The benefits and facilities of online learning at school level all over the world were not fully realised until the COVID-19 pandemic forced educational institutions to explore the possibilities of teaching-learning through online measures. During the lockdown due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Open Schooling (OS) using online learning as a method of education has become prevalent in many developing countries. However, there was an absence of a long-term strategy or financial support for online learning in general and Open Distance and eLearning in particular for many educational institutions, especially for schools, for establishing online learning platforms. Emlalatini Development Centre (EDC) in Eswatini is no exception. Further, EDC has experienced declining student enrolment over the past five years. The declining enrolment seems contrary to the needs of the country and hence, prompted EDC to contact the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) through the Ministry of Education and Training for advice and support. As a result, the Ministry of Education and Training, Eswatini held meetings with COL's Education Specialist: Open Schooling, Dr Tony Mays in June 2019 to explore the ongoing development of the Open Schooling model in Eswatini where COL is supporting the implementation. Later, in collaboration with the COL, the EDC constituted a research committee to develop an Online Learning Model for Emlalatini Development Centre and submitted this report by end of April 2020. The Research Team conducted desktop research on developing an online learning model for EDC and submitted a report to the Commonwealth of Learning on 30-04-2020. The literature survey showed that online learning is a growing and exciting new way of learning in the digital era. EDC currently offers its services by means of print-based open and distance learning (ODL), with occasional face-to-face contact sessions. The administration at EDC is also largely manual and paper-based. The administration system would need to be digitalised if EDC is to operate at scale. Based on the conclusions of the online desktop research, declining enrolment numbers at EDC and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic it is recommended that: (1) EDC needs to move from the print to blended online learning as per the proposed model which facilitates the students to continue learning from anywhere and anytime at their own pace. Furthermore, online learning implementation is likely to increase student enrolment resulting in the majority of youth and adults completing their secondary education and ultimately improve the economy of the country; (2) Based on the COL's theory of change, EDC needs to develop an online learning platform that is unique to the needs of the institution and is based on the local context; and (3) The following things should be put in place to support the successful establishment and implementation of Online Learning for EDC: (a) An IT Department needs to be established at EDC to provide the necessary technical expertise and maintenance of the system; (b) A Quality Assurance Department should also be established at EDC to assure quality provision of education at all stages; (c) There is need to build ICT Infrastructure for an Online Learning Environment; and (d) There is need to train teachers to support learning online and to develop or use existing OER to provide quality education through online learning. Further, it is suggested that after consultation with the Ministry of Education and Training and Commonwealth of Learning, EDC should identify an appropriate online learning platform by calling for proposals from service providers. The successful service provider should set up an online learning plat form as per the proposed model and guidelines.