International Symposium on ICT in Education: Potential and Lessons Learnt, 13-14 September 2011, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

The UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok) and Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), in collaboration with the Mongolian Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (MECS), jointly organized and hosted an international symposium on national policies and practices in the use of ICT in education. The specific topics discussed included the use of ICT for learning, focusing on the role of ICT in improving teaching and learning, as well as the use of technology for improving policy formulation, planning and management of the education sector.

The symposium brought together over 50 officials and professionals representing six member states from Central and Northeast Asia (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan) and international partner agencies (UNESCO Bangkok, UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education-IITE, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan- MEXT, the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank missions in Mongolia).

The seminar provided a space for education policy makers, officials and professionals of participating countries to exchange information on the policy initiatives, good practices and lessons learnt. The symposium well served its purpose to provide member states in the region with a forum to discuss and identify policy options and potential solutions of common issues and challenges faced by education systems.  Participants agreed to the proposal to establish an annual platform on ICT use in education for countries in Central and Northeast Asia and to hold this symposium next year in a country of the region.  UNESCO Bangkok, UNESCO-IITE, Tokyo Tech and MEXT agreed to continue to support this initiative.

For more information, please contact:Jonghwi Park (j.park [at] unesco.org)

Symposium documents:

• Concept Note (pdf, 90kb)
  
  
• Symposium Agenda (pdf, 670kb)
  
  
• List of Participants (pdf, 560kb)

Day 1

Opening by Ms Ch. Kulanda, Vice Minister of Education, Culture and Science (MECS), Mongolia

Keynote presentation:

• “Transforming Education in Central and East Asia: Potentials of ICT”, Mr Gwang-Jo Kim, Director, UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok) (pdf, 1.6mb)

Session 1: ICT for Education Sector Management

• “ICT for Education Sector Management: Issues and Questions”, Mr Gwang-Chol Chang, Chief of Education Policy and Reform Unit, UNESCO Bangkok (pdf, 900kb)
  
  
• “Overall Government Policy on ICT in Mongolia”, Mr Odgerel, Director-General, Public Administration and Cooperation Department, Information, Communications Technology and Post Authority (ICTPA, Mongolia) (pdf, 1.7 mb)
  
  
• “ICT Strategy in Education Sector”, Mr Robert Schoellhammer, Resident Representative and Country Manager, ADB Mongolia (pdf, 830kb)

Session 2: ICT for Education Sector Management (cont.)

• “Strategy and Policy Framework of the ICT in Education”, Mr A. Tsolmon, Director of Information, Monitoring and Evaluation, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science ( MECS), Mongolia (pdf, 1.3mb)
  
  
• “State of Informatization of the Education System in the Republic of Kazakhstan”, Ms Shaimenova Zhanar (Kazakhstan), National Commission for UNESCO (pdf, 1.4mb)

Session 3: ICT for Education Sector Management (cont’d)

• “Uzbekistan Government Policy for ICT in Higher and Secondary Education”, Mr Erkinbek Eshpulatov (Uzbekistan), Ministry of Higher and Secondary Education (pdf, 370kb)
  
  
• “Education Management Information System in Tajikistan”, Ms Mahuchehra Jumakhonova (Tajikistan), Ministry of Education (pdf, 550kb)

Session 4: ICT in Education and Cooperation

• “ICT in education: IITE in action”, Mr Badarch Dendev, Director a.i., UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education (IITE) (pdf, 850kb)
  
  
• “Private, Public Cooperation in ICT in Education”  Mr Tsogbadrakh, Ulaanbaatar City Education Department, Mongolia (pdf, 350kb)

Day 2:

Opening, Mr Hiromitsu Muta, Vice-President, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Session 5: ICT for Teaching and Learning

• “ICT for Teaching and Learning: Issues and Questions”, Ms Jonghwi Park, Programme Specialist, ICT in Education, UNESCO Bangkok (pdf, 510kb)
  
  
• "Analysis of ICT Use in Primary Education in Mongolia: Current Applications and Lessons Learned”, Prof. Jun-ichi Takada and Prof. Shinobu (Yume) Yamaguchi, Tokyo Institute of Technology (pdf, 2.8kb)

Session 6: ICT for Teaching and Learning (cont’d)

• “ICT for Teaching and Learning in Mongolia”, B. Jadambaa (Mongolia), President, Mongolian State University of Education (MSUE) (pdf, 210kb)
  
  
• “The Development of Distance Learning Centres at the International University of Kyrgyzstan”, Mr Asylbek Aidaraliev (Kyrgyzstan), President of International University of Kyrgyzstan (pdf, 3.5mb)
  
  
• “ICT for Quality Education in DPRK”, Ms JO Yong Sil (DPRK), National Education Commission (pdf, 1.4mb)

Session 7: ICT for Teaching and Learning (cont’d)

• “ICT for Learning in Tajikistan”, Mr Bahador Ramazanov (Tajikistan), Tajikistan National Commission for UNESCO (pdf, 1.2.mb)
  
  
• "ICT Integration into Educational Process”, Mr Kadambay Saytov (Uzbekistan), Ministry of Public Education (pdf, 170kb)

Session 8: Conclusions

• “Harnessing the full potential of ICT in education: issues, challenges and further improvements” , Tokyo Institute of Technology and UNESCO Bangkok (pdf, 380kb)