CEC Policy Documents
CEC Internal Reports
The Annual Report for 2009/10 can be seen by clicking here (205 kb). The Executive Chairperson's address "Meeting the Challenge at 50" can be seen by clicking here (131 kb). The CEC "Three Year Plan 2010 to 2013" can be seen by clicking here (231 kb)
The Annual Report for 2008/09 can be seen by clicking here (269 kb). The Executive Chairperson's address "Looking Ahead at 50" can be seen by clicking here (248 kb). The CEC "Three Year Plan 2009 to 2012" can be seen by clicking here (79 kb).
The Annual Report for 2007 to 2008 can be seen by clicking here (183 kb). The Executive Chairperson's address "Progress and Challenge 2007-2008" can be seen by clicking here (163 kb). The CEC "Three Year Plan 2008-2011" can be seen by clicking here (225 kb).
The Annual Report for 2006 to 2007 can be seen by clicking here (214 kb). The Executive Chairperson's address "Supporting Commonwealth Education Effectively 2006-07" can be seen by clicking here (133 kb). The CEC "Three Year Plan 2007-2010" can be seen by clicking here (50 kb).
The Annual Report for 2005 to 2006 can be seen by clicking here (150 kb). The Executive Chairperson's address "Celebration and Challenge" can be seen by clicking here (130 kb). The CEC "Three Year Plan 2006-2009" can be seen by clicking here (127 kb).Critical Champions
Civil Society and Commonwealth Education: a reflection by Peter Williams, Hon. Secretary of the Commonwealth Consortium for Education Director of Education, Commonwealth Secretariat 1984–94, Deputy Executive Chair, Council for Education in the Commonwealth 1995–2009
The Commonwealth is rooted in past movement of peoples and in present-day links between individuals and institutions. The health of the ‘Commonwealth of states’ depends on the concurrent existence of a vibrant ‘Commonwealth of peoples’; but human development is accorded low priority in Commonwealth agendas and the official Commonwealth, while publicly acknowledging civil society’s importance, has largely neglected the challenge of raising awareness of and interest in the Commonwealth among ordinary people. Commonwealth associations are potential allies in tackling this task. They are particularly numerous in the education sector, which has more extensive Commonwealth co-operative networks than any other, even though some organisations have faded away. The record of the Council for Education in the Commonwealth, now in its 50th year, demonstrates the value to the Commonwealth of having among its collaborators critical champions of its work.
This article in published in The Round Table Vol. 98, No. 405, 711-729, December 2009. The full text can be downloaded as a pdf by clicking here. (140 kb)
The Commonwealth Scholarships and Fellowships Plan
The campaign led by the Council against the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's decision to cut scholarships to eight Commonwealth countries can be accessed by clicking here or by going to the section of the site entitled "Save Commonwealth Scholarships".Response to consultation by Department of Education and the Department for International Development on Global Education.
The Council made a submission to this consultation at the end of May 2010. This can be downloaded as a pdf by clicking here (41 kb).2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), November 2007, Kampala, Uganda
The Council made a submission which covered five issues:
The full text of the submission can be seen by clicking here (111 kb).
- Education encounter and exchange
- Exchange and work experience in the Commonwealth
- Networking resources for learning to realise human potential
- 50 year of Commonwealth educational cooperation
- Enabling Civil Society
The Council helped in the workshop on "Education for Transformation" at the Commonwealth People's Forum prior to the Heads of Government Meeting. This meeting was opened by the Ugandan Minister of Education and Sports, the Hon Geraldine Namirembe Bitamazire, MP and can be downloaded by clicking here (34 kb). Dr. Narciso Matos, the Executive Director of the Foundation for Community Development in Mozambique and a previous Secretary General of the Association of African Universities. His address was on "The Holistic Nature of Education - Developing Holistic Educational Policies". His presentation in the form of powerpoint can be downloaded by clicking here (172 kb). Professor Keith Lewin of the Uiversity of Sussex spoke of "EFA Goals and Expanded Secondary Schooling - Taking Stock and Seeking Solutions". A summary of his paper can be downloaded by clicking here (28 kb) and the whole paper by clicking here (230 kb).
The Workshop consolidated its work to the Commonwealth People's Forum as a whole in the following statement which can be downloaded by clicking here (33 kb). The reports from the many workshops were brought together in a statement by the People's Forum (with education in paras 46-49) which can be downloaded by clicking here (158 kb).
The final communique of the CHOGM can be read in full by clicking here (95 kb). The following paragraphs are of direct relevance to the work of the Council: Education: paras 61-66, Civil Society: para 77, Commonwealth of Learning: para 83, Commonwealth Education Trust: para 87.UPE - Why some countries fail.
A research paper investigating why, having nearly attained Universal Primary Education, some countries were unable to sustain it.
A research team from the Council for Education in the Commonwealth investigated some possible reasons why UPE in Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Nigeria and Zambia had been almost achieved, but had not been maintained. The work was presented to Ministers at the Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers in Cape Town, South Africa.
The research on which the paper was based was funded by the Commonwealth Secretariat (which had commissioned this piece of research) and by CREATE programme of the University of Sussex. The paper circulated at the Conference can be downloaded as a pdf file by clicking here (117 kb)."Eliminating World Poverty" A CEC response
The Department for International Development issued a consultation document entitled "Eliminating World Poverty" at the beginning of 2006. This can be downloaded from the DFID's website by clicking here. (62 kb)
The CEC has responded to this consultation covering the following points:
General Comments
No alarm over failure in achieving the first Millennium Development Goal
Reasons for failure
Pre-conditions for success
Need for balanced development in the education sectorCommonwealth co-operationResponse to Particular Questions
Question 4 Increasing access to basic education in poor countries
Question 6 Impact of wider UK Government policy on developing countries
Question 8 Managing international migration and brain drain
Question 11 Humanitarian assistance , security and conflict prevention
Question 12 Comparative advantage of international, regional and bilateral agencies
Question 14 Strengthening developing-country voice in global institutions
The full CEC response can be down loaded here.