Ahead of #CHOGM2026, young Caribbean innovators are drawing attention to some of the region’s most pressing challenges. Today, at 7:00 p.m. AST, two teams participating in COL’s Pan-Caribbean Youth Robotics Innovation Project for Blue-Green Resilience and Prosperity will share their research and ideas on coastal resilience and food security.
The two back-to-back, youth-led webinars will highlight practical solutions and policy approaches to building a more resilient Caribbean:
- Webinar #5, Coastal Resilience, will explore the challenges facing Caribbean coastal ecosystems, from erosion to the degradation of mangroves and coral reefs, and examine innovative solutions and policy approaches to strengthen their protection and restoration.
- Webinar #6, Growing What We Eat: Strengthening Caribbean Food Security Through Local Production, will examine the region’s food-security challenges and explore how local production, innovation and supportive policies can build more sustainable and resilient food systems.
Both sessions offer an opportunity to hear directly from young Caribbean innovators and engage with their perspectives on challenges shaping the region’s future.
As Zambia celebrates its independence, we recognise the country’s efforts to build a more inclusive education and skills system that responds to changing learner and workforce needs.
Through its Eighth National Development Plan 2022–2026 and ongoing employment and TVET reforms, Zambia is strengthening connections between education, skills and work, with greater emphasis on practical training, employability, digital skills and opportunities for young people.
Expanding flexible learning, strengthening technology-enabled and gender-responsive approaches, and building pathways that recognise prior learning are also central to COL’s efforts in Zambia across open schooling, teacher development, higher education and TVET.
Recent work is also widening access to secondary education through a decentralised open schooling model, while blended TVET delivery and stronger quality assurance are helping institutions respond to changing learner and workforce needs.
We wish the people of Zambia a happy Independence Day and continued progress in building a more inclusive and future-ready learning system.
Earlier this week, the Honourable Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Education, Ghana, received Professor Jane-Frances Agbu, Adviser: Higher Education at the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), and a Ghanaian delegation comprising Professor Samuel A. Atintono, Principal of Accra College of Education and COL Focal Point for Ghana; Dr Joshua Mallet, former Director of CENDLOS and former COL staff member; and Mr John Dadzie-Mensah, Director of Policy, Planning and Research at the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC).
The meeting, also attended by the Honourable Dr Clement Apaak, Deputy Minister of Education, and other senior officials, provided an overview of COL's work in higher education, teacher education, technical and vocational education and training, and open schooling.
A significant outcome was the formal presentation of the Business Model Report for the proposed Ghana Open University. The Minister welcomed the initiative, reaffirmed the government's commitment to expanding higher education opportunities for underserved populations, and constituted a seven-member committee to review the business model and advance plans for establishing the university.
Alongside these discussions, COL is facilitating a workshop in collaboration with GTEC to strengthen the capacity of assessors, accreditation officers and tertiary education stakeholders to support quality assurance in open and distance learning (ODL).
Together, these developments mark progress towards strengthening Ghana's higher education system and expanding opportunities for lifelong learning.
With #CHOGM2026 just days away, we've put together 15 strategic talking points and 12 opportunities for action to help turn shared ambitions into practical action.
Our challenge to delegates: Explore the talking points, ask the difficult questions and come ready to act.
On St Vincent and the Grenadines' Independence Day, we celebrate the country's continued drive to modernise education, strengthen skills and prepare learners for a changing world of work.
Through investments in technical and vocational education and training, expanded
Ahead of #CHOGM2026, young Caribbean innovators are drawing attention to some of the region’s most pressing challenges. Today, at 7:00 p.m. AST, two teams participating in COL’s Pan-Caribbean Youth Robotics Innovation Project for Blue-Green Resilience and Prosperity will share
