20th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (20CCEM)
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The 20th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (20CCEM) was held in Nadi, Fiji.
The theme for 20CCEM is Sustainability and Resilience: Can Education Deliver?
The 20CCEM was the first meeting of Commonwealth Education Ministers since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The Integrated Partners Forum (IPF) was held in parallel to the Ministers’ Conference
In this 20th CCEM, Ministers reaffirmed that education is a fundamental human right and is indispensable for the achievement of sustainable development.
The Government of Kenya will be hosting the 21st CCEM in 2021.
The Commonwealth education conference has been taking place every three years since 1959, when the first meeting was held in Oxford.
It is the second largest meeting organised by the Commonwealth Secretariat after the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).