History, Vision, Mission
In response to the needs expressed by the Commonwealth countries of the Asian region for more effective use of educational media resources for Distance Education, the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) established the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (COL-CEMCA) in 1994. COL-CEMCA, under a host country agreement signed between COL and the Government of India (GoI) in 1998, has its headquarters in New Delhi. The GoI notified COL-CEMCA as a diplomatic mission under Section 3 of the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947 (46 of 1947) vide The Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) dated 10 February 2000.
COL-CEMCA works in eight Commonwealth countries in Asia - Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Singapore, and Sri Lanka.
Agreement With The G.O.I.Vision: To be the foremost agency in Commonwealth Asia that promotes media- and technology-enabled learning for development.
Mission: To assist governments and institutions to expand the scale, efficiency and quality of learning by using multiple media in open, distance and technology-enhanced learning.
