National Seminar On Revisiting Education policy and the Role of Teachers in Education Development (6th to 8th December, 2013)

To _____________________ _____________________ Date: 20th November, 2013 Dear Saya/ Sayama, The ILO in collaboration with Education International, UNESCO, and the University Teachers Associations is organizing a three-day seminar from 6th to 8th December 2013 at Asia Plaza Hotel, No.277. Bogyoke Aung San Road, Corner of 38th Street, Kyauktada Township, Yangon. We wish to invite you to attend the seminar. The Theme of the seminar is Revisiting Education Policy and the Role of Teachers in Education

Development.
The seminar will: 1) Discuss the UNESCO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Higher Education Personnel. 2) Consider the present consultation process underway in Myanmar on the need to review and modernize the education policy. (The outcome of the seminar will be submitted to the authorities as an input to the consultation process). 3) Consider issues relating to Freedom of Association, Labour Laws and other matters relating to the establishment of teachers organizations. Attached is a copy of the program. Participants will be provided travel and accommodation allowance as per attached. Please confirm if you would be attending the seminar by 1st December 2013. Please contact Dr. Arkar Moe Thu (Ph: 0931135208) Eh Dah Wah (Ph: 09421148819) to confirm your participation. If we do not hear from you by then we would take it to mean that you would not be attending the seminar.

Sincerely Yours,

Patrick Quinn Chief Technical Advisor Freedom of Association and Social Dialogue Program ILO Yangon.

Program Agenda
Day 1 (9:00 am to 5:00 pm) Time Topic 8:30 9:00 Registration 9:00 10:45 Opening remarks Speaker ILO, EI, UNESCO, ITUC, Union Minister Organization ILO, UNESCO, ITUC, Minister of President Office, Committee for Drafting Higher Education Law President's Economic Advisor UNESCO

10:45-11:15 11:15-12:15 12:15-1:00

Higher Education and the development of Myanmar UNESCO Recommendation Concerning the status of Higher Education Personnel.

Coffee Break Dr. Aung Tun Thet Ms. Jamie Vinson

1:00-2:00 2:00-3:00 Report on survey by UTA 3:00-3:30 4:00-4:15 Group Work 4:15-5:00 Report on group work Day 2 (9:00am to 5:00pm) Time Topic 9:00-10:00 Education Reform Policy in Myanmar 10:00-10:45 Education Reform: The Importance of Policy and Infrastructural Development. Importance of Critical Thinking in Higher Education?? Research and Administrative Justice in Higher Education

Lunch Dr. Arkar Moe Thu Coffee Break

UTA

Speaker Dr. Thein Lwin Dr. Marlar Aung

Organization National Network Education East Yangon University

10:45-11:15 11:15-12:00 12:00-12:45

Coffee Break Dr. Arkar Moe Thu U Tin Aung Moe Lunch Dr. Thet Naing Coffee break

Dagon University UTA

12:45-1:45 1:45-2:30 University Autonomy in Myanmar 2:30-3:30 Group Discussion 3:30-4:00 4:00-5:00 Reports on Group discussion Day 3 (9:00am to 4:30pm) Time Topic 9:00-10:00 Freedom of Association/ILO conventions 10:00-10:45 Labour Laws 10:45-11:15 11:15-12:00 Education International 12:00-1:00 1:00-2:00 Establishment of teacher organizations/ Forming of organizing committee 2:00-2:30 2:30-3:30 Recommendations and conclusions of seminar 3:30-4:30 Closing Remarks

UTA UTA

Speaker Patrick Quinn Ministry of Labour Coffee Break Shashi Bala Singh Lunch Dr. Sai Khaing MyoTun

Organization ILO Ministry of Labour Education International UTA

Coffee break

Dr. Thet Lwin

UTA