Event
Launch of the 2024 GEM Report on technology in education in the Pacific
About the 2024 Pacific Report
Developed in partnership with the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), the sixth GEM regional report focuses on technology in
education in the Pacific. The Pacific is home to a population of 45.5 million scattered across 30 million square kilometers,
making it a unique geographic and cultural region, especially as far as the application of ICT in education is concerned.
Integrating digital technology into education is hindered by the region's limited and costly infrastructure, particularly in terms
of internet connectivity. The regional report investigates both challenges and potentials that technology as a tool and as a
process can potentially contribute to, across and within countries, and education levels.
The report on the Pacific covers 17 countries, Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall
Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Tokelau and Vanuatu.
Extensive background research by local research teams and independent experts informs the regional analysis, including
contributions from Catalpa International and the Australian Council for Educational Research. The report is structured around
the four key policy areas of the Pacific Regional Education Framework (PacREF) (2018–2030): quality and relevance; learning
pathways; student outcomes and wellbeing; and the teaching profession.
The report concludes with a series of recommendations, which are aligned to those of the 2023 GEM Report and that have been adapted to the Pacific’s context
The report will be launched during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting CHOGM 2024 taking place in Samoa
on 21-25 October 2024.
Resources
Agenda
The launch event will bring together the directors of the Commonwealth of Learning and the Global Education Monitoring
Report, academics and policy makers from the Pacific to discuss how to leverage technology for learning. A series of events
and online dialogues will be organized after the report's launch with key partners from around the region. The event will take place on Wednesday 23 October from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm local time at the Ministry of Justice Building. The launch will be in-person only and will be open for accredited participants attending CHOGM.
Agenda
Opening
- Professor Tuifuisa’a Patila Amosa (Vice Chancellor, NUS)
- Hon. Danny Faure (Chair of the Board of Governors, COL; Former President of the Republic of the Seychelles)
Part I- Launch of the 2024 GEM Report on technology in education in the Pacific
- Professor Peter Scott, President Commonwealth of Learning
- Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report UNESCO
Dr. Helen Leslie, Unit Manager, UN and Commonwealth, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Discussion moderated by: Moderated by Chair: Hon Danny Faure
Part II: Building resilience through education
- Professor Tuifuisa’a Patila Amosa (Vice Chancellor, NUS)
- Professor Muagututi’a Ioana Chan Mow (NUS)
- Professor Peter Scott, President Commonwealth of Learning
- Professor Tuifuisa’a Patila Amosa
Closing
- Dr Rajni Chand, Director, PACFOLD
