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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)

42nd year Governed by SEAMEO Council

- Brunei Darussalam - Cambodia - Lao PDR - Indonesia - Malaysia - Myanmar- Philippines - Singapore - Thailand - Timor Leste; and - Vietnam

Held back-to-back with the ASEAN Education Ministers Meeting

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Eight Associate Members– Australia– Canada – France – Germany – New Zealand– the Netherlands – Norway; and – Spain

An Affiliate Member– International Council

for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) based in Norway

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Oversees 15 SEAMEO Regional Centres1. 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)

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6. 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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11. 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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One Network: Tropical Medicine and Public Health (Thailand)

Secretariat in Bangkok

SEAMEO and Science Education in Southeast Asia

Member States move towards the

sciences, if not improving on their

science curricula and perspective

Recognizes the need to have adequate

resources


Keeps track of the fast changing trends

in education

Recognizes the need to help member

countries improve their human resource

capabilities


Council expressed very enthusiastic prospects

of building the region’s human infrastructure in

education, science and culture

Science education in member countries

respects the necessity and significance of

values in teaching and learning

Integration of ICT in Education

Improvements in integrating (ICT) in

educational systems

Concerns on structural and

geographical challenges


Indonesia, launched the Indonesia

National ICT Education Network or

Jardiknas Stresses the need to address ICT

development in hardware, software and

teacher training


Defining the roles of both the government and

the private sector in sharing the responsibility

of developing ICT networks for education

purposes Concerns in protecting national values and in

ensuring safe and ethical use of the Internet


Singapore shared its ICT master plan that

integrates ICT into the curriculum

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


SEAMEO INNOTECH currently uses ICT-aided

education such as Text-to-teach and iFLEX

SEAMEO SEAMOLEC conducts training on

technology and web-based distance

learning such as the conduct of the web-

based course development using moodels


SEAMEO VOCTECH is strengthening regional networks that offer training on managing ICT in institutions and maintaining competitive computer learning

Education for sustainable development

ESD is about changing values and behaviors while emphasizing the core concepts of sustainable development such as – knowledge in global warming, ozone

depletion and preserving biodiversity, – managing agriculture, fisheries and rural

development,


– 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 UN-HABITAT


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


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.


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

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


The Mahidol University Faculty of Tropical Medicine in Bangkok hosts the SEAMEO Regional Centre for Tropical Medicine and the central network office

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


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


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

Conducted a workshop on special

mathematics and science high schools

Analysed examination questions to establish

the schools’ expectations and to compare

their varying standards


Analysed Students’ performance in the exams was to establish and identify the factors that contribute to the gaps between expectation and performance

Agreed to collaborate in improving the tests and helping regular schools improve math and science education


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

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

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

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

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

THANK YOU

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