How can education keep pace with the changing opportunities and challenges facing young people across the Commonwealth?
The August 2026 issue of Connections takes up this question, exploring youth innovation and co-creative solutions in the context of rapid technological change, mounting climate pressures, and an evolving global landscape.
Through partner contributions, expert voices, strategic insights, and evidence-based knowledge resources, the issue highlights why innovation must be paired with equity to reach learners who are still being left behind.
For Trinidad and Tobago, preparing people for the future increasingly means creating stronger connections between education, skills and work. We celebrate the country’s progress on its Independence Day in expanding flexible learning, strengthening TVET, and embracing digital transformation and AI.
A regional leader in verifiable micro-credentials and digital public infrastructure, Trinidad and Tobago is helping to strengthen labour mobility, economic growth, and national resilience. As a small state of the Commonwealth, it also brings valuable perspectives on climate pressures and the skills needed for emerging blue and green economies.
COL looks forward to continuing our work with Trinidad and Tobago to widen access through open schooling, strengthen the quality of open and distance education, and build capacity for technology-enabled learning.
On Hari Merdeka, Malaysia’s Independence Day, COL celebrates our longstanding partnership with Malaysia and its continued leadership in accessible, inclusive and technology-enabled education.
Malaysia’s Higher Education Blueprint 2026–2035 sets an ambitious direction for the decade ahead, with priorities including inclusive access, flexible and lifelong learning, educational technology, artificial intelligence and the skills needed to respond to a rapidly changing world.
COL’s work with partners in Malaysia reflects these priorities: expanding access through Open Educational Resources; strengthening technology-enabled learning in higher education; building the capacity of TVET practitioners to use generative AI; and advancing opportunities for women in STEM across the region.
Malaysia has also played an important role in hosting regional Commonwealth meetings, bringing together ministers and education leaders to identify shared priorities for stronger education systems, national resilience, and a future-ready generation of learners.
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How can education keep pace with the changing opportunities and challenges facing young people across the Commonwealth?
The August 2026 issue of Connections takes up this question, exploring youth innovation and co-creative solutions in the context of rapid technological
For Trinidad and Tobago, preparing people for the future increasingly means creating stronger connections between education, skills and work. We celebrate the country’s progress on its Independence Day in expanding flexible learning, strengthening TVET, and embracing digital
Research on women’s access to STEM education points to progress. But are those gains translating into equal opportunities to build careers and lead?
COL’s Women in STEM initiative (WiSE) is examining the gaps behind this question, bringing together researchers, policymakers and civil society to develop solutions that expand opportunities for women across STEM education, employment and leadership.
At a recent workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, stakeholders from Brunei, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, The Gambia and Uganda discussed barriers, shared lessons on more inclusive policy and practice, and identified practical actions to help more women participate, progress and lead in STEM.
Rwanda’s higher education and teacher training institutions are taking important steps towards the responsible and effective use of artificial intelligence (AI). Through a collaboration between the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), the Higher Education Council (HEC) and the University of Rwanda (UR), representatives from nine higher education and teacher training institutions have come together in Kigali, Rwanda, for a three-day session to develop and strengthen institutional AI policies and guidelines.
The initiative aims to establish a coherent, future-ready framework that enables institutions to harness AI to improve the quality of education, foster innovation and promote ethical practices. The policies are being developed in alignment with national guidance from HEC as well as regional frameworks from the Inter-University Council for East Africa.
Opening the event, Dr Olivier Habimana, Head of the Department of Digitalisation and Research at HEC, highlighted the importance of clear AI policies and other institutional measures to support the effective integration of AI in education. In his welcoming remarks, Professor Florien Nsanganwimana, Principal of the College of Education at the University of Rwanda, emphasised the critical role of teachers in preparing learners for an AI-enabled future, noting the importance of AI literacy and ethics in supporting students.
This activity forms part of COL’s broader work in AI for Teacher Education work across Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. It reflects our commitment to promoting shared learning, locally relevant and collaborative solutions, open educational resources, and the responsible and sustainable integration of AI across education systems.
“Our task is not simply to put AI tools in teachers’ hands, but to strengthen their agency to decide when, why and how AI can improve teaching and learning,” says Dr Betty Ogange, Education Specialist: Teacher Education at the Commonwealth of Learning.
As AI becomes an increasingly integral part of education, responsible integration must begin with teacher education and professional development. This means embedding AI literacy, ethics, critical thinking and inclusive practices into teacher education policies, curricula and assessment.
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