Commonwealth Consortium for Education and LCD Conference:

The Power of Partnerships: Strength of Friends
Exploring the potential of school and college links in the Commonwealth

8th and 9th December 2006
District 6, Cape Town, South Africa

There are currently several thousand international school and college partnerships throughout the Commonwealth. Anecdotal evidence suggests that partnerships can increase international understanding, support school development and promote mutual respect and friendship. Governments across the Commonwealth are placing school and college linking higher up their agendas. What exactly are the benefits of partnerships? Are they really improving the quality of education? Does the Commonwealth have a role to promote partnerships?

Bringing together stakeholders involved in all aspects of school and college linking including non-governmental organisation representatives, school delegates from across the Commonwealth and government representatives this timely international conference explored the potential of school and college partnerships to make a difference to the lives of young people and the implications for practitioners, leaders and educators. Through sharing experiences and best practice delegates had the opportunity to openly debate the issues associated with school and college partnerships and learn from each other about what is effective and possible ways forward.

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Conference report:
Conference final programme:
Minister Naledi Pandor's speech :