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Prof.Dr.Aung Tun Thet
SHARING EXPERIENCES:
Global Education Dialogues
(GED)The Asia Series
Background
“When the winds of change blows,
Some build walls,While others build windmills.”
August 9-10, 2012
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam“Employability skills in South East Asia and the needs of the new economy:
The challenges for higher education”
Current global business environment more demands on the higher education systems
More productive workforce Graduates need employability skills
Higher Education
AdaptMeet needs of industry Better prepared graduates
PROCESS
Combination of:Key Note AddressesPresenting case-studiesRound-Table DiscussionsParallel Working Group
Sessions
PARTICIPANTS
Academics-economists and educational specialists
Business peopleGovernment officialsWorld Bank economistsBritish Council staff
PARTICIPANTS
Australia Hong Kong Indonesia Japan Malaysia Myanmar Philippines UK Viet Nam
Dialogue
Unique opportunity Exchange
CONTENT
Issues
How is employability defined in the contemporary global context?
Why should higher education address employability?
Issues
Industry linksTechnical literate peopleBusiness and enterprise skills Educated unemployment –
national wastage
Issues
Educational Attainment = SkillsCognitive skills + non-cognitive
skills + Technical Skills = Skills SetPeople – Soft skills
Issues
Manpower planning versus listening to signals from labour market
Practical application – Theoretical understanding; Creativity & Innovation; Team work; Technical Skills; Business skills; Entrepreneurship
Intercultural skills Internship Learning how to learn
The Two Worlds
EDUCATION
WORK
Balance
IsolatedUniversity "Ivory Tower”
MarketOrientedUniversit
y
New Economic Thinking Needs New Educational Thinking
EMPLOYMENT
EDUCATION
Job Barrier
New Economy
time
economy
Factor Driven
EfficiencyDriven
InnovationDriven
Educating
HeadHandHeart
Triple Helix
Higher Education Trends
Massification Vocationalization
Implications for
Myanmar
Rethinking Education – adapting to new Myanmar
Determining Employability Skills AFTA/AEC Industry-Education partnerships