JakartaPost-Aug 4, 2023
Indonesia, which has the largest number of students and teachers in Southeast Asia and the fourth largest education system in the world, has shined a spotlight on the importance of digital transformation in the education system, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of three key agenda items were discussed at the meeting: the Post Transforming Education Summit 2022: How the world reaffirms digital learning and transformation; a presentation by ASEAN member states (AMS) on the strategy to incorporate digital transformation in the education system; and the AMS overview on the Roadmap on Declaration on Digital Transformation of Education Systems in ASEAN. Ahead of the meeting, Anang Ristanto, the acting head of the ministry’s Bureau of Cooperation and Public Relations, emphasized the need to increase access to safe digital learning opportunities, boost digital literacy and develop digital skills, especially in the ASEAN region. Within the framework of Indonesia’s 2023 ASEAN chairmanship, the education ministry initiated a coordination effort to prepare the road map. “The development of this road map is a joint effort among ASEAN member countries, with support from the ASEAN Secretariat,” said Anang. Education ministry secretary-general Suharti said the benefits of information and communications technology (ICT) in the educational sphere had been widely discussed in the past decade. “However, the COVID-19 pandemic marked an important moment during which the education system discovered the true potential of ICT in transforming the learning process to be more relevant to the challenges of the 21st century,” she said at the meeting. During the pandemic, digital technology was initially used to ensure that the teaching and learning processes could continue during the closure of some or all schools. As it developed, education stakeholders grew to realize the potential of digital technology in accelerating the education sector’s recovery and in resuming the efforts to realize Sustainable Development 4 on Quality Education. Read more at: https://www.thejakartapost.com/front-row/2023/08/04/indonesia-initiates-asean-road-map-for-digital-transformation-of-education-systems.html.
