ASEAN Senior Officials Discuss Education

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc chaired the 17th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Education in Hanoi on October 11.
October 13, 2022 | 07:50
ASEAN Senior Officials Discuss Education
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The 17th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Education (SOMED 17) is the initial activity in a series of crucial meetings of ASEAN education organized by the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam in which it took over the chairmanship for 2022.

At the meeting, representatives of education officials from ASEAN countries discussed 20 agenda items to submit to the 12th ASEAN Education Ministers Meeting for consideration and approval.

Some noticeable contents mentioned at the meeting:

Cooperating on interdisciplinary issues;

Updating the progress on implementation of ASEAN work on education in the period of 2021-2025;

Coordinating the ASEAN secretariat and SEAMEO;

Announcing the digital transformation of the education system in ASEAN countries;

Encouraging learning and restoring education;

University education;

Displaying initiatives in supporting ASEAN countries in human resource development in the context of the changing job market.

The contents discussed at the 17th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Education are expected to further strengthen the educational partnership among ASEAN member states, thereby promoting educational cooperation in the region, which lay the foundation for more advanced and sustainable education.

After the 17th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc will continue to chair the 12th ASEAN+3 Education Senior Officials Meeting and the ASEAN-EAS Education Senior Officials Meeting, which will be held on October 12.

From October 11-14, 2022 in Hanoi, the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, as taking the chairmanship of ASEAN education cooperation for the term 2022-2023, will chair the 12th ASEAN Education Ministers Meeting and related meetings with the participation of 10 ASEAN member states and its eight dialogue partner countries with the theme “Joint efforts to reimagine learning and building resilience of education systems in ASEAN and beyond in the new context”.

The ASEAN Education Conference Series includes the 17th ASEAN Education Senior Officials Meeting; the 12th ASEAN+3 Education Senior Officials Meeting; the 7th ASEAN-EAS Education Senior Officials Meeting; the 12th ASEAN Education Ministers Meeting; the 6th ASEAN+3 Education Ministers Meeting (with dialogue partners included Korea, Japan, and China) and the 6th ASEAN-EAS East Asian Education Ministers Summit (including ASEAN+3 countries and partners) United States, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, India)

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