At the Conference, Dr.Joshi is expected to share India’s experience in educating the masses, as also the "Sarva Siksha Abhiyan", the ‘Education for All’ initiative. While doing so, Dr. Joshi would stress the essentiality of the ethical and moral aspects of education. He will be chairing a Ministerial Committee that will look into Qualifications, Standards and Equivalences, Scholarships, Fellowships and Exchanges.

    During his stay, Dr. Joshi would be interacting with a number of education ministers from other Commonwealth countries, in particular the British Minister for Education Baroness Black Stone. His meeting with the British Minister would assume significance in the back-drop of British support to District Primary Education Programme especially for West Bengal and Kerala.

    The other important engagements of Dr.Joshi would be having bilateral discussions with his Canadian counterpart. Canada has become an important destination for Indian students going for higher education especially technical education at the university level. In comparison, the cost of such education in Canada is cheaper than in United States.

    The Commonwealth Conference will focus on the need for educational diversity to meet the expanding range of challenges that will confront education in the new millennium. It will also deliberate upon the theme "Education in Global Era, Concerns and Challenges", as well as commonwealth perspectives.