31 Oct 2018
Joint Statement of The Tenth ASEAN Education Ministers Meeting
The Tenth ASEAN Education Ministers Meeting (10th ASED) was held on 31 October 2018 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar in conjunction with the Fourth ASEAN Plus Three Education Ministers Meeting (4th APT EMM) and the Fourth East Asia Summit Education Ministers Meeting (4th EAS EMM). The Meeting was chaired by H.E. Dr Myo Thein Gyi, Union Minister of Education of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
2. Myanmar assumed leadership of ASED and adopted the theme Fostering Lifelong Learning of the ASEAN Community: Improving Skills through Quality Education and Training. The chosen theme aims to inculcate learning as a lifelong process that will equip the peoples of ASEAN with the means to be adaptive, versatile and responsive to the continuously evolving needs of society. The theme reaffirms the value of education including the potential gains to be achieved through quality technical and vocational education and training (TVET). In this regard, we exchanged views about our experiences in designing and implementing education reforms particularly in response to the rise of the digital economy and the emergence of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
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