OVERVIEW OF ASEAN COOPERATION ON

EDUCATION

Presented by Education, Youth & Training Division (EYTD)

The ASEAN Secretariat
 Purpose

TO PRESENT THE CURRENT MAPPING OF

COOPERATION ON EDUCATION IN ASEAN WITH
REFERENCE TO THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ASEAN
SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING ON EDUCATION (SOM-
ED) AND IT LIGHTS OF ITS STRATEGIC PLANNING
DOCUMENT - THE ASEAN 5-YEAR WORK PLAN ON
EDUCATION (2016-2020).

TO HIGHLIGHT SOM-ED EFFORTS IN

COMPLEMENTING ACDM IN MEETING THE
OBJECTIVES OF DRR.
1. BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF ASEAN
COOPERATION ON EDUCATION

• ASEAN Charter (Article 1, para 10) –

purposes of ASEAN:
“develop human resources through closer cooperation
in education and life-long learning, and in science and
technology, for the empowerment of the peoples of
ASEAN and for the strengthening of the ASEAN
Community”.

• Social dimensions of development in

ASEAN:
(1) to narrow the development gaps,
(2) to prepare youth for regional leadership,
(3) to increase the competitiveness of the people.
• The ASCC Blueprint 2016-2025:
o actions relevant to education under SOM-ED.
o In its implementation, SOM-ED will coordinate with other relevant
ASEAN Sectoral Bodies (with an Interest in education).

• The ASEAN 5-Year Work Plan on Education 2016-2020:

o Based on “ASEAN (ASED/SOM-ED) Post-2015 Vision and Key
Elements of Education”.
 2. ASEAN Post-2015 Vision on Education

• VISION: The ASEAN education sector

will continue to promote a Community
that puts people at its centre as well as
one with an enhanced awareness of
ASEAN. It remains steadfast in its focus
on sustainable development in the
region, with emphasis on access to
quality inclusive education and
development of life-long learning through
robust capacity building programmes and
provision of structural guidelines.
 3. ASEAN Post-2015 Key Elements of Education
• Key Elements:
1. Promote ASEAN awareness through
strengthening of Southeast Asian history and
indigenous knowledge;
2. Enhance the quality and access to basic
education for all, including the disabled, less-
advantageous and other marginalized groups;
3. Strengthen the use of Information and
Communication Technology (ICT);
4. Support the development of the TVET sector as
well as lifelong learning in the region;
 3. ASEAN Post-2015 Key Elements of Education
• Key Elements:
5. Complement the efforts of other sectors in
meeting the objectives of Education for
Sustainable Development;
6. Strengthen the higher education sector through the
implementation of robust quality assurance
mechanisms;
7. Foster the role of higher education in the area of
socio-economic development through University-
Industry Partnership; and
8. Provide capacity-building programs for teachers,
academics and other key stakeholders in the
education community.
 4. SOM-ED EFFORTS IN COMPLEMENTING
ACDM IN MEETING THE OBJECTIVES OF
DRR
5. Complement the efforts of other sectors in meeting the
objectives of Education for Sustainable Development

(5.2) Promotion of the inclusion for Disaster Risk

Reduction (DRR) in national curriculum through support
to relevant sectors' initiatives.
4. SOM-ED EFFORTS IN COMPLEMENTING ACDM IN
MEETING THE OBJECTIVES OF DRR (cont.)
 5. MECHANISMS OF ASEAN COOPERATION
ON EDUCATION
• ASEAN cooperation on Education is being coordinated by:

1. SOM-ED → ASED.

2. The ASEAN University Network (AUN) → AUN-BOT

ASED SEAMEO*

SOM-ED
SEASPF

*South East Asia Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO)

 Enhance the
Quality &
ICT
Access to TVET & LLL
basic
education

CULTURE
ESD & DRR
OF PEACE

ASEAN
ASEAN POST-2015 AQRF, QA,
AWARENESS VISION ON ACTS
EDUCATION
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