Bandar Seri Begawan - The role of educational institutions in facing challenges and opportunities will be the main agenda of the 15th International Conference on Education (ICE) 2010 to be organised by the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Education (SHBIE), Universiti Brunei Darussalam next week.

Pg Hjh Jamilah Pg Hj Othman of SHBIE described the details of the upcoming event in a press conference held yesterday afternoon. She said the international conference will "provide a forum for comparing the rhetoric of educational reform with the reality of effective implementation".

Carrying the theme "Challenging Models, Challenging Minds: Initiative Effective Educational Reform and Development", the conference is set to be held at the Chancellor Hall, UBD, from May 24-27.

Over 549 participants - 255 local and 294 international -have registered to take part in the event. A total of 101 papers are to be presented by 22 international and 26 local speakers.

Various aspects of academic challenges and effective implementations will be discussed throughout the conference. Discussion and debates are expected and complemented with a set of international perspectives on the ongoing challenges faced by contemporary educators nowadays.

Particular focus will be made on the challenges of providing effective schools and schooling. Three overseas speakers have been invited to deliver keynote presentations in three plenary sessions at the conference.

Prof Ivor Goodson from the United Kingdom will be presenting his paper on --Professional Knowledge in Education and Health: Restructuring work and life between the state and citizens in Europe".

Meanwhile Prof Malik Badri from Malaysia will deliver a presentation on "The role of Islamisation and indigenisation in reforming the theory and practices of psychology and education". And Mr Jason Trump from Singapore will present his paper entitled "Personalised Learning - Are we there yet?"

Exhibitions will be set up at the event for two days from May 24-26 with over 10 exhibitors: Microsoft, Mona Flora Tour Operators, SMARTER, TA & Morgen, Cambridge University Press Singapore, TAIB, ETC UBD, BIBD, Arts & Exhibition UBD and SHBIE Conference Proceedings.

Educational visits are also being arranged for the international participants on the third day to visit departments under the Ministry of Education as well as some local schools. Registration for the conference is still open to the public. For international participants, the registration fee is US$300, while local participants are charged B$250. Local paper presenters will only need to pay BS150.

At present, there are still slots available for those who are interested in the conference. The deadline for registrations and payments is May 24, 2010. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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