Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization

Reaching the Unreached Collaborative Projects Project 1: Transition support for learners with disabilities (Malaysia) Project 3: Conference to promote awareness of education for women and girls (Malaysia) Project 5: Preschool Programme for All (Brunei Darussalam) Project 6: Multigrade teaching (Lao PDR) Project 7: Development of CLCs (Thailand) Project 9: Project on HIV and AIDS (Thailand)

Reaching the Unreached Collaborative Projects Project 2: Tracking system for students at risk of dropping out (Philippines) Project 4: Tracking mechanism for unreached populations (Vietnam) Project 8: Inter-country schooling (Indonesia) Project 10: education in emergencies and disaster preparedness (Indonesia & Philippines)

Phase 2 THE USE OF THE MOTHER TONGUE AS BRIDGE LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES: POLICY, STRATEGIES AND ADVOCACY Phase 2

Enhancing awareness and building the capacity of SEAMEO in establishing mother tongue-based MLE programs in Southeast Asia (2010)

Goal To assist the SEAMEO Member Countries in establishing mother tongue-based MLE programs effectively by providing opportunity for further knowledge sharing, skills training and exposure to actual program implementation in Southeast Asia and beyond.

Objectives To enhance knowledge and skills of officials and representatives from Ministries/Department of Education in planning, advocating and setting up mother tongue-based MLE programs based on existing policies and context of their respective countries To train trainers from SEAMEO Centres on the principles and methods of developing and using curricula and teaching-learning materials for non-dominant languages To develop a set of generic technical guidelines on the principles and methods of developing and using curricula and teaching-learning materials for non-dominant languages To provide exposure and hands-on activities on actual implementation of effective and sustainable mother tongue-based MLE programs to officials and representatives from Ministries/Department of Education and SEAMEO Centres To produce advocacy materials on mother tongue-based MLE programs that highlight experiences and case studies in Southeast Asia To advocate project activities and project gains at SEAMEO meetings, network and inter-organization working group meetings

SEAMEO MLE Team SEAMEO Regional Centres Ministries of Education Teacher Education Institutions Partners

Activities Intensive Regional Study National training training Tour A & B B A & B B Regional training Workshop 6-8 July 2010 West Java Indonesia (SEAMEO QITEP In Language) Intensive training for trainers/ MLE team 23 Aug-3 Sep 2010 Manila Philippines (SEAMEO INNOTECH) Study Tour 20-25 Sep 2010 (SEAMEO SPAFA) National Training Workshops Oct & Nov 2010 Philippines Thailand Malaysia/Indonesia Participants: Group A – high-level education officials Group B – experts

www.seameo.org/2010PressAward Hard news and feature articles Reporting and documentation of new and bright ideas and practices that improve education Professional journalists, student journalists, and education communicators Published and unpublished articles Last day of submission of entries: 1 December 2010 www.seameo.org/2010PressAward

Early Childhood Care and Education in Southeast Asia 2010 SEAMEO Jasper Award Early Childhood Care and Education in Southeast Asia Recognizing exemplary research in Southeast Asia Last day of submission of entries: 30 November 2010 www.seameo.org/2010JasperAward

SEAMEO Meetings SEAMEO Centre Directors Meeting 13-15 July 2010, Bangkok, Thailand SEAMEO High Officials Meeting 22-25 November 2010, Bangkok, Thailand SEAMEO Council Conference 27-29 Jan 2011, Brunei Darussalam