Running at the Top of the World: The Journey Toward Leadership and Success Read more about Running at the Top of the World: The Journey Toward Leadership and Success In 2016, William Thomas completed The Marathon Grand Slam, consisting of a marathon on all 7 continents and at the North Pole. In this Insight Thursday session he shared the lessons he learned from his multi-year journey, and described the impact that personal experiences can have on innovation, collaboration, and overall success in the workplace. This event is part of ADB's in-house Insight Thursday lecture series.
Skills Development Funds: Country Experiences and Implications for South Asia Read more about Skills Development Funds: Country Experiences and Implications for South Asia Technical and vocational education and training (TVET), in general, equips workforce with lifelong and technical skills that are required from employers. One of the ways to finance TVET is by setting up a dedicated fund for skills development, known as skills development fund.
Skills Development Funds: Country Experiences and Implications for South Asia Read more about Skills Development Funds: Country Experiences and Implications for South Asia Technical and vocational education and training (TVET), in general, equips workforce with lifelong and technical skills that are required from employers. One of the ways to finance TVET is by setting up a dedicated fund for skills development, known as skills development fund.
Skills Development Funds: Country Experiences, Implications for South Asia Read more about Skills Development Funds: Country Experiences, Implications for South Asia Eunbi Song, Intern from Asian Development Bank’s South Asia Department Human and Social Development Division, presented findings from a review of skills-related funds in Asia. The presentation highlighted the analyses on experiences of such funds in Asia from operational aspects, and provided policy implications for South Asia.
New Challenges in Smart Education Era Read more about New Challenges in Smart Education Era The Korea Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) is a major educational television and radio network contributing greatly to improve and develop lifelong and democratic education in the Republic of Korea. This presentation discusses the platform that EBS uses and the content it produces. EBS’ strategies in international cooperation and partnership formation are also examined.
Innovative ICT Classroom Project Read more about Innovative ICT Classroom Project A project of the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Education and Korea Education Frontier Association, the Innovative ICT-based Pilot Classroom was developed with the aim to build ICT-based classrooms with state-of-the-art ICT equipment for primary and secondary schools.
Challenges in Setting up Sri Lanka for Virtual Education System Read more about Challenges in Setting up Sri Lanka for Virtual Education System Schools in Sri Lanka have not really changed much over the past eight decades as attempts at educational innovation generally slip back to the traditional mode of educational operation. Introducing sustainable and systematic changes in learning environments and educational management should match future changes happening in the world.
ICT in Education in Nepal: Policies and Programs Read more about ICT in Education in Nepal: Policies and Programs The ICT in Education Master Plan (2013) and the Teacher Competency Framework (2016) are some of Nepal’s policy provisions on ICT in education. Strategic interventions on improving the quality of ICT education in Nepal are indicated in the ICT in School Sector Development Plan (2016-2023).
ICT in Bhutanese Education System Read more about ICT in Bhutanese Education System Integration and use of ICT in the Kingdom of Bhutan’s educational system started way before the year 2000. iSherig is the Education ICT Master Plan for the Kingdom of Bhutan that aims to harness the power of ICT as an enabling tool in teaching and learning.
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.