SEA-VET Newsletter-Issue9

Issue 9

September 2020

Greeting, SEA-VET.net readers!

As the world continues to adapt to the new normal, TVET key actors are committed to fostering resilient skillsets, bridging education gaps via digitalisation and strengthening partnerships between public and private TVET stakeholders. This month’s newsletter focuses on the positive uptake of organisations and companies to use the current global situation as a catalyst to advance the topic of digitalisation in TVET.

PS: Do not miss to apply for the ASEAN Business Award 2020 Skills Development Award or share the call for applications with your partners!

SEA-VET Team

Content Overview

News

ASEAN Business Awards 2020 call for Skills Development Award applications

Google ignites skills learning in Singapore

1,000 vocational training courses for tourism skills

Cambodia and Swisscontact: MoU on investing $9m in training courses for tourism skills

Events - Upcoming events

16-17 Sep: 5th International Conference on Innovative Education and Technology

01 Oct: ASEAN Data Science Explorers 2020 - Regional Finals

Infographic

Strengthening partnerships with companies

Publications

Trends Mapping: Future of TVET Teaching

The Digitization of TVET and Skills Systems

News

ASEAN Business Awards 2020 call for Skills Development Award applications

ASEAN | ASEAN BAC | 01. Sept. 2020

The ASEAN Business Awards 2020 has opened applications for the Skills Development Award until 30 September 2020. The award is one of the main award categories in ABA organised by the ASEAN-BAC and honours outstanding businesses that demonstrate significant contribution to human capital development in ASEAN, particularly through their involvement in TVET.

Google ignites skills learning in Singapore

Singapore | Google SG | 25. Aug 2020

Google Singapore newly launched Skills Ignition SG, a nine month training programme involving Digital Marketing and Cloud technology courses that comes with professional certifications endorsed by Google and recognised by leading global industry bodies. The course aims to provide hands-on work experience for Singaporeans and job opportunities in Google, SMEs and startups.

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1,000 vocational training courses for tourism skills

Indonesia | Ministry of Manpower Indonesia | 17. Aug 2020

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1,000 vocational training centers are in the works of being built in Indonesia as part of the Ministry of Manpower's effort to prioritise human resource development in the country. Increasing the vocational training will ultimately help build a community that will pave the country for a pool of skilled human resources.

Cambodia and Swisscontact sign MoU on $9million tourism skills training investment

Cambodia | Ministry of Tourism & Swisscontact Cambodia | 12. Aug 2020

An MoU was signed between the Ministry of Tourism and Swisscontact Cambodia with a projected cost of more than $9 million investment to train youths, students and employees on tourism skills. The training effort, conducted through Swisscontact Cambodia is meant to catapult vocational and life skills into sustainable careers.

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Events - Upcoming Events

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September

5th International Conference on Innovative Education and Technology (ICIET 2020)

RMUTT | UPI | Online | 16. - 17. Sep 2020

The 5th ICIET2020 organized by RMUTT, Thailand in cooperation with The 6th UPI ICTVET2020 organized by UPI, Indonesia is an international event for scholars, researchers, professors and students to share knowledge, research works, work-in-progress reports and academic article in the four scope of tracks which includes ICT and Digital Technology for Education as well as Innovation and Engineering Education.

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ASEAN Data Science Explorers 2020

ASEAN Foundation | SPA SE | Online | Oct 1 2020

The ASEAN Data Science Explorers competition have announced shortlisted teams that will compete at the National Finals. Teams consisting of tertiary students have been working towards developing solutions that will help ASEAN grow as a nation and to improving people’s lives by using SAP Analytics Cloud. The National Finals will take place LIVE on Facebook on Oct 1.

Infographics

Strengthening partnerships with companies

Global | RECOTVET | 2020

School-Business partnerships are crucial in enhancing productivity and ensuring TVET students can attain the skills required by the industry. In SEA-VET’s latest infographic, 5 key steps for TVET schools are presented on how to successfully initiate, implement and sustain partnerships with companies.

Publications

Trends Mapping: Future of TVET Teaching

Global | UNESCO-UNEVOC | 2020

The report presents results of the trends mapping study conducted by UNESCO-UNEVOC on the future of TVET teaching. One of the aims of the study is to highlight promising practices in preparing TVET teaching staff to deliver the skills needed in the 21st century and beyond. It also deliberates on contemporary key issues concerning TVET by reviewing existing literature and policies on TVET.

The Digitization of TVET and Skills Systems

Global | ILO | 2020

The joint report by ILO-UNESCO offers a high-level overview of how digitalisation is affecting TVET and skills systems. More importantly, the study examines how TVET strategies and policies can best enable these digital transformations, including how to enhance the learning and teaching experience in education systems and how it can support lifelong learning.

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