commonwealth ministers of education

Commonwealth Ministers of Education at their latest triennial Conferences in Halifax (2000) and Edinburgh (2003) have defined Commonwealth priorities in education and have called for collective action by governments, Commonwealth inter-governmental agencies and their civil society partners to implement common goals. In Halifax at their 14th Conference (14CCEM) Ministers issued the Halifax Statement on Education and endorsed nine areas of activity for Commonwealth countries and agencies to pursue as an initial Action Plan linked to the Statement. In Edinburgh at 15CCEM in 2003 Ministers took as the theme of their discussions 'Closing the gap: access, inclusion and achievement' and identified six Action Areas where work would be taken forward to meet the challenges that had to be addressed if their educational aspirations were to be achieved. The activities identified would be components of the Commonwealth Edinburgh Action Plan for Education.

The six Action Areas were:
· Achieving universal primary education
· Eliminating gender disparities in education
· Improving quality in education
· Using distance learning to overcome barriers
· Supporting education in difficult circumstances
· Mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS in education.

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Report
Annexes 1 - 7a
Annexe 7b
Annexe 8 (activities proforma)