Jha, Jyotsna2025-08-192025-08-192025-08https://hdl.handle.net/11599/5743The Skills for Work Certificate Scholarship programme, initiated by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and commonly referred to as the Skills Online programme, engaged a total of 94,804 learners from at least 25 Commonwealth countries over three years. These learners registered in 483,818 courses (136,127 course completions) through Google, Udemy and Coursera, paid for by COL. The initiative was designed in response to challenges that arose from the Covid-19 pandemic and appears to have achieved its post-pandemic recovery objectives in a broad sense. The initiative ended in 2024, as scheduled. COL subsequently conducted an online survey to understand the profiles and experiences of the people who registered and received support from COL in the form of free access to courses. Most learners reported that they benefited from the scholarships, but the evidence indicates inadequate participation rates among women, girls and people with limited access to information and technology.enhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/Skills DevelopmentOnline LearningLearner PerceptionsReport