SEAMEO- The UNIVERSITY of TSUKUBA Symposium

Theme: Values Education andGlobal Citizenship: Towards theAchievement of Sustainable
Development Programmes andProgress of Society
By
Dr Ethel Agnes Pascua - Valenzuela
Deputy Director for Programme and Development
SEAMEO Secretariat
Bangkok, Thailand

SEAMEO Member Countries

Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia

Indonesia
Lao PDR

Malaysia
MyanmarPhilippines

Singapore

Thailand
Timor-Leste
VietnamSEAMEO Family• 8 Associate Member Countries• 4 Affiliate Members including theUniversity of Tsukuba (1 applicant forapproval)• 24 Regional Centres (2 more for Finalapproval and launching)• SEAMEO Secretariat based in Bangkok,
ThailandSDG 4: Ensure Inclusive and Equitable Quality
Education and Promote Lifelong Learning
opportunities for all

SEAMEO Education Agenda

SEAMEO SEVEN Priority Areas:
Education 2035
2.Addressing Barriers toInclusion
1.Early
Childhood
Care andEducation

3.Resiliency in
the Face ofEmergency

SEAMEO
Priority Areas
7.Adopting a
21st Century
Curriculum

4.Promoting
TVET
5.Revitalising
Teacher
Education

6.Promoting Harmonisation inHigh Education and Research

SEAMEO UNESCO Japan ESD-SDG
Integration In TEIs

ESD Integration in Teacher Education
Curriculum: Today for TomorrowOn-going Capacity Building of TEIs for ESD(Curriculum Integration)

SEAMEO AND GLOBALCITIZENSHIP INITIATIVESA Common Set of Learning
Assessment and Survey
Instruments for the SEA Region• The Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEAPLM) is a regional assessment programme for end ofprimary students measuring literacy in Reading,Writing, Mathematics and Global Citizenship.
• In addition to providing contextualized quality
measures for learning outcomes, the initiative aims
to build in-country capacity to strengthen regional
technical collaboration and standards acrosseducation systems in the ASEAN region.

Southeast Asia’s Primary Learning
Metrics (SEA PLM)
• SEA-PLM is the first evercomprehensive large-scaleregional assessment for ASEAN
Member States, embedded
within regional bodies toenhance its integration and tostrengthen its institutional
mechanism.
• Evolved under the leadership of
the Southeast Asia Ministries of
Education Organization(SEAMEO) in partnership withUNICEF and with technicalsupport from the AustralianCouncil for Educational
Research (ACER).

SEA PLM 2018
9Improved tools, protocols andstandards to generate andutilize (SEAPLM) assessment
data across ASEAN Members
States9Sustainable regional
integration of large-scaleassessment (SEA-PLM) tomonitor achievements towards
the ASEAN Community
Blueprint and SDG 4

9Improved procedures andcapacities at individual andinstitutional level forcompleting standardized
assessment of grade 5 student
learner achievement

SEAMEO PLATFORMS• SEAMEO Centre Directors Meeting• SEAMEO Executive Committee Meeting• SEAMEO High Officials Meeting• SEAMEO- ASEAN Coordination Meeting• SEAMEO-UNESCO Coordination Meeting• SEAMEO Annual Forum of Basic Education• SEAMEO High Officials Meeting• SEAMEO College Strategic Dialogue of Ministers• SEAMEO Council Meeting

OERS for Technology for Teaching andLearning (with UPOU, CHED and UNESCO HQ)Technology for Teaching and Learning:
Harnessing OERsSEA ECCE Teacher Competency Framework forTeachers

Beneficiaries of the ECCE Framework
Ministry ofEducation/otherministries
TeacherTraining
Institutions

ECCEteachers

Lead teachers/

ECCE Teacher
Competency
Framework
Faculty athighereducation
institutions

supervisors/
pedagogicaladvisors of
ECCE teachers
ECCE centre
directors/
administrators

Key Recommendations from SEAMEOWorkshop on SDG and Curriculum Reform• Embedding Inclusive Education in the Preservice teacher education curriculum (Thailand)• Changing curriculum to make it more relevantto the ever-changing system (Myanmar)• Appreciating values of loyalty and acceptance(Brunei Darussalam)• Involving all related disciplines and experts indesigning/revising of curriculum (Indonesia)• In egra ing coding in o c rric l m as par of
digital literacy (Malaysia)• Combining core curriculum from another SEA
member country (Thailand)Key Recommendations from SEAMEOWorkshop on SDG and Curriculum Reform• Understanding values and moral (Brunei Darussalam)• Involving parents and children in development ofcurriculum (needs assessment) (Indonesia)• Using the universal design for lifelong learning(Thailand)• Localizing/indigenizing curriculum(Philippines/Innotech)• Reforming education curriculum/teaching learningmaterials to meet learner needs at all levels (LaoPDR)• Embedding education for peace development andglobal citizenship as contents of core subjects

Key Recommendations on SEAMEO Learning
Materials• Developing strategy/modules for 2nd chance
education (Malaysia)• Training of teachers on contextualization oflearning materials to the IP children andtraining on flexible learning options(Philippines)• Learning materials that have more local
contexts, examples, appreciation of local
contribution especially on science and literature(Philippines)• Using/teaching traditional materials in life skills(Brunei Darussalam)• Using traditional materials (Myanmar)

Key Recommendations on Data and ICT• Developing mobile apps for data access/integration(Malaysia, Myanmar)• Networking• Training of teachers on database formulation(Philippines)• Building up e-library for both national and regional
contexts (Philippines• Facilitating organization of digital hubs
• Conducting Thematic webinars for students andteachers• Assisting Special schools• Improving data collection, disaggregation, analysis

ethel@seameo.org

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