The Commonwealth Teachers' Group NEWSLETTER

Meeting of the
Commonwealth Advisory
Council on Teacher Mobility,
Recruitment and Migration
By Samidha Garg, National Union of Teachers, UK
COMMONWEALTH
TEACHER RECRUITMENT
PROTOCOL
ADOPTED BY MINISTERS OF EDUCATION
AT STOKE ROCHFORD HALL
CONFERENCE CENTRE
LINCOLNSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM
SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2004
The second meeting of the Commonwealth Advisory
Council on Teacher Mobility, Recruitment and
Migration took place this year in June at Stoke
Rochford, Lincolnshire, UK. The Advisory Council
considered progress against the twelve action points
contained in the Statement of the Inaugural Meeting
of the Advisory Council in 2010. The Advisory
Council also gave consideration to evidence provided
by Country Focal Points on the implementation of
the Commonwealth Teacher Recruitment Protocol.
Information was provided on a proposed
Commonwealth Connects web portal as well as
creating Implementation Guidelines for the
Commonwealth Teacher Recruitment Protocol.
COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT
in conjunction with
The Commonwealth
Teachers’
Group
At its conclusion, the Meeting Statement emphasised
the importance of continuing to raise awareness of
the Protocol and mandated the Commonwealth
Secretariat to carry out a number of action points
in working towards the implementation of the
Protocol.
The CTG was represented by its Acting Convenor,
Christine Blower, at the Advisory Council
meeting.
Commonwealth Research Symposium
By Samidha Garg, National Union of Teachers, UK
The fourth Commonwealth Research Symposium was held in Ethiopia in June 2011, with a strong presence
from the Commonwealth Teachers’ Group and Education International. The overall objective was to share
research on issues affecting
teacher migration so that
policy makers are equipped
with the latest evidence to
guide them. Specific
objectives were to:
● raise awareness of the
Commonwealth Teacher
Recruitment Protocol,
improving the scope and
penetration of its
implementation; and
● share learning about
implementation which
will assist the African
Union and any other
interested bodies in
developing protocols on
teacher migration.
Delegates at the Commonwealth Research Symposium, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
June 2011.
Pic: Dr Casmir Chanda
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