QITEP in Science - 34th SEAMEO HOM
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Post. 21-02-2012.

SEAMEO Regional Centre for QITEP in Science who was represented  by Prof. Ismunandar  and Mr. Maman Wijaya attended 34th SEAMEO High Official Meeting on 17-19 January 2012 at Grand Millennium Sukhumvit  Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. The Meeting was attended by 136 Delegates from 21 countries, made up of Delegates from High Officials from 9 SEAMEO Member  Countries, 19 SEAMEO Units, Associate Members (Australia, Germany, Spain), Affiliate Members (International Council for Open and Distance Education: ICDE, British Council), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Japan, ASEAN Secretariat, Asian Development Bank, Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI), UNESCO Bangkok, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO), and SEAMEO Secretariat.

The Meeting discussed and agreed the 32 working papers.  There were many agreements and decisions made. Especially QITEP in Science agreed with Proposal on GIZ-SEAMEO INNOTECH Regional for School Programme in Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR and the Philippines, proposed by SEAMEO INNOTECH. Fitting the School Programme, a joint program of GIZ (German Development Cooperation) and SEAMEO INNOTECH is a programme to improve the health and education outcomes of students in the intervention schools which are in the participating countries. QITEP in science extended its greatest intention to Dr. Ramon Bacani, Centre Director of SEAMEO INNOTECH, that QITEP in Science intends to be Liaison Officers of the project, and it was positively responded. It came to be an agreement between SEAMEO INNOTECH and QITEP in Science in the nearest future.

In addition, QITEP asked RECSAM in order that QITEP were able to join in Training of Trainers in the Use of the Teachers’ Guidebook: Integrating Climate Change Issues in Southeast Asian Schools, proposed by RECSAM.

QITEP in Science Contribution in CRICED 10th Anniversary Symposium and APEC - Tsukuba International Conference VI
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Post. 21-02-2012.

On the occasion of 10th CRICED (Center for Research on International in Cooperation in Education Development) Anniversary, QITEP in Science participate in the Anniversary Symposium and APEC - Tsukuba International Conference VI. The symposium and conference have a theme of Role of Education in Natural Disasters (Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcano Eruption, Typhoon and Flood). The symposium and conference held in Tsukuba International Congress Center on February 14 and 15, 2012.

In the symposium QITEP in Science Center Director, Ismunandar, present a paper “Teacher Professional Development for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Education in ASEAN”. The paper described that ASEAN countries sit on a territory vulnerable to disaster. The losses that each country incurs with the disaster occurrences continue to pose threats not only to their respective economies but also to thousands of lives. Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) begins at home, in communities and in schools. It generally points out education, which is unavoidably vital in nurturing a culture of disaster resilience. The paper cited the output of ASEAN Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Education, held in Malaysia, 18-19 February 2011, especially in the field of teacher professional development. Based on this, efforts needed for sustainable teacher and relevant education personnel capacity development programme for teaching DRR are identified. Activities of SEAMEO QITEP in Science in DRR education, i.e. introduction of DRR in Earth and Space Science regular course and workshop on "Earthquake Disaster Risk Reduction for teachers Around the Lembang Fault" are also included.