The Second GCED Cooperation Centre (GCC) Director’s Meeting

From 13 to 15 March 2023, APCEIU organized the second GCED Cooperation Centre (GCC) Directors' Meeting in Seoul, with participation from teacher education institutions (TEIs) from six ASEAN countries. Following the first meeting held online in June last year, the second meeting was held face-to-face for the first time, with a total of 20 participants from four cooperation centres in Thailand (Chulalongkorn University), Malaysia (Universiti Sains Malaysia), the Philippines (Philippine Normal University), and Cambodia (National Institute of Education), as well as from Indonesia (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia) and Laos (SEAMEO-CED, SEAMEO Regional Centre for Community Education Development).

Korean Exchange Teachers Begin Educational Activities in Mongolia and Lao PDR

Eight Korean exchange teachers participating in the 2023 Asia-Pacific Teacher Exchange for Global Education flew to Mongolia and Lao PDR to begin educational activities. After completing the Pre-Departure Training at APCEIU in February and attending online lectures, exchange teachers departed for Mongolia and Lao PDR on 1 March to participate in Local Adjustment Training from 2 to 3 March. The Local Adjustment Training for Korean exchange teachers in Mongolia was organized by the Ministry of Education and Science of Mongolia (MEdS Mongolia) and the General Authority for Education (GAE), while in Lao PDR, it was organized by the Ministry of Education and Sports of Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao MoES) and the Lao National Commission for UNESCO.

Study Visit of the Second Delegation of CHED and SEAMEO to APCEIU

The second delegation from the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines (CHED) and representatives from the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Secretariat visited APCEIU on 14 March 2023. The visit is part of the CHED-SEAMEO Joint Benchmarking Programme to enhance the capacity of CHED officials on transnational higher education.

Sub-regional Workshop in Fukuoka: Steps forward for the common curriculum guide for peace education in Northeast Asia.

APCEIU, UNESCO Chair on Education for Peace, Social Justice and Global Citizenship at Kyushu University, Comparative Education Society of Asia (CESA), Peace Studies Association of Japan (PSAJ), and Japan Association for International Education (JAIE) co-organized a sub-regional workshop in Fukuoka, Japan, on 4-5 March 2023. As a part of the cooperative project “Development of a Common Curriculum for Peace Education in Northeast Asia,” the sub-regional workshop aims to gather insights and ideas from local educators in peace education. For this purpose, the first sub-regional workshop was held in Seoul last summer, and this second workshop in Fukuoka will be followed by the final one in China this coming summer.