With #CHOGM2026 just days away, leaders from across the Commonwealth are preparing to gather in Antigua and Barbuda to advance partnerships and investment for a more prosperous future.
That's why we've put together 15 strategic talking points and 12 concrete opportunities for action in our new publication, Learning to accelerate in partnership.
From transforming education systems and expanding flexible learning to developing digital, green, blue and creative economy skills, our key asks focus on equipping young people with the skills and opportunities to learn, lead, work and thrive.
Here's our challenge to CHOGM delegates and decision-makers: Explore the talking points, ask the difficult questions and come to the table ready to act. Where can collaboration make the greatest difference? What will it take to deliver results at scale? And how can we ensure no one is left behind?
Building a more resilient and prosperous future starts with investing in people. Explore our talking points and help turn shared ambitions into practical action: doi.org/10.56059/11599/6156
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 post-secondary learning opportunities and digital transformation, St Vincent and the Grenadines is working to make education more accessible, relevant and responsive to national development priorities. Efforts to strengthen workforce skills, improve digital access and connect education with employment are helping to create new pathways for lifelong learning.
COL is contributing to these priorities through collaboration in higher education, teacher professional development, digital learning and skills development. This includes supporting online and blended learning, strengthening mathematics teaching, and advancing digital and AI literacy, micro-credentials and flexible pathways to employment and entrepreneurship.
As St Vincent and the Grenadines celebrates its independence, we recognise the progress being made towards learning that is more accessible, adaptable and connected to the aspirations of its people.
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.
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
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.
Our latest story looks at how South Africa is translating AI literacy into practical action across teacher education. Read more at the news link in our bio. #ArtificialIntelligence #TeacherEducation #AILiteracy #Teachers #InclusiveEducation #SouthAfrica @highereduza @universityofpretoria @university_of_cape_town
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