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What does it take to build more inclusive and responsive skills systems?
In our latest blog post, Robert Okinda, Adviser: Skills at COL, shares lessons from Zambia’s Open TVET Expo to show that Open TVET works best when policy, regulation and practice are in strategic alignment. He also explores how effective monitoring and evaluation, clear standards and regulation, blended competency-based curricula, and sustainable and affordable business models can help scale Open TVET.
Read the full post: www.col.org/news/open-tvet-and-flexible-skills-systems-lessons-from-zambia/
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Reading Time: 11 min readBy Robert Okinda, Adviser: Skills, COL Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is changing. In recent international discussions on education and training, one s...
What does it take to make higher education accessible to millions, anywhere and at any time?
As Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) celebrated its 40th Foundation Day, COL President and CEO Professor Peter Scott joined university leaders in reflecting on four decades of expanding access through open and distance learning and exploring the next phase of inclusive digital education.
Discussions highlighted shared priorities for the future, including micro-credentials, lifelong learning, the ethical adoption of AI, and the role of openness and collaboration in building more resilient education systems. The occasion also reaffirmed COL’s longstanding partnership with IGNOU and our shared commitment to advancing open education across the Commonwealth.
Read more: www.col.org/news/driving-open-learning-in-higher-education-indira-gandhi-national-open-university...
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While in Geneva, Dr Betty Ogange, Education Specialist: Teacher Education at COL, met with Dr Moira V. Faul, Executive Director of NORRAG, to explore opportunities for collaboration and build stronger partnerships for global education.
Their discussion highlighted the value of bringing greater expertise from the Global South into global education debates, drawing on NORRAG’s #TheSouthAlsoKnows initiative and shared interests in equitable knowledge production and international cooperation.
Partnerships such as these help strengthen dialogue across institutions and contribute to more inclusive, context-responsive approaches to education worldwide.
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In our latest blog post, Robert Okinda, Adviser: Skills at COL, shares lessons from Zambia's Open TVET Expo to explore how effective monitoring and evaluation, clear standards and regulation, blended competency-based curricula, and sustainable and affordable business models can
At IGNOU’s 40th Foundation Day last year, COL President and CEO Professor Peter Scott joined university leaders to reflect on four decades of open learning and the future of inclusive digital education, ethical AI, micro-credentials and lifelong learning. Read more:
While in Geneva, Dr Betty Ogange, Education Specialist: Teacher Education at COL, met with Dr Moira V. Faul, Executive Director of NORRAG, to explore opportunities for collaboration and build stronger partnerships for global education.
Their discussion highlighted the value of
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