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Professional Development for TVET Practitioners at Kingku Hitech Training Institute

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In June 2025, Kingku Hitech Training Institute (KHTI) in Papua New Guinea ran a two-day workshop to onboard staff on the use of micro-learning resources available on the Pacific TVET Online Toolkit (https://pacifictoolkit.col.org/) to support professional development. The two-day onboarding workshop was organised with support from the Commonwealth of Learning and funding from New Zealand’s […]

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From the Pacific to Africa: COL’s TVET Toolkit Inspires Regional Centre Development

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On September 15-17, Dr Rajni Chand, the Director of the Centre for Flexible Learning (CFL) and the Pacific Centre for Flexible and Open Learning for Development (PACFOLD), University of South Pacific, Fiji, facilitated a workshop on establishing the Africa Regional Centre for Open TVET (ARCOT) at the Kenya School of TVET in Nairobi, Kenya. During the

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She Builds: From Uncertainty to Confidence in Samoa

Empowering Women, Lessons & Insights, TVET, Youth Employment

In Samoa, 50 young women who once believed they had little to offer are now finding their voices, their skills, and their place in society. From April to June 2025, the organisation Brown Girl Woke (BGW) implemented the She Builds vocational empowerment programme with support from the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and funding from New

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Mentoring Industry Trainers in Fiji for Self-Paced, Self-Directed Professional Development

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Mr Rupeni Lewetuitovo, in-country coordinator for the Commonwealth of Learning and a lecturer at Fiji National University (FNU), recently led a transformative onboarding workshop for workplace trainers at Fiji Sugar Corporation (FSC). Supported through funding from New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), this initiative is part of the Pacific TVET Online Toolkit

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Engagement with Stakeholders in Tuvalu for TVET Online Toolkit Awareness

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In April 2025, the Commonwealth of Learning led a series of sensitisation workshops in Tuvalu, introducing the Pacific TVET Online Toolkit to key TVET institutions and education stakeholders. This initiative is supported by New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) to strengthen lifelong learning across the Pacific. The sensitisation sessions were conducted at

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