THE Minister of Education, Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Suyoi bin Haji Osman, recently attended the 9th Asean Education Ministers Meeting (9th ASED) back-to-back with the 3rd Asean Plus Three Education Ministers Meeting (3rd APT EMM) and the 3rd East Asia Summit Education Ministers Meeting (3rd EAS EMM) in Selangor, Malaysia.
At the 9th ASED, the ministers adopted the Asean Work Plan on Education 2016-2020 which will guide cooperation in education in the next five years, and will unify all collaboration efforts on education with Asean Dialogue Partners and international organisations and other entities that support Asean, according to a statement.
The ministers also adopted the Framework and Action Plan in support of the Kuala Lumpur Declaration on Higher Education which have been incorporated in the Asean Work Plan on Education 2016-2020.
The ministers approved the Asean Declaration on Strengthening Education for Out-of-School Children (OOSC), and expressed appreciation to Thailand for sponsoring the formulation of the Declaration. The ministers agreed to submit the Declaration to the Asean Coordinating Council for their consideration, and for submission to the 28th Asean Summit in September 2016 in Lao PDR for adoption.
Minister of Education, Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Suyoi bin Haji Osman, at the meeting
In his statement, Pehin Orang Kaya Indera Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Suyoi said Brunei Darussalam has benefitted from collaboration between Asean and Plus Three countries and Brunei Darussalam look forward for future collaboration from the governments of China, Japan and Republic of Korea to support and push forward Asean education agenda.
The minister also believes that through various cooperative framework, Asean and Plus 3 countries can achieve higher level of education to enable Asean to meet the challenges of globalisation.
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