Inilatag ni SEAMEO INNOTECH Center Director at dating Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones ang mga isyu at mga alalahanin ng mga kabataan sa Center Directors Meeting 2023 (CDM) na ginanap sa Bangkok, Thailand kamakailan.
Ang CDM ay taunang idinaraos at dinadaluhan ng mga opisyal at kinatawan ng 26 SEAMEO Regional Centers, associate member countries at affiliate member educational institutions at organizations.
Sa kanyang presentasyon, ibinahagi ni Briones ang mga ‘issues and concerns’ ng mga kabataan sa mga kinakaharap nilang hamon sa edukasyon sa Southeast Asian region na pinagdebatehan at tinalakay nang husto sa Youth Summit 2023 na dinaluhan ng mahigit 200 youth at educators mula sa sampung ASEAN countries noong Hunyo.
Kabilang sa dalawang key proposals ay ang diseminasyon o pagpapakalat ng Southeast Asia Youth Call to Action hinggil sa transforming education at ang pagsali ng isang youth representative bilang isang dedicated youth program officer sa SEAMEO Secretariat.
“Education is the cornerstone of youth empowerment. Through the INNOTECH Youth Forum we held, where the youth themselves led the discussions, identified challenges and opportunities, and introduced their own innovations, we saw how dedicated they were in making drastic and much-needed changes in their own educations and futures. Now, as their elders, we promised to bring their concerns to the SEAMEO organization, all regional centers, and their respective Ministries of Education. Today, we took the first key step to fulfilling our promise of bringing those concerns to those policymakers and decision-makers across the SEA region,” pahayag ni Briones.
