#CEMCA collaborates with #FICCI to shape India’s skill landscape at #GSS2023.
#COL’s regional centre, the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia #CEMCA, collaborated with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) as a learning partner during the 14th Global Skills Summit 2023 (GSS 2023). The Summit was appropriately themed as ‘Building Skills | Empowering Youth | Creating Future’. #GSS2023 was a confluence of visionaries, policymakers and industry leaders with a shared objective – crafting a roadmap for India’s high-quality, industry-driven skilling ecosystem. This vision seamlessly resonates with the National Education Policy 2020 #NEP2020 core guidelines.
Dr B. Shadrach, Director of #CEMCA, delivered an address during Session One titled “Education & Skills: Pillars for Making India the Skill Capital of the World.” Acknowledging #NEP2020’s groundbreaking convergence of the skills and education sectors, he underscored the pivotal role that open, online, distance, digital, and blended learning approaches, championed by #COL4D and #CEMCA, can play. These approaches can serve as a scalable and quality-focused solution, enhancing access to quality education and skills and providing the crucial passport to livelihood opportunities.
On the side-lines of #GSS2023, #CEMCA also demonstrated the Academic and Career Skills (Self-Assessment) Instrument (ACSI). The #ACSI, developed by #CEMCA for the Central Board of Secondary Education, aims to assist students in making informed decisions regarding their educational stream and future career paths. #SkillDevelopment #EducationForAll
... See MoreSee Less
“Technology is growing faster than anyone can keep pace with—presenting exciting opportunities and unprecedented risks.” Professor Asha Kanwar, #COL4D President & CEO, on harnessing the potential of existing and new technologies; part of her virtual address, ‘Skilling our Youth at Speed and Scale’, delivered to the Africa #TVET Regulators Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, on 30 November 2023. Video presentation available here: youtu.be/cClrkyqwqqw?si=XUNer-e0pSLZjhpt. For a downloadable transcript and slides of the presentation, go to hdl.handle.net/11599/5492 #Skilling #YouthEducation #ICT #TVET #AI
... See MoreSee Less
#COL4D-facilitated OER course launched at University of Maiduguri.
With support from the Commonwealth of Learning #COL4D, 30 staff of the University of Maiduguri #UNIMAID, #Nigeria, including seven persons with disabilities, recently reported improved knowledge for course enhancement by making use of open educational resources #OER. A #COL4D-assisted capacity-building workshop was held as a follow-up of the engagement with stakeholders towards the development and validation of an #OER policy, which took place earlier in the year.
Through hands-on activities, staff were equipped with the necessary skills for implementing the #OER policy, especially as it relates to instructional design, course material development and enhancement of existing course materials with #OER. The course materials were analysed and updated in the areas of learning outcomes, instructional content, in-text evaluation and sourcing for relevant #OER in form of pictures, graphics, texts and videos.
In his remarks to the participants, Professor Abdullahi Bala Alhassan, #UNIMAID Director, Centre for Distance Learning, said @COL4D’s support to the university was appreciated in the continued effort towards staff improvement in #OER. He further stressed that this would lead to improvement in the quality of course materials and instructional processes.
Professor Jane-Frances Agbu, Adviser: Higher Education at #COL4D, commented that #UNIMAID is one of eight pilot institutions in Nigeria supported by #COL4D, in collaboration with the National Universities Commission, towards implementing #OER policy. #EducationForAll #OpenEducation
Dates used: 29 Nov 2023
... See MoreSee Less
;
