 The Commonwealth of Learning is helping to increase access to quality education while increasing student achievement by providing teachers in developing countries with new technologies, tools and skills. Where traditional schools can't accommodate the high demand for education at the secondary level, open schools can be a key strategy for increasing access. In terms of impact, open schooling is a powerful way of addressing issues of equity and social justice since it can bring those formally excluded into the schooling system. Open schools can provide a major platform for skills development and can reach the unreached through the innovative uses of technology. A decade of refining its know-how has made call one of the world's leading sources of expertise on open schooling. The advancement of the goals of gender equality and women's empowerment is central to calls agenda of learning for development. After a long time, I was able to go back to the school where I was not able to go to school. My school was closed. But I tried to understand a lot. I was a good student. I was fast in class. My school was closed. But I didn't understand that. My school was closed. I was able to understand all of this from my own experience. But I was able to establish a free school. I couldn't understand anything. The Commonwealth of Learning works with partners to train educators, administrators and policy makers makers in the development and operation of open schools. The reason I'm participating in this workshop is to improve my skills on how to develop learning materials that can help my learners enhance their learning, reading skills, writing and numeracy. One specific thing I learned in this process is developing a script which comes into a video which becomes a movie that my learners will be able to see and relate in their daily life. I believe that my learners will benefit from this in many ways. The open in open schooling refers to the openness of the system. Usually there are no rules dictating student ages, prerequisites, content of courses or number of courses in which learners must enroll. As a result, open schooling meets the needs of a broad range of learners. Minister of Education Patrick Fauber explains why Gwynlis Arragach was chosen to start the first open school. Launching it here at the Gwynlis evening division because of of course the kind of students that we cater for here. What basically will happen is we will open the boundaries of learning beyond the campus, beyond the walls of this institution. There is sufficient evidence to show that technology has an important role to play in open and conventional schools. It allows the blurring of boundaries between open and conventional schooling. Coal's open schooling initiative continues to build the capacity to ensure the integration of technology and the adoption and use of open education resources. As we strive to meet the millennium goals in education and to achieve Kenya vision 2030, we need the courage to make an impact and open others eyes. I believe that only through OER will the nomadic communities and the rural based poverty-ridden counties of Kenya benefit from courses as pathways for these groups of learners to achieve credible credentials and improved lifestyles. In dealing with a huge demand for secondary education, open schooling must be a central part of a new educational ecosystem where ministries of education, communities, open schools and conventional schools work together in a synergistic and symbiotic way.