Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

This book presents the results of a Hong Kong study that focused on refugees’ contributions, and potential, to support green urban development. It describes education about sustainability principles in non-formal skills development settings, and the benefits of this learning for refugees. Internatio…

The contemporary transformations occurring within the socio-cultural framework of society necessitate demands for an innovative paradigm in higher education, prompting the evolution of fundamentally novel techniques and pedagogical strategies. These methods should be focused on developing students’ …

Investment in higher education is crucial to foster human capital growth, which enriches the national economy. As a result, academic institutions face increasing pressure to focus on enhancing the employability of their graduates. Overall, numerous factors are observed to affect the employability of…

This chapter aims to illustrate how and why market-driven education through link-and-match paradigm endangers students’ futures in the Indonesian context. To meet market demand, the government endorses such policies to vocationalize various types and levels of education. In vocational education, it …

This chapter describes the landscape of formal internship programmes available in our Singapore education context. Focusing on internship programmes offered by the three main types of institutions that define the Post-Secondary Education Institutional (PSEI) space in Singapore, Universities, Polytec…

Skillman.eu is a worldwide community of practitioners, researchers, and institutions engaged in technical and vocational education and training (TVET). The network aims at creating work-based learning solutions to respond to the challenges of skills shortages in industry with a participatory model a…

Apprenticeship has proven its effectiveness in equipping young persons with the skills needed by the labor market. However, in the context of learning societies, questions are being raised about the effectiveness of the apprenticeship model for reskilling and upskilling of adults and older workers. …

New Zealand’s industry training organizations (ITOs) are industry-owned and governed entities, formed up from enterprises that apply to the government for recognition as the standard-setting body for an industry or set of industries. Their core role is to work with industry to develop occupational s…

Massive vocationalization of secondary schooling in China has been aimed to improve the transition from school to work and further studies. However, effective realization of this policy totally depends on the quality of the proposed vocational pathway. In China, school-enterprise cooperation is cons…

The major drivers of skill demand are economic growth, expansion of primary and secondary education, urbanization, demographic changes and global competitiveness. These call for higher-order competences and employability skills that can use new technologies and perform complex tasks efficiently. Ind…

The concept of STEM education was introduced in Thailand around 2012, and the implementation of STEM education is now required. Our review of the evolution of STEM education in Thailand, the current status of its development, and the need for STEM education results in a set of related recommendation…