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Item Commonwealth Higher Education Support Scheme: Strengthening capacity for sustainable development: Summary report of planning meeting(Commonwealth Secretariat, 1991-06) Commonwealth SecretariatThe Second Planning Meeting of the Commonwealth Higher Education Support Scheme (CHESS) was held in London on June 17th and 18th, 1991. The meeting considered needs and opportunities in the three key areas which had been identified at the initial planning meeting as the component areas for CHESS. These are improved systems of management in institutions of higher education; books, materials and libraries; and staff development.Item Commonwealth Regional Workshop on Textbook Development, Trinidad, 9-17 January 1974: Final report(Commonwealth Secretariat, 1974) Commonwealth Secretariat;Although the main purpose of this workshop was to consider methods and means of textbook production, it began with the consideration of the processes of curriculum renewal. Much time was devoted to discussing ways and means of converting materials resulting from curriculum renewal exercises into textbooks and teaching materials. Various facets of book publishing were considered--editing, production, distribution, and marketing. Some of the factors inhibiting indigenous textbook production in the Caribbean were also examined. This volume contains the workshop recommendations, summaries of discussions, background papers, and addresses from the workshopItem Curriculum renewal - Social studies(Commonwealth Secretariat, 1974) Beddoe, Innocent B.; Commonwealth SecretariatThis paper aims at discussing the nature of social studies in education in the first instance, and at identifying current descriptions of social studies as an area of experienceItem Education and productive work linkages in the formal and nonformal education systems of the Commonwealth Caribbean(Commonwealth Secretariat, 1988) Jennings, Zellynne; Commonwealth SecretariatThis study has the following main aims: 1) to present an overview of relevant education with productive work (EPW) programmes in the formal and nonformal education system of the Commonwealth Caribbean, which produce either a physical product or a service; 2) to identify the rationale of EPW programmes and their success or failure as perceived by those in charge of the programmes; and 3) to ascertain the extent to which these EPW programmes provide for the particular needs of girls for vocational and prevocational educationItem Education, Training and Work: Some Commonwealth Responses to Youth Unemployment(Commonwealth Secretariat, 1988) Commonwealth SecretariatItem Educational Administration and Supervision: Report of the Regional Training Course, Barbados 1979; Review of the Commonwealth Regional Training Courses 1977-1979(1981) Commonwealth SecretariatThis report describes the planning and implementation of the Commonwealth Caribbean Training Course on Educational Administration and Supervision. It is devoted largely to the presentation of a selection of the material used on the course and considered likely to be of value to the planning of in-service programmes for educational administrators.Item Improving the Quality of Basic Education: (1) The Issues (2) A Survey of Commonwealth Experience(Commonwealth Secretariat, 1991-03) Commonwealth SecretariatThe first paper in this volume is the Commonwealth Secretariat’s issues paper, which served as a background document for the 11th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers. The second paper is an overview document that summarizes the country papers, providing selected highlights from the material treated in the individual country papers.Item In-service education of teachers in the Commonwealth(Commonwealth Secretariat, 1982) Commonwealth SecretariatItem A Pan-Commonwealth Meeting on The Organisation and Management of Ministries of Education in Small States(Commonwealth Secretariat, 1989) Commonwealth SecretariatThis report contains a summary of conclusions and outcomes in relation to the organisation and management of Ministries of Education in small states.Item Senior Policy Seminar on Educational Responses to Structural Adjustment(Commonwealth Secretariat, 1992) Commonwealth SecretariatIn this report the aims of the seminar were defined thus: to review the educational consequences of the programme of structural adjustment, whether these were adopted voluntarily by governments or agreed with external bodies, as perceived both by ministries of education and by ministries of finance; to identify strategies for: improving dialogue between ministries of education and of finance that will lead to fuller mutual understanding of the economic case for and constraints upon education; assisting ministries of education on the processes of negotiating their budget; allocating or reallocating the educational budget with a view both to educational quality and to cost effectiveness; identifying and evaluating alternative sources of educational finance; improving dialogue between ministries and international donors; to agree on the outline and framework of a programme of activities to be undertaken in the Caribbean in order to implement these strategies.