Socio-cultural Cooperations: Education

Cooperation in education was strengthened with the convening of the First APT Education Ministers Meeting (APTEMM) on 4 July 2012 in Yogyakarta 2012. The APT Plan of Action on Education (2018-2025) was adopted through ad-referendum in 2018.

The APT promotes student mobility in higher education with quality assurance through the continued efforts of the Working Group on Student Mobility and Quality Assurance of Higher Education among ASEAN Plus Three Countries, including by formulating a guide for availability of online information to promote mobility, while envisioning harmonization of higher education community in Asia. The 4^th APTEMM held on 1 November 2018 in Nay Pyi Taw, adopted the APT Guidelines on Student Exchange and Mobility, and APT Guidelines on Transcripts and Supplemental Documents for Academic Records of Exchange Students.

The APT also promotes linkages between universities and encourage credit transfers between universities in the APT countries. Through the ASEAN University Network (AUN), annual activities are conducted including the APT Rectors’ Conference, APT Educational Forum and Young Speakers Contest, and the APT Youth Cultural Forum. These activities engage academia, faculty members, university students in APT countries. The CAMPUS Asia Programme which was initiated by China, Japan and ROK continues to be implemented and discussion is ongoing for possible expansion.

Mechanisms

Other Places

• Cooperation levels:
  • Summit Level Statements
  • Ministerial-level Statements
  • SOM Level
  • Director General level
  • CPR Level
  • Working/Expert Group
  • Track 1.5 & Track 2
• Cooperation pillars:
  • Political Security Cooperations
  • Economic Cooperations
  • Socio-cultural Cooperations
• Other themes:
  • Track 1.5 & Track 2
  • Science, Technology and Innovation
  • Minerals
  • Labour
  • Gender
  • Rural Development and Poverty Eradication
  • Health
  • Environment
  • Information and Media
  • Culture and Arts
  • Civil Service
  • Youth
  • Social Welfare and Development
  • Economic
  • Finance
  • Tourism
  • Food, Agriculture, and Forestry
  • Energy
  • Transnational Crime and Illicit Drugs
  • Political