Professor Asha Kanwar President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning Commonwealth of Learning: Governance & Accreditation
Jan 17, 2016
Professor Asha KanwarPresident & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning
Commonwealth of Learning:Governance & Accreditation
Why COL?
Why in Vancouver?Why in
Vancouver?
Canada hosted two summits in 1987
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Vancouver 1987
• Signed 1 September 1988
Memorandum of Understanding
“…to create and widen access to opportunities for learning, making use of the potential offered by distance education and by the application of communication technologies to education. COL’s activities will…strengthen member countries’ capacities to develop the human resources…”
MOU, CHOGM 1988, amended 1995
The purpose of COL is
• Headquarters’ Agreement
• Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act of Canada
• Income Tax of Canada
Regulatory Framework in Canada
Who are we?
COL’s Vancouver StaffDr. Linda
Sissons, Board Chair
Professor Asha Kanwar
President & CEO
Commonwealth governments make voluntary contributions to COL’s budget
Who supports COL?
The number of countries contributing rose from 23 in 2003-06 to 46 in 2013-14
Canada UKIndiaNigeria
New Zealand
AustraliaSouth Africa
COL Board of Governors, 2015
Metro Vancouver(Headquarters)
New Delhi(CEMCA)
Where is it?
Regional Office CEMCA• Countries:
Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Singapore and Sri Lanka
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SADC-CDER
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COL in collaboration with the SADC CDE and the COMOSA Africa Chapter,
held a workshop in Maseru, Lesotho to develop Quality Criteria for peer
auditing of Open Schools in Mozambique and Lesotho.
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Country Reports 2012-2015
• Education Ministers: CCEM
• Foreign Ministers: CHOGM
Report to
• Report to COMSEC Board: annual written and oral report
• Report to own Board and its sub-committees: Audit; Executive
Accountability