The OECD’s Regional Policy Network on Education and Skills aims to foster knowledge exchange in support of national growth and regional integration. The Network encourages a whole-of-government approach to formulating and implementing sound skills policies. It draws on the growing participation by Southeast Asian countries in the OECD’s education surveys and local job creation policy reviews, which provide valuable comparative data and analysis that can help countries in the region build more efficient and effective employment and skills systems.

1. SEAMEO’s Priorities on Education
for Southeast Asia
2015-2035

2. Outline
1. Why SEAMEO
2. Our Southeast Asian Context
2. Background of SEAMEO’s 7 Priorities on Education for
Southeast Asia
3. Implementation
4. Example of Implementation: SEA-TVET Programme

3. 1. Why SEAMEO

4. Southeast Asian Ministers of
Education Organization (SEAMEO)
An intergovernmental organization
promoting cooperation in
education, science and culture

5. Southeast Asian Ministers of
Education Organization (SEAMEO)
• 11 Southeast Asian Member
Countries
• 8 Associate Member Countries
• 4 Affiliate Members
• 21 SEAMEO Regional Centres
• Education: 12 Centres
• Science: 8 Centres
• Culture: 2 Centres
• SEAMEO Council comprises of
Ministers of Education of 11 SEA
Countries

6. 2. Our Southeast Asian Context

7. 2. Our Southeast Asian Context
Drivers
of Change
Emerging
Issues &
Trends
21st Century skills
Challenges&
Opportunities
Equitable access to education
Global skill gaps

8. 3. Background of SEAMEO’s 7 Priorities
on Education for Southeast Asia

9. Background
1. Directed by the 47th SEAMEO Council Conference in
Vietnam 2013, though the SEAMEO College
2. “SEAMEO College” is a flagship project of SEAMEO
(supported by ADB) on forward –looking
discussions on education and cross-cutting issues at
various levels (ministers, high level officials,
practitioners, and youth leaders) in support of the
ASEAN Community

10. Objectives of the Study
1. To examine the global and Asia-Pacific discourses
on MDGs, EFA Goals and other key issues related to
the Post-2015 Education Agenda
2. To determine the application, implication and
adaptability of the global and Asia-Pacific
discourses on edication that are supportive of the
ASEAN Community
3. To identify gaps and recommend options for post
2015 education agenda in Southeast Asia

11. Features of the Study
1. Alignment of education agenda in Southeast Asia
with the requirement and sustainability of the
ASEAN Community (strengthen HRD, promote
people mobility, and prepare and integrate
workforce)
2. Through study and review of the existing efforts of
other organisations
3. Review and study of key achievements,
challenges, priority areas and emerging issues of
Southeast Asian countries

12. The Study Process
1. The use of foresight and future studies
2. May 2013 – March 2015: Several consultations and
regional workshops, expert meetings were conducted.
3. Delphi survey online with various levels of
stakeholders, partners, communities, private sectors,
students (1,100 respondents)
4. Final results are confirmed and prioritised by the
SEAMEO Strategic Dialogue of Education Ministers
(SDEM), Sept 2014, Lao PDR

13. Strategic Dialogue for Education Ministers (SDEM),
13 Sept 2014, Lao PDR
Priorities for Post-2015 Education Agenda in
Southeast Asia

14. 1. Promoting early childhood care and
education
2. Addressing barriers to inclusion and
access to basic learning opportunities
of all learners particularly for those out-
of-school or over-aged children in
primary schools
3. Preparing schools leaders, teachers,
students and local communities
towards resiliency in the face of
emergencies

15. 4. Promoting technical and vocational
education and training (TVET)
among learners and their parents
5. Reforming teacher education and
make teaching profession a first
choice
6. Harmonizing higher education
and research
7. Adopting a truly 21st century
curriculum

16. 4. Implementation

17. Recommendations of Implementation
The Ministerial Round Table Meeting at SEAMEO Council Conference in
April 2015, Thailand endorsed the 7 priorities on education
for Southeast Asia and announced
5 recommendations for implementation,
starting from fiscal year 2015

18. 5 Recommendations
1. Utilising of the 21 EAMEO Centres as the mechanism to implement the
7 priorities at the national, regional level and synergising with ASEAN
2. Linking the 7 priority areas with the curriculum and
moving towards global citizenship
3. Promoting teachers and school leaders’ competencies standards
in all Southeast Asian countries
4. Moblising and sharing of knowledge, skills, and best practices among 11 countries
in the areas of TVET, English proficiency skills, digital competencies,
21st century and employability skills
5. Involvement of parents in the education system through “partnering with
parents “ initiative to foster common understanding on quality education to
the parents in education of their children

19. Implementation at SEAMEO
• Set as SEAMEO’s Policy Direction
• Communicate to stakeholders, member countries,
partners, public at every available opportunity
• Integrate in the work plan of SEAMEO and SEAMEO
Centres
• Involve with policy makers, practitioners and
stakeholders at all levels
• Applying effective monitoring and evaluation
mechanism
• Seek for possible funding sources: cost sharing between
implementators, donors, regional partners

20. 5. Example of Implementation

21. 1. Regional Policy Level
HOM on SEA-TVET
Aug 2015, Chiangmai
•
OUTPUTS
•Chiang Mai Joint Statement
• 4 priority industry areas identified
• Concept of SEA-TVET Consortium
2. Country Policy Level
SEA-TVET-DAAD Workshop
Solo, Indonesia
• strategies and action plans
• Networking platform of each priority area
• Commitment and participation in student
and teacher exchanges through SEA-TVET
Consortium
3. Institutional Level
7 Country-Level Workshops
Oct 2015-March 2015
• Specific actions and commitment for
teacher and student exchanges
ResearchStudyonFuture
TVETSkillDemandsinSEA
SEA-TVET CONSORTIUM
Inter–centreCollaboration
/MultisectoralPartners/
Costsharing
Goals: Mutual Recognition,
Leverage standard and competency of TVET
graduates and institutions through
harmonisation and internationalisation
Student & teacher exchanges,
other joint/ bilateral activities among TVET institutions

22. 7 Country-Level Workshops
SEA-TVET Harmonisation and Mobility
Participants: TVET institutions from neighboring countries of the host country
Schedule is to be confirmed
1.Cambodia
9-10 Oct 15
3.Myanmar
4-5 Dec 15
2. Thailand
26-28 Nov 15
4.Lao PDR
14-15 Dec 15
(TBC)
5. Philippines
2016
6 Malaysia
Feb 16
(tentative)
7. Vietnam
2016

23. SEA-TVET Consortium Website
• Collecting information about teachers and
students exchange from institutions which
collaborate with SEAMEO
• Creating schedule for teachers and students to
send them to another institutions (for teachers
and students exchange and intern)
• Reporting information about teachers and
students exchange from your institution

24. SEA-TVET Consortium Website
http://seatvet.seameo.org

25. SEA-TVET Consortium Website
http://seatvet.seameo.org

26. THANK YOU
Email: piyapa@seameo.org
www.seameo.org