NEQMAP 2nd Annual Meeting
One year after its establishment, the second annual meeting of the Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific (NEQMAP) was held on 31 March-1 April 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand, preceded by the 2nd NEQMAP Steering Group Meeting on 30 March.
This annual network meeting presented the first opportunity for all current NEQMAP members to come together since the network’s launch. In addition to NEQMAP member institutions, delegates from non-member countries as well as international and regional partner organizations attended the meeting.
The meeting mainly focused on further discussion and exchange of ideas on the implementation of the network activities foreseen for the immediate future and beyond while exploring potential collaboration between existing NEQMAP members, expansion of membership and synergies with other initiatives and platforms.
Details of the Meeting
Date:
Steering Group Meeting: 30 March 2014 (Sunday)
Annual Meeting: 31 March - 1 April 2014 (Monday and Tuesday)
Venue:
Imperial Queen's Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
Meeting Documents
Presentation files
Day 1
NEQMAP OVERVIEW
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Ramya Vivekanandan Rodrigues, EPR Unit, UNESCO Bangkok |
LEARNING ASSESSMENT AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE
Presenter:
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Mollie Tobin, Research Officer, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) |
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CAPACITY BUILDING ON LEARNING ASSESSMENT
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Ramya Vivekanandan Rodrigues, EPR Unit, UNESCO Bangkok |
Report of the NEQMAP Secretariat on Activities -Capacity Building |
Panel members:
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Suman Bhattacharjea, Research Director, ASER Centre/Pratham, India |
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Esther Sui-chu Ho, Director, Hong Kong Centre for International Student Assessment, Hong Kong, China |
Day 2
NATIONAL POLICIES, PROGRAMMES AND INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURING/MONITORING LEARNING OUTCOMES:TOWARDS RESEARCH AND A KNOWLEDGE BASE
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Tserennadmid Nyamkhuu, EPR Unit, UNESCO Bangkok |
Report of the NEQMAP Secretariat on Activities - Mapping study and Knowledge portal |
Panel members:
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Aurélie Acoca, Assistant Programme Specialist, AIMS Unit,UNESCO Bangkok |
Observatory of Learning Outcomes: Global Database and Catalogue |
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Ana Raivoce, Director, Secretariat of the Pacific Board for Educational Assessment (SPBEA), Fiji |
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Mohammad Ismail Khattab, Head of EMIS unit, Ministry of Education, Afghanistan |
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Panya Chanthavong, Deputy Director, Educational Standards and Quality Assurance Centre (ESQAC), Ministry of Education and Sports , Lao PDR |
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Bhojraj Sharma Kafle, Under Secretary, Education Review Office, Ministry of Education, Nepal |
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Krongthong Kairiree, Executive Board Member, The National Institute of Educational Testing Service (NIETS), Thailand |
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Nguyen Duc Minh, Director of Research Center, Vietnam Institute of Educational Reseach (VNIES) |
ASSESSMENT OF TRANSVERSAL/21ST CENTURY SKILLS
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Ramya Vivekanandan Rodrigues, EPR Unit, UNESCO Bangkok |
Panel members:
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Jyoti Bawani, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Education (IIE) |
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Saba Saaed, Research Associate, Idara e Takeem o Agahi (ITA)/Centre for Education and Conciousness, Pakistan |
21st Century Skills: Promoting creativity and innovation in the classroom |
