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