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Wed, 10/22/2008 - 20:52
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RI TO PROPOSE EIGHT EDUCATION COOPERATION PROGRAMS TO E-9 COUNTRIES
Jakarta, Oct 22 (ANTARA) - Indonesia is to propose eight cooperation programs in the educational sector to the world's largest developing nations (E-9) at a three-day senior officials meeting of E-9 countries which opened here on Wednesday.
Speaking to the press after opening the meeting, National Education Minister Bambang Sudibyo said the eight cooperation programs were aimed at achieving the targets of Education For All (EFA) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
The programs covered Sandwich scholarships for teachers and lecturers, remote learning, exchange and sharing of resources to benefit from information and communication technology using the Indonesian Higher Education and Research Network (INHERENT), Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) and national education networking (JARDIKNAS).
"We can share literature and lecture materials provided by the Bandung-based University of Indonesian Education (UPI) with other countries through teleconference," he said.
He said nearly 70 percent of educational problems in the world was found in the nine developing nations grouped in the E-9. They are India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria, Mexico and Brazil.
The further programs covered models of modern Islamic schools (madrasyah), certification of teachers, development of teachers' profession in a sustainable way, exchange of formal and non-formal teachers, and double competency training for teachers of different educational backgrounds, he said.
He said Indonesia would offer the models of modern Islamic schools (madrasyah) to members of the E-9 where Moslems make up the majority groups such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt and Nigeria.
Also present at the opening ceremony were assistant for education to the UNESCO director general Nicholas Burnett, Director of the UNESCO office in Jakarta Hubert Gijzen, secretary general of the National Education Ministry Dodi Nandika, director general of the ministry's higher education Fasli Jalal, delegates from the E-9 member countries, representatives from the World Bank and UNICEF.
Nicholas Burnett said the E-9 played a significant role in the context of EFA and MDGs.
The three-day meeting was a follow-up to a ministerial meeting held in the Indonesian resort island of Bali in March 2008, he said.
Speaking to the press after opening the meeting, National Education Minister Bambang Sudibyo said the eight cooperation programs were aimed at achieving the targets of Education For All (EFA) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
The programs covered Sandwich scholarships for teachers and lecturers, remote learning, exchange and sharing of resources to benefit from information and communication technology using the Indonesian Higher Education and Research Network (INHERENT), Global Development Learning Network (GDLN) and national education networking (JARDIKNAS).
"We can share literature and lecture materials provided by the Bandung-based University of Indonesian Education (UPI) with other countries through teleconference," he said.
He said nearly 70 percent of educational problems in the world was found in the nine developing nations grouped in the E-9. They are India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Egypt, Nigeria, Mexico and Brazil.
The further programs covered models of modern Islamic schools (madrasyah), certification of teachers, development of teachers' profession in a sustainable way, exchange of formal and non-formal teachers, and double competency training for teachers of different educational backgrounds, he said.
He said Indonesia would offer the models of modern Islamic schools (madrasyah) to members of the E-9 where Moslems make up the majority groups such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Egypt and Nigeria.
Also present at the opening ceremony were assistant for education to the UNESCO director general Nicholas Burnett, Director of the UNESCO office in Jakarta Hubert Gijzen, secretary general of the National Education Ministry Dodi Nandika, director general of the ministry's higher education Fasli Jalal, delegates from the E-9 member countries, representatives from the World Bank and UNICEF.
Nicholas Burnett said the E-9 played a significant role in the context of EFA and MDGs.
The three-day meeting was a follow-up to a ministerial meeting held in the Indonesian resort island of Bali in March 2008, he said.
