MUMBAI: BBC World Service has won the Commonwealth Learning Award of Excellence for Institutional Achievement for the quality of its English teaching on radio and online.

The Commonwealth of Learning has praised the accessible, learner-centred approach of BBC World Service's English language teaching provision and its use of computer and internet technology that connects with audiences around the world, often through developing local partnerships.

Through the project, opportunities are provided to use English with other learners via an online message board and email-based discussion group, which now has nearly 3,000 members in 85 countries. Partnerships with local educational bodies and broadcasters around the world to produce materials which achieve a balance between global and local content have helped the channel develop unique content.

BBC English makes teaching materials for radio and online initiatives of the BBC World Service.