ARTICLES

7 Jun 2024

Meeting Vietnam’s Skilling Challenges

Jonathan London

Opportunities exist to upskill Vietnam’s young workforce, but how rapidly and successfully its government can do so depends on a fresh and demonstrated commitment to significantly strengthen the country’s educational and training systems. Time is running out.

13 May 2024

Hidden Costs of Academic Dishonesty: The Case of Indonesia

Yanuar Nugroho|Burhanuddin Muhtadi

Indonesian academia was recently shocked by two egregious examples of professors plagiarising others’ work. Some deep soul-searching and reform must occur to set things right.

Education Indonesia

28 Mar 2024

Empowering Southeast Asia: The Impact of Transnational Higher Education on Regional Development

Damon Chee

Damon Chee examines the rise of transnational education in Southeast Asia and how it influences the region’s educational landscape.

ASEAN ASEANFocus Education

13 Dec 2023

Mandarin Learning in Brunei’s Chinese Schools: Practical Considerations

Chang-Yau Hoon|Hannah M.Y. Ho

The learning of Mandarin in Chinese schools in Brunei is driven less by the projection of Chinese soft power but more by practical considerations.

Brunei China Education

18 Oct 2022

Religious Dress in Schools Polemic and Indonesia’s Philosophical Vacuum

Max Lane

The popularity of a recent image lamenting the wearing of conservative dress, particularly headscarves, by girls in Indonesia’s state schools have highlighted philosophical tensions in society and politics, with no easy answers.

Education Indonesia Islam

26 Apr 2022

ASEAN’s Consumers on the Move: Tertiary Education

Melinda Martinus

ASEAN’s growing consumer market for tertiary education is an encouraging trend that has potential upsides for future regional development. ASEAN’s demand for university qualifications will create opportunities for foreign and local institutions to set up more regional branches.

ASEAN Education

22 Mar 2022

China and Chinese Overseas: A Softer Soft Policy Needed?

Tan Chee-Beng

This Long Read describes China’s soft power in relation to Chinese overseas who as a whole constitute a potentially important resource for it.

ASEAN-China Relations China Education

11 Mar 2022

Cambodia’s Education System: Looking Back to Move Forward

Kimkong Heng

Cambodia has set ambitious goals to become an upper middle income country by 2030. To achieve this, it needs to rethink its education system to upgrade the skills of its workforce so the country can become a knowledge-intensive society.

Cambodia Education

11 Mar 2022

School Closures and Child Labour: The Pandemic’s Social Cost

Thai Long|Phi Minh Hong

The disruption of face-to-face education and internet inaccessibility may cause children to drop out of school permanently. Children who leave school and start working face greater difficulty resuming their education in the future.

ASEAN Child Labour COVID-19 Education