Educational Forum on “Policies and Solutions to Ensure the Quality of Teaching and Learning at Basic Education in Southeast Asia in the COVID-19 Pandemic”

In the afternoon of September 28, 2021, the Center organized a virtual Educational Forum on “Policies and Solutions to Ensure the Quality of Teaching and Learning at Basic Education in Southeast Asia in the COVID-19 Pandemic” via the Zoom platform, back-to-back with the Center’s Governing Board Meeting. The main aims of the Forum were to create opportunities for leaders, educational researchers, and lecturers to share and update information on education policies in the COVID-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia and to identify challenges and propose strategic solutions to improve the quality of basic education in the region. At the Forum, Governing Board Members from Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, who are high officials and education experts, shared their experience and practices from the perspectives of their countries, along with the keynote speech delivered by the Director of SEAMEO Secretariat. Attending the Forum were 170 leaders, education managers, lecturers, and teachers from countries in Southeast Asia.