A. Human Development
10. ASEAN will enhance the well-being and livelihood of the peoples of ASEAN by providing
them with equitable access to human development opportunities by promoting and investing in
education and life-long learning, human resource training and capacity building, encourage
innovation and entrepreneurship, promote the use of English language, ICT and applied science
and technology in socio-economic development activities.
A.1. Advancing and prioritising education
11. Strategic objective: Ensuring the integration of education priorities into ASEAN’s development
agenda and creating a knowledge based society; achieving universal access to primary education;
promoting early child care and development; and enhancing awareness of ASEAN to youths
through education and activities to build an ASEAN identity based on friendship and cooperation.
Actions:
Achieve universal access to primary education across ASEAN by 2015 with priorities
to eradicate illiteracy and to ensure compulsory primary education for all and gender
equality in education, through advocating for equal opportunity in education regardless
of social class, geography ethnicity, background or physical disabilities, with 70 percent
target benchmark achieved by the end of 2011;