Communicating Technical and Vocational Education and Training Read more about Communicating Technical and Vocational Education and Training Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s technical vocational and education training (TVET) portfolio is increasing—from 18% of the total education portfolio (2009-2011) to 42% (2016-2018). As developing economies require more skilled workforce with technical training, there has been growing emphasis on expanding TVET across many Asian countries.
Pham Van Quan Keywords education skills forum international skills forum ADB k-12 new normal Read more about Pham Van Quan Dr. Pham Van Quan is currently a Rector of Hue Industrial College, Vietnam. He got a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering at the University of Tokyo in 2009. From 2013 to 2019, he was Deputy Head of the Department of Training and Human Development, Ministry of Industry and Trade. Before that, he worked as a lecturer in the Environmental Engineering Department at Hanoi Architectural University, where he researched energy-saving techniques to mitigate climate change. Dr. Quan has written numerous papers on sustainability topics.
Abhinav Madan Keywords education capacity development Read more about Abhinav Madan Abhinav Madan is the co-founder and CEO of Gran Tarang Employability Services. Prior to this, he was a Business Planning Manager at Hewlett-Packard and Business Analyst at GE. He had an MBA from the Xavier Institute of Management.
Scale With Quality: The Citizens' Foundation Approach to Providing Education Read more about Scale With Quality: The Citizens' Foundation Approach to Providing Education The Citizens Foundation (TCF) addresses the massive educational challenge in Pakistan by empowering children to become agents of positive change. TCF provides student-centric academic interventions and offers leadership, teacher, and pre-service training programs.
Shazia Kamal Keywords education social inclusion Read more about Shazia Kamal Shazia, in this role, oversees all the functions of TCF’s Education Programme. She comes with a rich 11-year experience across diverse fields including FMCG industry, education, and social and development sectors.
Boosting Student Learning: Programme for International Student Assessment for Development Read more about Boosting Student Learning: Programme for International Student Assessment for Development Issued by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students in mathematics, reading, and science. PISA for Development, among its other goals, aims to enhance PISA to make it more relevant to a wider range of countries and thus enable greater PISA participation by middle- and low-income countries.
Guntur Sugiyarto Keywords principal economist nvestment tourism economics labor markets poverty CGE modeling trade liberalization taxation commodity prices biofuel and food security education infrastructure fragility and migration Read more about Guntur Sugiyarto Guntur has published a significant number of papers on a wide range of development issues, such as competitiveness, investment, tourism economics, labor markets, poverty, CGE modeling, trade liberalization, taxation, commodity prices, biofuel and food security, education, infrastructure, fragility, and migration. Before joining ADB in 2004, he worked for the universities of Nottingham and Warwick in the United Kingdom and the Central Bureau of Statistics in Indonesia.
Ha Wei Keywords education skills forum international skills forum ADB k-12 new normal Read more about Ha Wei Professor Ha is the Associate Dean for Teaching, International Cooperation, and Executive Training and Associate Professor of Education Policy and Management (with tenure) at the Graduate School of Education, Peking University. He specializes in the impact evaluation of education policies in China. He has published three dozen of academic articles in renowned English and Chinese journals that have won national research awards. He received his BA in Politics and Economics and MA in Economics of Education from Peking University and his Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School.
Shaping the Future of Education with Technology: Comparison of Korea and Singapore for ICT in Education Read more about Shaping the Future of Education with Technology: Comparison of Korea and Singapore for ICT in Education The Republic of Korea and Singapore have enacted systemic and systematic policies to bring new forms of teaching and learning practices in schools. ICT has been employed not only as a pedagogical tool but also as a catalyst to prepare the competitive workforce in the knowledge economy.
Knowledge Sharing Program on ICT in Education Read more about Knowledge Sharing Program on ICT in Education Organized in support of the education sector projects of Asian Development Bank's South Asia Department, this knowledge sharing workshop aimed to improve understanding of ICT in education programs through some case studies in the Republic of Korea focusing on key success factors and policy implications related to those programs. Participants learned from a number of key initiatives on ICT in education programs implemented in the Republic of Korea through site visits as well as interactive discussion sessions.