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ANALYSIS PAPER ASEAN INTEGRATION in EDUCATION
ANALYSIS PAPER ASEAN INTEGRATION in EDUCATION
BACKGROUND
The ASEAN was founded by the five founding fathers – Malaysia, Indonesia, the
Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand – on the 8th day of August, 1967. It was later on joined
by Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Burma. It was mentioned how the ASEAN was
formed with the fundamental principle of being recognized as one economic community to
compete globally, without the interference in each other’s internal affairs, and with the
In 2007, the members of the Asean countries approved a “blueprint” to guide each
member on initiatives and measures to achieve regional integration which is scheduled for
2015. Asean integration allows its member-countries (and the citizens of those countries) to
join in the free flow of capital, labor, services, goods, and foreign investments. The AEC has
three goals: (1) the integration of ten economic communities by 2015, (2) making the
Community 2015.. CHED, along with the Department of Education and the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority, fall under the third pillar. The lead Philippine
Welfare and Development. Under the Socio-Cultural Community is education which will be
The roadmap to Asean Community 2015 consists of four blueprints and these must be
taken perforce as one. Central to the 4th blueprint on a socio-cultural community is the
Ambassador Rosalinda V. Tirona in her keynote speech during the 31st national assembly of
the World Council on Curriculum and Instruction (WCCI) held in Manila on 4-6 February
2015, talked on the Globalized education and how it would encourage Asean higher
education institutions to actively adjust to the shifting dynamics of global education towards
open access for public scrutiny especially with respect to their quality, effectiveness and
efficiency in delivering higher education products such as poverty alleviation through the
In a CHED briefing paper released by its International Affairs Service (IAS) in March
2014, Chairperson Patricia Licuanan admitted that the country needs to “catch up with the
Apart from the action plan, Licuanan said the following need to be accomplished: (1) a
policy framework for the “Internationalization of Higher Education,” (2) the inclusion of
more Philippine universities in the ASEAN University Network (AUN), (3) participation in
the ASEAN International Mobility of Students (AIMS) Program, and (4) the development of
a better credit transfer system and “Diploma Supplement which will enable the comparability
This poses questions whether we are ready for the ASEAN integration and how long can
It may be a long shot before a single higher education system in Asean can be
established, but its roots already exist. The government continuously improve and find
resources in preparing the education sector for ASEAN Integration. The DepEd received the
biggest chunk from the 2016 national budget to support the needed reforms in line with the K
to 12 curriculum. On the other hand, CHED has already laid the pathway for the
involving the following Key result areas: 1) rationalization of the functions of higher
education , 2) quality assurance and 3) equal accessibility especially to deserving but poor
Adoption of the University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific Credit Transfer Scheme
workshops
University
Co-hosting the 1st ASEAN Future Teachers’ Camp with the Philippine Normal University
(PNU)
Preparation of the “Revised Policies, Standards, and Guidelines (PSGs) on the Student
Signing of memoranda with the Republic of Singapore, the Ministry of University Affairs of
Thailand, and the Ministry of Education and Training of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Negotiating memoranda with Indonesia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
These initiatives include, among others, the establishment of a quality assurance system for
curriculum with the implementation of K to 12; review of graduate education and transnational
programs; close collaboration with industry in specifying competencies and training of teachers
Institutes. With these initiatives soon the educational pros will out weight the cons and this will
ready with the integration.The competencies of the 21st centuries must also be realized and be
promoted from basic education to higher educational institutions. By Continuously fine tuning
the Philippine Qualifications Framework and with the Deped, Tesda, CHED and PRC working
hand in hand, soon this will be realized though it would be a long process.
IV. CONCLUSION
Universities and colleges should have the initiatives on how they would contribute on developing
an educational policy framework that would meet the needs of Asean integration. More so, on
how HEIs would attract foreign students in their institutions to promote mobility one feature of
the integration. What we need is to act together for the realization of the Asean goals until we
V. RECOMMENDATIONS
1. CHED with the HEIs must revisit the curriculum so as to meet the 21st century skills
6. Research Funding
REFERENCES:
Pasha Hsieh, "The ASEAN Economic Community and the Legal Services Market",
(http://www.singaporelawblog.sg/blog/article/70)
www.up.edu.ph/ched-gears-up-for-asean-2015/
Sellier, E. (2016, January 12). The asean Economic Community:The Force Awakens.
community-the-force-awakens/
Macaranas, F. (2015). Asean 2015: Challenges and Opportunities for Educators Retreived
opportunities-for-educators/
POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Manila
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LORENA S. CLUB
February 2016