Representatives of the Department of Education (DepED) presented the efforts and initiatives of the agency to further uplift the quality of education in the country during the EDUtech Asia 2022.
Issuing a statement, DepED said that its officials joined education leaders and representatives worldwide in this year’s EDUtech Asia 2022 held in Singapore earlier this month.
DepED was led by Undersecretary for Legislative Affairs and Partnerships Gerard L. Chan. The Philippine Education Department presented the Basic Education Development Plan (BEDP) 2030, the K-12 Basic Education Program, and TESDA’s “Tulong-Trabaho” Program further to “illustrate the future of education” in the country.
The DepEd was invited by the organizer Terrapinn Pte Ltd to speak at the Keynote Policy Panel: How the future of work is shaping education.
Other panel members were representatives from Southeast Asia, which includes education learners from Ministries of Education in Cambodia, Malaysia, and Vietnam, with a moderator from Microsoft.
Other countries also discussed education-related topics. Vietnam, for instance, talked about the promotion of digitalization of Technical-Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
Cambodia shared how they worked on integrating climate change into curriculum and technology while Malaysia is working on integrating Digital Citizenship and Global Citizenship Education (GCED).
DepED said that the panel delivered an insightful discussion on developing a roadmap to inclusive, equitable, and accessible education alongside innovation in the curriculum to meet the needs of the skills-based economy of the future.
EDUtech Asia is a dedicated festival for education leaders and policymakers from governments across the region to share their successes, strategies, and plans for the future of education, which continues to be shaped by the ongoing acceleration of digitalization.
The event gathered 5,923 attendees, and they were able to interact and communicate with over 350+ speakers, 200+ EdTech Providers, and 30+ EdTech Startups discussing challenges, new developments, and the increasing role of technology within education.