New Skills for a Global Innovation Society:
Asia-Pacific Forum on Secondary Education

ON THIS PAGE Overview Forum Agenda and Presentations Background Materials Press Materials

Overview

In recent years, India has greatly increased its primary school enrollment and the stage is now set for a major expansion of secondary education in India.  At the same time, the global skill and talent pool and quality of education around the world is rapidly increasing.  This Asia-Pacific Leaders Forum on Secondary Education held in New Delhi, India on 24-26 March:

*analyzed the strategies used to expand access to secondary education in selected industrialized and middle tier countries;

*examined the characteristics common to the world’s most successful education systems as they seek to combine ambitious goals with substantial school autonomy and professional support for teachers;

* shared experiences in modernizing curriculum and instruction and using technology to produce the new skills needed for success in the global, digital knowledge economy.

The Forum brought together key leaders and innovators from a number of countries to share lessons learned that might inform the expansion of secondary education in India.  Following the opening session, each session began with brief presentations from several countries and from India, followed by roundtable discussion.

New Skills for a Global Innovation Society: the Asia Pacific Leaders Forum on Secondary Education was the second event in a series focused on creating a dialogue amongst leaders in the region on major educational issues. This Forum builds on our first dialogue in Beijing in 2006 which focused on educational responses to globalization.  At both Forums, participants worked through roundtable discussions to assess current practices and suggest the most promising lines of innovation for the future. These findings are disseminated broadly through a comprehensive meeting report and media coverage. 

Forum Materials

Agenda

Presentations and Background Materials

Opening Session
Andreas Schleicher

Strategies for Expanding Access to Secondary Education
Powerpoints:
Yang Jin
Soobong Uh
Lois Adams-Rodgers

Investing in Secondary Education in India
Powerpoints:
Sam Carlson and Michael Ward

World Class Standards
Powerpoints:
Geoffrey Masters
Chris Wardlaw
Hideaki Shibuya

Modernizing Curriculum and Instruction
Powerpoints:
Joan Ferrini-Mundy
Wang Dinghua
Duriya Aziz
Bruce Fuchs

School Autonomy and Accountability: Approaches and Impact
Powerpoints:
Brian Caldwell
Michele Cahill
James Tooley

Recruiting, Training, and Supporting a 21st Century Teaching Profession
Powerpoints:
Susan Sclafani
Chor Boon Goh
Shaheen Mistri

Technology's Role in Improving Access and Quality
Powerpoints:
Dahle Suggett
Okhwa Lee
Vijay Kumar

AP Forum Meeting
Co-sponsored by:

Made possible
with support by:

Courtney
Sale Ross

Background Materials

Ministry of Human Resources announcement of new investment in secondary education

Prime Minister announces new investments in science

World Bank: India Development Policy Review: 2006

National Knowledge Commission: Recommendations on School Growth

National Knowledge Commission: Report of the Working Group on Open and Distance Education

National Council of Educational Research and Training: National Curriculum Framework 2005

Global Poverty Research Group: The progress of school education in India

McKinsey Quarterly "Ensuring India's Offshoring Future"

Press Materials

Press Releases

Overview statement on the Forum

Articles Appearing in the Press

The Hindu, "Urgent Need to Expand Secondary Education"
Indian Express , "How to Modernise Secondary Education?"

Who we are | Contact

725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
212.327.9307

Search powered by Google