Saturday 20 June
Delegates’ arrival and registration
Pre-Conference meeting 1a (Civil Society Small States meeting organised by Commonwealth Foundation)
Sunday 21 June
Delegates’ arrival and registration
Pre-Conference meeting 1b (Civil Society Small States meeting organised by Commonwealth Foundation)
Pre-Conference meeting 2 (Small States meeting organized by Commonwealth of Learning)
Reception hosted by Commonwealth of Learning (Invited guests)
Monday 22 June
Delegates’ arrival and registration
Opening of 19CCEM exhibition
Small States forum
- Opening remarks & presentations
- Case study
- Discussion groups
Opening of Parallel Forums (Youth, Teachers & Stakeholders)
Good Practice Awards Showcase
Tuesday 23 June
Ministerial Caucuses
- Caribbean/Canada
- Asia/Pacific/Europe
- Africa
Innovation showcase
Multi-Stakeholder dialogue
Senior Officials Meeting
- 19CCEM Issues Paper: Quality in Education – the 3Ps of Performance, Paths and Productivity
- Post 2015 Goals for Education
- Higher Education: The need for advancing higher education in the Commonwealth
- Reports and updates
19CCEM Opening ceremony
- Welcome & opening remarks
- Cultural presentation
- Keynote address
- Presentation of Good Practice Awards
- Official photograph
Reception (hosted by Government of The Bahamas)
Wednesday 24 June – Ministerial Meeting
Sessions 1 & 2: Preliminaries
- Election of Chair and approval of agenda
- Reports from Senior Officials meeting and Small States forum
- Presentation of 19CCEM Theme: Quality in Education – the 3Ps of Performance, Paths and Productivity
Ministerial lunch (hosted by Secretary General of the Commonwealth)
Good Practice Awards Showcase
Session 3: Post 2015 Goals for Education
- Report from the Post-2015 Ministerial Working Group
- Presentation: Education for the 21st Century
- Plenary discussion
Session 4: Quality in Education
- Quality basic education: What is required?
- Education, skills and employment
Private sector engagement
Thursday 25 June
Session 5: Higher Education
- The need for advancing higher education in the Commonwealth
Session 6: Ministerial roundtables
- Quality in education: Enhancing the performance of teachers
- Paths and pathways for economic growth and investment
- ICT integration in education systems and across sectors
- Cost and financing: The implications for quality.
Lunch (with delegates from private sector & Stakeholders Forum)
Innovation Showcase
Session 7: Reports from Ministerial roundtables
Session 8: Youth and student engagement: Performance and productivity
- Presentations on youth engagement mechanisms
Session 9: The decade ahead
- Plan of action and accelerated development mechanism for education in the Commonwealth
Reception (hosted by Secretary General of the Commonwealth)
Friday 26 June
Session 10: Commonwealth progress reports and work programmes
- Commonwealth Secretariat
- Commonwealth of Learning
- Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan
Session 11: Resources
- Launch & demonstration of Commonwealth Secretariat Education Hub
- Innovation Showcase
Lunch (with delegates from Teachers Forum)
Session 12: Statements from parallel forums (Youth, Teachers & Stakeholders)
Session 13: 19CCEM conclusions and recommendations
- Approval of Bahamas Communiqué
- Venue for 20CCEM
Closing ceremony
- Closing addresses (Commonwealth Secretariat & Minister of Education, The Bahamas)
- Special performance
Press conference
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