Seameo-Voctech Meet To Swap Ideas, Enhance Trainings
By P Marilyn

Bandar Seri Begawan - The 17th Seameo-Voctech Governing Meeting officially opened at the Seameo-Voctech Regional Centre yesterday.

The three-day meeting brings together Seameo-Voctech governing board members from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Brunei.

Additionally, the event is also participated by representatives from the High Commission of Canada, Embassy of the Republic of France and the Embassy of the Republic of Germany, who attended the meeting as representatives for Seameo Associate Member Countries.

The meeting opened with speeches delivered by Seameo-Voctech Interim Director Mohammad Abu Bakar, Governing Board Chairman Haji Abdul Ghani Haj i Omar, and the Director ofthe ICT Department, Ministry of Education.

The aim of the event is to allow Seameo-Voctech to inform all members of the board on the implementation of its mandate in strengthening and improving vocational and technical education and training through human resource development in Southeast Asia.

"Through the sharing of views, ideas and suggestions, there will be greater enhancement of training activities and programmes, improvement in productivity, and better serving of target clientele - that is, the Southeast Asian teachers, education officers and school administrators," said Haji Abdul Ghani Haji Omar.

Seameo-Voctech Interim Director said that VTET (Vocational Technical Educational Training) institutions, organisations and agencies - including Seameo-Voctech - must be on guard, responsive, productive, flexible and confident to be competitive in the region so as to be able to surmount the changing trends of this fast-paced global world. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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