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 ...

Adaptive Project Design: Early Insights from Working On the Transformation of the Distance Education System in Myanmar

Gregson, Jon; Lane, Andy; Foster, Matthew (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-09)

The manner in which a development project is designed and implemented can have a significant impact on the nature of the outcomes. There are few examples of international projects funded to support transformation of Higher ...

Addressing the Learning Needs of Out-of-School Children and Youths through the Expansion of Open Schooling

Mays, Tony; Singh, Rajiv Kumar (2020-12)

At any one time, about 300 million children of school going age are not in school. Experience indicates that when schooling is disrupted, whether by a pandemic, a natural disaster or other reasons, not all children return ...

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 ...

Analysis of ICT Competencies Among Distance Learning Students in selected Study Centres of the National Open University of Nigeria

Amini, Moses; Oluyide, Oluwaseun (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2020-03-20)

The research evaluated the ICT competencies of Distance learning students of the National Open University of Nigeria, as a pre-requisite for their effectiveness in a computer-based learning environment. 186 students (66 ...

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 ...

Baseline–Endline Report: Preventing Child, Early and Forced Marriage (CEFM) through Open, Distance and Technology- Based Education in Bangladesh, Mozambique, Pakistan and Tanzania

Smith, Kristina (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2019-08)

This report explores the results of the Baseline-Endline study conducted throughout the project to capture its long-term impacts, and was conceptualised through the Performance Measurement Framework (PMF). Surveys were ...

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 ...