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;
Improve the quality and adaptability of education, including technical/vocational/
skills training education in the ASEAN region by developing a technical assistance
programme including training for teaching staff and staff exchange programme at
higher education level for this purpose by 2009, in particular CLMV;
Undertake periodic reviews of the various ASEAN scholarship programmes for the
purpose of rationalizing and consolidating them in order to increase their impact;
Use ICT to promote education and life-long learning particularly in underserved
communities through open, distance education and e-learning;
Promote education networking in various levels of educational institutions and
continue university networking and enhance and support student and staff exchanges
and professional interactions including creating research clusters among ASEAN
institutions of higher learning, in close collaboration with the Southeast Asia Ministers
of Education Organization (SEAMEO) and the ASEAN University Network (AUN);
Promote equal access to education for women and girls and enhance the exchange of
best practices on gender-sensitive school curriculum;
Strengthen collaboration with other regional and international educational organisations
to enhance the quality of education in the region;
Include the teaching of common values and cultural heritage in school curricula and
develop teaching materials and capability for this purpose starting in 2008;
Develop and offer courses on ASEAN studies, both in the primary, secondary and higher