JohnDaniel argues that the World Bank's global education policy is converging with the Commonwealth of Learning's strategy. He points to several indicators, which I quote:
- the WB has called its new strategy Learning for All, which resonates nicely with Learning for Development, the title of COL's current plan;
- it has recognised that the 'youth bulge', a.k.a. the 'secondary surge' is now a major challenge;
- it makes a more ringing endorsement of technology than we have seen from the WB previously;
- the objective 'learning for all: beyond schooling' resonates well with what we found at a recent meeting of COL's Focal Points in the Caribbean;
- the WB states that 'second chance and informal learning opportunities are thus essential to ensure that all youth can acquire skills for the labour market'; and
- it is encouraging to see the notion of 'education systems' coming through strongly in the WB's discourse.
Well, post hoc and all that, and while nobody lets me come even close to the boardrooms, it's worth noting that all these resemble the approach to learning we have advocated here for many years
- the WB has called its new strategy Learning for All, which resonates nicely with Learning for Development, the title of COL's current plan;
- it has recognised that the 'youth bulge', a.k.a. the 'secondary surge' is now a major challenge;
- it makes a more ringing endorsement of technology than we have seen from the WB previously;
- the objective 'learning for all: beyond schooling' resonates well with what we found at a recent meeting of COL's Focal Points in the Caribbean;
- the WB states that 'second chance and informal learning opportunities are thus essential to ensure that all youth can acquire skills for the labour market'; and
- it is encouraging to see the notion of 'education systems' coming through strongly in the WB's discourse.
Well, post hoc and all that, and while nobody lets me come even close to the boardrooms, it's worth noting that all these resemble the approach to learning we have advocated here for many years
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