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20th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers (20CCEM)

March 2 , 2018 2459 days 1027 0
  • 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).

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