Regional Training Course on “Enhancing Excellence in Leadership and Management in Higher Education”

From May 17-26, 2022, SEAMEO RETRAC conducted a virtual regional training course on “Enhancing Excellence in Leadership and Management in Higher Education”. Participants of the course included around 35 leaders and administrators of different higher education institutions from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam. 

This course aimed at equipping participants with updated knowledge and necessary skills in leadership and management practices in higher education as well as giving them opportunities to share their experience with other participants and trainers. The topics of discussion covered at the training course consisted of (1) Innovative educational leadership and management in times of crisis, (2) Strategic planning in higher education, (3) Leading change through crisis and conflicts in higher education, and (4) Assessment of faculty in higher education. 

The training course is one of the key activities annually carried out by SEAMEO RETRAC to support countries in Southeast Asia, especially Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam, in strengthening leadership and managerial capacity for their schools’ leaders. 

This year, the course was conducted online on SEAMEO RETRAC’s Moodle site and Zoom platform. During phase 1 (from May 17 to 18, 2022), participants joined the lecture series on the Zoom platform within 02 days. In phase 2 (from May 19 to 26, 2022), participants accessed the SEAMEO RETRAC’s Moodle site to get instructional materials, reply to questions in forum discussion and complete assignments.