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1. H.E. Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee
Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community
ASEAN Secretariat
Redesigning Higher Education for 4.0
Industrial Revolution – the ASEAN Experience
ASSOCIATION
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2. Industry 4.0 and its implication to higher
education
• Modern trend of automation
• Not just about computerization, but the ability of
different computers and machines to communicate to
each other and do complex tasks together
• The notion has become an important reference of the education sector
considering its implication to training, curriculum and practice.
• Digital economy, transformation that is happening at breakneck speed
• Disruptive technology, Industry 4.0 has altered and is significantly
altering the way that businesses operate.
• The evident problem in the near future could not be the
lack of employment, but the shortage of skills that the
new jobs will demand.

3. ASEAN’s Response to Industry 4.0
ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint 2025
• strengthening intellectual property partnership
• productivity-driven growth
• innovation, research and development, and technology commercialization
• information and communication technology
• science and technology
• consumer protection
• global megatrends and emerging trade related issues
• e-commerce
ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025
• strengthening curricula and system of education in science,
technology and creative disciplines
• encouraging freedom of universal access to ICT
• encouraging institutional and technical innovations in the
provision of social services and health care
• enhancing capacity, technology and community resilience to the impact of unexplored
ordnance on the livelihood of people, especially the vulnerable groups in rural areas

4. The ASEAN Work Plan on Education 2016-2020
• Expanding the ASEAN Cyber University which allows an
online platform for higher education
• Advancing ASEAN Studies Programme and courses at higher
education level through online and cross-border mobility
• Preparing ICT-ready teachers through the enhancement of
teachers’ competency to address specific needs of vulnerable
groups
• The 32nd ASEAN High Level Task Force on Economic
Integration (HLTF-EI) Meeting recommended a study on the
preparedness or readiness of ASEAN Member States in
IR 4.0 which is now ongoing.

5. Initiatives of ASEAN Member States to respond
to Industry 4.0
• Brunei Darussalam’s Vision 2035
• Indonesia’s introduction of “Making Indonesia 4.0”
• Framing Malaysia’s Higher Education 4.0: Future Proofs Talent
• The Philippines’ groundwork in its recognition to develop the
changing skills needs
• Singapore approach to higher education reform in the face
of Industry 4.0
• Thailand 4.0
• Vietnam’s issuance of a directive to
strengthen the country’s ability to
access Industry 4.0

6. 1. The right balance between targeted reform to support
Industry 4.0-ready education
2. Cross-sectoral coordination of efforts, including private
sectors
3. Opportunity for a regional approach and role of ASEAN
Secretariat
Way Forward

7. ASEAN higher education getting prepared for
Industry 4.0
• Emergence of an “ASEAN Higher Education
4.0”, an ASEAN higher education agenda
that triggers transformation of mindset in
curriculum design, pre-service teachers
training, internship scheme, and higher
education competencies
• In an age of Artificial Intelligence, specific
human skills will be more important than
ever
• Quality assurance, academic credit transfer,
research, university networking and student
mobility schemes must be responsive to and
leverage the benefits of the Industry 4.0.

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