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TRENDS AND DIRECTIONS OF EDUCATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
MARK GAPULTOS, Ph.D., DRDM, CSEEInternational Civil Servant
Training and Development Professional
- Established in 1965
- has 11 member-countries:
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, and Vietnam
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation
- has 6 Associate member-countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom
- has three Affiliate Members: International Council for Open and Distance Education (Norway), University of Tsukuba (Japan), and British Council (UK)
- has 20 Regional Centres and Units
Our Location
SEAMEO Headquarters and Secretariat: Bangkok, Thailand
My Office: SEAMEO VOCTECH Regional Centre (Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam)
My Geographical Assignments: Indochinese Peninsula
Kingdom of Cambodia
Lao Peoples’ Democratic RepublicSocialist Republic of Viet Nam
Issues and Problems in Education
Neighbors in Asia
South Korea: There is an unbalanced supplyand demand in the labor market byeducation attainment (KRIVET)
Japan: Universities are less active than theirEuropean counterparts in supportingstudents’ job searching activities (KRIVET)
Issues and Problems in Education
Taiwan: Stagnant, if not deteriorating, educationsystem that has not improved in quality andstructure of trade, and service industries havenot been upgraded rapidly enough to absorbhighly-educated workforce (KRIVET)
Neighbors in Asia
Issues and Problems in Education
China: Lack of close-linked education curriculum andlabor demand is one cause for youth unemployment.(KRIVET)
The urban youth are mostly engaged in secondaryor tertiary industries where the proportions of lowskilled jobs are high, not being able to sufficientlyprovide the youth with suitable jobs. (KRIVET)
Neighbors in Asia
Issues and Problems in Education
U.S.A. : Youth unemployment is caused byeconomic downturn and recession (KRIVET)
U.K. : It is job experience that counts. Lack ofexperiences is one problem of unemployment.(KRIVET)
Across the Pacific
Issues and Problems in Education
Germany : unemployment rate is very low; theirmajor strength is that education and training areindustry-demand-oriented; but has a problemwith young people from a migrant background,poor performers, and youth from regions withweak economic structures (KRIVET)
Across the Pacific
PRACTICE OF QUALITY
ASSURANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Lack of control in the proliferation
of commercialized
schools
Lack of standardization
Mythical dichotomy of
quality-quantity
Practice of Quality
Assuranceand
Management
Relevancy of Curriculum
Continuous upgrading
Integration of HOT skills a with
employability skills plus entrep
Authentic Teaching and
Learning
The Social Dimensions of Development in ASEAN
ASEAN Secretariat ReportChiang Mai, Thailand, January 2014
Promote greater educational cooperation among ASEAN member states and strengthen
education within them:
1. To narrow the development gaps2. To prepare the youth for regional leadership3. To increase the competitiveness of people
Education in AEC
National Skills Framework for
Regional Recognition
DEVELOP
Greater Mobility of Students;
skilled workers
PROMOTE
Competency-based
occupational standards
SUPPORT
Regional cooperation
mechanisms to safeguard
professional standards
Holistic ApproachTo Education
Other Initiatives
ACCREDITATION process by which the curriculum is officially endorsed and approved
STANDARDIZATION process by which the institution is certified in the practice of quality assurance and
management
CERTIFICATION process by which recognized qualifications are issued to students after successfully completing competency-
based program