The 9th Meeting of the ASEAN Plus Three Working Group on Student Mobility and Quality Assurance of Higher Education was chaired by Yang Mulia Dayang Hajah Anis Faudzulani binti Haji Dzulkiflee, Senior Special Duties Officer of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Brunei Darussalam together with her co-chair from the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea, which was held virtually.
The ASEAN Plus Three Working Group was incepted in 2013 to strategize and implement initiatives to promote mobility among ASEAN Plus Three students and ensure the quality of higher education. The 9th meeting was attended by member countries and designated representatives from Brunei Darussalam, The Republic of Korea, The People's Republic of China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.
The meeting was briefed on the progress and development of various initiatives in higher education that contribute to the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Plan of Action on Education 2018-2025. Among the two projects updated were the APT Joint Guidelines for new forms of Mobility in Higher Education by the Republic of Korea; and good practices and challenges on online/blended/face-to-face learning modalities from the quality assurance viewpoint by Japan. Each member also shared their country reports on opportunities and challenges they faced embarking on Higher Education mobility in this post-pandemic era.
The session was also presented with proposed future work of the APTWG from Brunei Darussalam and the ASEAN Secretariat; which are, firstly, to enhance faculty and research mobility; secondly, to strengthen quality assurance and recognition, especially amongst APT countries to supplement current works of quality assurance within ASEAN, as well as establishing recognitions of micro-credentials among APT as life-long learning develops; and thirdly, to share digital resources amongst APT countries in mobility and quality assurance.
Accompanying the Senior Special Duties Officer were officials from the Ministry of Education; Department of Higher Education, Brunei Darussalam National Accreditation Council; the International Relations Division of Ministry of Education, and the International Offices of Public Universities: Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA) and Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB).
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MESYUARAT KE-9 KUMPULAN KERJA ASEAN PLUS THREE MENGENAI MOBILITI PELAJAR
DAN JAMINAN KUALITI PENGAJIAN TINGGI
Mesyuarat Ke-9 Kumpulan Kerja ASEAN Plus Three Mengenai Mobiliti Pelajar dan Jaminan Kualiti Pengajian Tinggi telah dipengerusikan bersama oleh Yang Mulia Dayang Hajah Anis Faudzulani binti Haji Dzulkiflee, Pegawai Tugas-Tugas Khas Kanan, Jabatan Pengajian Tinggi, Kementerian Pendidikan Negara Brunei Darussalam dengan Kementerian Pendidikan Republik Korea, yang diadakan secara dalam talian.
Kumpulan Kerja ASEAN Plus Three telah ditubuhkan pada tahun 2013 untuk mengatur strategi dan melaksanakan inisiatif bagi menggalakkan mobiliti di kalangan pelajar ASEAN Plus Three dan memastikan kualiti pengajian tinggi. Mesyuarat ke-9 itu dihadiri oleh negara anggota dan wakil yang dilantik dari Negara Brunei Darussalam, Republik Korea, Republik Rakyat China, Kemboja, Indonesia, Jepun, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapura, Thailand dan Viet Nam.
Semasa mesyuarat, sebuah taklimat mengenai kemajuan dan pembangunan pelbagai inisiatif dalam pengajian tinggi turut diberikan yang menyumbang kepada Pelan Tindakan ASEAN Plus Three (APT) Pendidikan 2018-2025. Antara dua projek yang dikemaskini ialah APT Joint Guidelines bagi bentuk baharu Mobiliti dalam Pengajian Tinggi oleh Republik Korea; dan Amalan terbaik dan cabaran mengenai modaliti pembelajaran dalam talian atau blended atau bersemuka dari sudut pandangan jaminan kualiti oleh Jepun. Setiap ahli juga berkongsi laporan negara masing-masing tentang peluang dan cabaran yang dihadapi untuk memulakan mobiliti Pengajian Tinggi dalam era pasca pandemik ini.
Sesi itu juga mendengarkan beberapa pembentangan cadangan kerja APTWG dari Negara Brunei Darussalam dan Sekretariat ASEAN; Yang Pertama adalah untuk meningkatkan mobiliti fakulti dan penyelidikan; Yang Kedua, untuk mengukuhkan jaminan kualiti dan pengiktirafan terutamanya di kalangan negara APT dalam meningkatkan kerja semasa jaminan kualiti dalam ASEAN, serta mewujudkan pengiktirafan kelayakan mikro di kalangan APT apabila pembelajaran sepanjang hayat berkembang; dan Yang Ketiga, untuk berkongsi sumber digital di kalangan negara APT dalam mobiliti dan jaminan kualiti.
Juga turut serta dalam mesyuarat tersebut ialah pegawai-pegawai dari Kementerian Pendidikan; Jabatan Pengajian Tinggi, Majlis Kebangsaan Pengiktirafan Kelulusan, Bahagian Perhubungan Antarabangsa, dan Pejabat Antarabangsa Universiti Awam: Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), Universiti Islam Sultan Sharif Ali (UNISSA) dan Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB).
