Transcript Education Networking in Southeast Asia during the

Education Networking in Southeast Asia
during the Colloquium for Humboldt Fellows and Awardees in Thailand
“Regional Networking – a Chance for Science and Scholarship”
23-25 November 2007, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Dato’ Dr Ahamad bin Sipon
Director-Designate
SEAMEO Secretariat
Southeast Asian Ministers of
Education Organization (SEAMEO)
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42nd year
Governed by SEAMEO Council
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Brunei Darussalam
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Philippines
Thailand
Vietnam
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Cambodia
Indonesia
Myanmar
Singapore
Timor Leste; and
Held back-to-back with the ASEAN Education
Ministers Meeting
SEAMEO
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Eight Associate
Members
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Australia
Canada
France
Germany
New Zealand
the Netherlands
Norway; and
Spain
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An Affiliate Member
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International Council
for Open and
Distance Education
(ICDE) based in
Norway
SEAMEO
Oversees 15 SEAMEO Regional Centres
1. Tropical
Biology (Indonesia)
2. History and Tradition (Myanmar)
3. Educational Innovation and Technology
(Philippines)
4. Education in Science and Mathematics
(Malaysia)
5. Languages Centre (Singapore)
SEAMEO
Regional Training Centre (Vietnam)
7. Higher Education and Development
(Thailand)
8. Graduate Study and Research in
Agriculture (Philippines)
9. Archaeology and Fine Arts (Thailand)
10. Community Nutrition (Indonesia)
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SEAMEO
Microbiology, Parasitology and
Entomology (Malaysia)
12. Public Health (Philippines)
13. Tropical Medicine (Thailand)
14. Open Learning Centre (Indonesia)
15. Vocational and Technical Education and
Training (Brunei Darussalam)
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SEAMEO
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One Network: Tropical Medicine and Public
Health (Thailand)
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Secretariat in Bangkok
SEAMEO and Science Education in
Southeast Asia
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Member States move towards the
sciences, if not improving on their
science curricula and perspective
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Recognizes the need to have adequate
resources
SEAMEO and Science Education in
Southeast Asia
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Keeps track of the fast changing trends
in education
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Recognizes the need to help member
countries improve their human resource
capabilities
SEAMEO and Science Education in
Southeast Asia
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Council
expressed
very
enthusiastic
prospects of building the region’s human
infrastructure in education, science and
culture
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Science education in member countries
respects the necessity and significance of
values in teaching and learning
Integration of ICT in Education
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Improvements in integrating (ICT) in
educational systems
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Concerns
on
structural
geographical challenges
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Integration of ICT in Education
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Indonesia, launched the Indonesia
National ICT Education Network or
Jardiknas
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Stresses the need to address ICT
development in hardware, software and
teacher training
Integration of ICT in Education
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Defining the roles of both the government and
the private sector in sharing the responsibility
of developing ICT networks for education
purposes
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Concerns in protecting national values and in
ensuring safe and ethical use of the Internet
Integration of ICT in Education
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Singapore shared its ICT master plan that
integrates ICT into the curriculum
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Centres promote technology-aided education
and instruction to ease teaching and learning
and to introduce and integrate the
technology into the structure and system of
education
Integration of ICT in Education
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SEAMEO INNOTECH currently uses ICT-aided
education such as Text-to-teach and iFLEX
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SEAMEO SEAMOLEC conducts training on
technology
and
web-based
distance
learning such as the conduct of the webbased course development using moodels
Integration of ICT in Education
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SEAMEO VOCTECH is strengthening
regional networks that offer training on
managing ICT in institutions and maintaining
competitive computer learning
Education for sustainable development
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ESD is about changing values and
behaviors while emphasizing the core
concepts of sustainable development
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knowledge in global warming, ozone
depletion and preserving biodiversity,
managing agriculture, fisheries and rural
development,
Education for sustainable development
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promoting
health,
sanitation
and
environmentally responsible lifestyles and
inculcating traditional Southeast Asian values
in the midst of changing social influences
Human Values-based Water, Sanitation and
Hygiene Education in Southeast Asia
(HVBWSE) that involved an inter-centre
collaboration, with the support of the UNHABITAT
Education for sustainable development
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Conducted a training course aimed to develop
the competencies of teachers and education
professionals by sensitizing them to HVBWSE,
try out lesson plans and disseminate the
knowledge to other teachers
At the ministerial level and through 15 Regional
Centres, ESD concerns are promoted through
values, reorientation of education programmes
and developing awareness
Education for sustainable development
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SEAMEO SEARCA proposes to enhance
and strengthen the agricultural curricula of
universities in the region
SEAMEO BIOTROP is engaged in
research and testing to sustain the tropical
ecosystem and to find solutions to
environmental problems.
Education for sustainable development
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The work of both SEAMEO SEARCA in
agricultural competitiveness and natural
resource management and SEAMEO
BIOTROP in preserving ecology have a
great significance in contributing to food
security and poverty reduction
Tropical medicine, medical research
and public health
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SEAMEO Tropical Medicine and Public
Health Network or SEAMEO TROPMED/
Network has four regional centres attached
to universities in Thailand, Indonesia,
Malaysia and the Philippines
Doing specialized scientific pursuits in
tropical medicine, community nutrition, public
health, and parasitology, entomology and
microbiology
Tropical medicine, medical research
and public health
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The Mahidol University Faculty of Tropical
Medicine in Bangkok hosts the SEAMEO
Regional Centre for Tropical Medicine and the
central network office
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Germany, through the GTZ and the GTZ
BACKUP Initiative, has an extensive partnership
with this network, in particular, in its development
programmes in capacity-building at the
institutional and individual levels
Tropical medicine, medical research
and public health
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Germany is a partner in the SEAMEO
TROPMED Network’s programmes with the
National Institute of Public Health in Cambodia
and in hospital management training in Indonesia
It also supports the network in strengthening the
capacity of partner countries in improving a more
effective global fight against HIV/AIDS,
tuberculosis and malaria and in preventive
education against these infectious diseases
Tropical medicine, medical research
and public health
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SEAMEO TROPMED Regional Centres are
also supported by partners such as Japan,
the World Health Organization, UNICEF and
a host of other international research and
medical networks within and beyond the
region.
Mathematics and Science Education
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Conducted
a
workshop
on
special
mathematics and science high schools
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Analysed examination questions to establish
the schools’ expectations and to compare
their varying standards
Mathematics and Science Education
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Analysed Students’ performance in the
exams was to establish and identify the
factors that contribute to the gaps between
expectation and performance
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Agreed to collaborate in improving the tests
and helping regular schools improve math
and science education
Mathematics and Science Education
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The experiences and success of these schools
to improve the teaching of science and
mathematics in the regular secondary school
system
Vietnam will host a regional seminar to discuss
more deeply the quality of science and
mathematics education in the region
Regional Cooperation in High
Education
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Plan for a structured framework or network of
higher education integration to raise
awareness, list down priority areas of
concern and organize summits to improve
higher education
Bring together the initiatives of Ministers of
Education
Regional Cooperation in High
Education
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Brings about a more common area of addressing the
needs of the higher education sector, specifically in
improving university governance, quality assurance,
and functional cooperation through research and
training
Will not only provide a common space for higher
education institutions and experts but the Southeast
Asian region as an educational hub as well
Conclusion
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SEAMEO does not bask in its success in
some areas of education, especially in
science
In majority of SEAMEO member countries,
there is still an utter lack of learning facilities
and infrastructure, both in school buildings
and teaching staff and competencies
Conclusion
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The challenges will always be there in
helping these member countries, but
SEAMEO is always hopeful because of the
many opportunities that help the organization
improve education
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