Commonwealth Teachers Group (CTG) First Edition, March 2025
CTG REPORT ON THE MEETING OF CONFERENCE OF COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION MINISTERS HELD AT COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT HEADQUARTERS IN LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM ON THE 16 to 17 MAY 2024 Introduction Commonwealth Education Ministers met in London in a Meeting called 2nd CCEM. The 22nd CCEM was organized and hosted by Commonwealth secretariat at its headquarters, Marlborough House, in London from the 16 to 17 May 2024. The Kenyan Education ministry of education chaired the conference. The 22CCEM was preceded by the meeting of senior education officials who received varois presentations. These are regular meetings that take place on regular basis wherein education minister from the Commonwealth countries meet to discuss and agree on policy matters meant to improve the quality of education within the commonwealth nations. The overarching purpose of the CCEM is to provide a platform ministers, senior government officials, educators, teachers, development partners, civil society, policy makers and other stakeholders to collaborate. This enables member countries to design and align their education systems given their different and unique context, histories, social structures and culture, systems of governments for common development and economic growth.
The theme of the conference was: “Driving Resilience, Equity, and skills for an inclusive future”
Conference report At the 22CCEM CTG was represented by Cdes Mabutho Cele, CTG Convenor and SADTU Deputy President, and Nthabiseng Nkosi, CTG secretariat and SADTU International Relations Officer. CTG was given an observer status at the conference however CTG was given a five-minute slot to present at the meeting of the senior officials. The presentation was done by the Convenor and was well received by the conference. The conference had three and four syndicate sessions over the two days respectively. To the extent that CTG was represented by two people its voice could only be heard in two syndicate groups at a time. However, the attendance of CTG was appreciated and felt.
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