture, hence the designation 'National' University of Malaysia, the one and only in the country. The current total student population is nearly 26,000, of which 7,600 are post-graduate students. UKM has an extensive international network established through over 100 MOUs that, in turn, facilitate staff and student academic mobility across the globe. Its scholars have received numerous national and international awards in various fields of academic endeavour.
The chosen Conference themes in 2009 was under the rubric Learning To Live Together: Education For Social Cohesion.
Related documents available to download......
Conference
Programme (PDF)
Conference
Announcement
(PDF)
Conference Leaflet (PDF)
previous conference activity
Commonwealth Consortium
for Education Conference 2006 - in association with
Link Community Development (LCD)
LCD and the Commonwealth Consortium for Education held a conference in
Cape Town, South Africa on 8th and 9th December 2006, immediately preceding
the Conference of Commonwealth Education
Ministers (CCEM). The Commonwealth-wide working conference sought
to review the various models of school and college partnerships available,
assess both the actual and potential impact of partnerships on all those
involved, inform the current international debate on school linking and
influence the delegates to the CCEM.
The Power of Partnerships: Strength of Friends
Exploring the potential of school and college links in the Commonwealth
8th and 9th December
2006
District 6, Cape Town, South Africa
There are currently several thousand international school and college partnerships throughout the Commonwealth. Anecdotal evidence suggests that partnerships can increase international understanding, support school development and promote mutual respect and friendship. Governments across the Commonwealth are placing school and college linking higher up their agendas. What exactly are the benefits of partnerships? Are they really improving the quality of education? Does the Commonwealth have a role to promote partnerships?
Bringing together stakeholders involved in all aspects of school and college linking including non-governmental organisation representatives, school delegates from across the Commonwealth and government representatives this timely international conference explored the potential of school and college partnerships to make a difference to the lives of young people and the implications for practitioners, leaders and educators. Through sharing experiences and best practice delegates had the opportunity to openly debate the issues associated with school and college partnerships and learn from each other about what works and possible ways forward.
The conferencewas opened by The Most Reverend Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the programme included a variety of international keynote speakers and breakout sessions covering all aspects of linking including assessing the impact of partnerships, exploring different linking models and explorations of how school and college linking can contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
programme (downloadable pdf of draft programme for conference)
click here for more information (dowloadable pdf flyer)
click here for registration form (via LCD website)
| inaugural conference Friday 24 and Saturday 25 October 2003 |
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The Consortium held its Inaugural Conference on the eve of the 15th Annual Conference of the Commonwealth Education Ministers in Edinburgh at the end of October 2003.
The focus for this first conference was:
"RECRUITMENT, RETENTION AND MOBILITY OF TEACHERS IN THE COMMONWEALTH"
In this section you will find copies of documents produced by the Conference as well as links to other related documents and information.
Recommendations from the CCfE Innaugural Conference 24/25 October 2003
Report of Activities since foundation of the Consortium
The Edinburgh Communiqué and Action Plan (published by the Ministers' Conference) (.pdf)
Paper prepared by the consortium for presentation to the Ministers' conference (.pdf)