Browsing by Subject "Gender"

61st Annual Convocation address of Chief Guest prof. Asha Kanwar

Kanwar, Asha (SNDT, 2011-12-07)

A video of Professor Asha Kanwar's Convocation Address at the SNDT Women’s University (7 December 2011) held in Mumbai, India. Duration: 15:28

Abstract for PCF7: Theme Girls and Women Education

Sharma, Chetan (2013-11)

From all information sources it has been proven that gender inequality in education is extreme. Girls are less likely to access school, to remain in school or enjoy positive achievements in education. Yet it has been proven ...

Accelerating Gender Parity

Kanwar, Asha (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2016-03-08)

Video message delivered for International Women's Day 2016, 8 March 2016 by Professor Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning.

Access and equity in Open Education Resources: E-learning for girl and women in Bangladesh Open University

Billah, Masum (2013-11)

Open Educational Resources are freely accessible, usually openly licensed documents and media that are useful for teaching, learning, educational, assessment and research purposes. E-learning is (website, e-books, cd, dvd ...

Advancement and Empowerment of Women through Open Distance Education

Satyanarayana, P; Meduri, Emmanuel D K (2013-11)

Indian National Policy on Education (1986) viewed education as a powerful instrument for promoting equality of status and opportunity between men and women and between groups divided by class, caste and forms of historic ...

Barriers to Information and Communication Technologies Encountered by Women: Summary Report

Tandon, Nidhi (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 1998-11)

Commonwealth of Learning Abstract: Regional expert meetings convened by Commonwealth of Learning (COL) - COL and its network are continuing work in addressing gender barriers, such as those encountered by women, to the use ...

Baseline-Endline Report: Reaching the Unreached (RtU) through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan

Ferreira, Frances; Cruz, Charisse; Smith, Kristina (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2018-01)

This report documents the baseline–endline study by the GIRLS Inspire team’s Reaching the Unreached project to examine the implications of skills training and education for women’s and girls’ empowerment and sustainable ...

Beliefs Regarding Approaches to Study and Learning Styles: The Primacy of Gender as the Mediating Variable

Sen, Rekha S (2010-11)

The present study is an outcome of the findings of an exploratory qualitative study which revealed that about half the male learners in the sample, but none in the women’s sample, pursuing various Masters’ Programmes at ...

Boys' Underachievement in Education: An Exploration in Selected Commonwealth Countries

Jha, Jyotsna; Kelleher, Fatimah (Commonwealth of Learning (COL)Commonwealth Secretariat, 2006)

Gender disparity in education has usually been experienced as disadvantaging girls. Although this continues to be the case in many places, the phenomenon of boys' underachievement - both in terms of participation and ...

Boys' Underperformance in Education: Revisiting the Issue in the Commonwealth

Jha, Jyotsna; Menon, Niveditha; Chatterjee, Debanita (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-11)

Every child, regardless of gender, has the right to an education that offers not only academic learning but also training in the skills they will need to be successful in their particular environment. However, as recent ...

Bridging the Gender Gap in Education through Open and Distance Learning: The Case of Doctorate Students in some Cameroonian Universities

Meno, Yeba J S M (2013-11)

This study focuses on societal and cultural factors that cause gender inequality at the doctorate level in some Cameroonian universities, and how the use of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) can help address the gender ...

Bridging The Gender Gap Through The use of Open Distance Learning (ODL)

Righa, Margaret M (2013-11)

Gender equity in education has been an issue of concern both in Kenya and internationally. Although tremendous success has been made in attaining Education For All (EFA) in Sub Saharan Africa and Kenya in particular, gender ...

Can Mobile Learning Empower Women and Girls?

Kanwar, Asha; Carr, Alexis; Balasubramanian, K (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2015-02-27)

Transcript and presentation slides from a presentation given at a research seminar, UNESCO Mobile Learning Week, Paris, France, 27 February 2015. Presented by Prof. Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, co-written with Alexis Carr, ...

Can Mobiles support Learning for Development? A Gendered Perspective

Kanwar, Asha (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2012-03-07)

Transcript of opening remarks for Mobiles for Development (M4D) Workshop, National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM), 7 March 2012, Pune, India. Presented by Professor Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning.

Can Recruitment, Success, Gender Equality and Retention Rates be Enhanced in Vocational Fisheries Education with a Shift in Delivery Mode to ODL

Azad Shah, A K M (2013-11)

Bangladesh Open University has been offering a certificate programme on fisheries namely Certificate in Pisciculture and Fish Processing (CPFP) through its School of Agriculture and Rural Development from January 1998, ...

A case study to demonstrate the role of community radio in Khayelitsha, South Africa, as a platform for ODL and the empowerment of mothers of children under the age of five

White, Gail (2013-11)

The adoption of community radio as a platform for ODL in Africa plays an increasingly important role in health and development interventions. This paper will explore how a training and mentorship programme contributes to ...

Challenges of Success and Failure in the Campaign for Universal Primary Education: The Secondary Surge and the Teacher Shortage

Daniel, John (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2010-04-25)

This conference is about Universities and the Millennium Development Goals.// I shall concentrate on one of those goals, number 2, which is to achieve Universal Primary Education, and touch implicitly on number 3, which ...