Current Affairs - Places - Discussion

20th Conference of the Commonwealth Education Ministers (20CCEM) was held in Nadi, Fiji from 19th - 23rd February 2018. The Conference was held for Education Ministers of Commonwealth nations to meet and discuss solutions to contemporary issues and challenges in education sector viz. low enrolment rates in preschool, primary and secondary schools, gender disparities in education and low adult literacy. Theme of 20CCEM was "Sustainability and Resilience: Can Education Deliver?". Indian delegation to this conference was led by Dr. Satya Pal Singh, Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development. First Commonwealth education conference was held in Oxford, UK in 1959.