Asia

COL organised the Regional Focal Points Meeting for Asia in New Delhi, India in December 2022. The meeting was chaired by COL President and CEO, Professor Asha Kanwar, and facilitated by Dr B. Shadrach, Director, CEMCA and Dr Sanjaya Mishra, Director: Education, COL. Focal Points identified key priorities in the education and skills sectors for their respective countries where COL could offer support. They also expressed appreciation for the ongoing support extended by COL and CEMCA to their respective countries.

Professor Kanwar welcomed the representatives from Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, India, Malaysia, Maldives and Sri Lanka, and provided an overview of COL’s work, with a focus on how emerging technologies and practices are shaping education and skills in the post-Covid world. Blended learning will be the norm in the coming years. Commonwealth countries will also need to integrate a Green Learning Agenda into their education system to tackle the climate change crisis. The Focal Points have a vital role to play as “climate change champions.”