UNICEF-UNESCO Dialogue on Developing Curriculum and Assessment Systems for 21st Century Skills (webinar)

UNESCO Bangkok, through the Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific (NEQMAP) Secretariat, in collaboration with UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, had organised a joint technical consultation on Developing Curriculum and Assessment Systems for 21st Century Skills with assessment and curriculum experts and stakeholders from Indonesia and Thailand working on similar challenges. The consultation aimed at strengthening education stakeholders and policy makers to better understand the competency-based frameworks for large-scale assessments, while also referencing issues in curricula and how to better prepare and support teachers for implementing these frameworks in the classrooms.

The dialogue was arranged through an online platform (webinar) on Thursday 10 September 2020 from 08:30-11:00h Bangkok Time (GMT+7). This webinar looked at two dimensions of the competency-based frameworks, in particular the 21st Century Skills, first through the analysis and development of curricula and second through the integration of them in learning assessments. Both sessions brought in experts in the area of the 21st Century Skills to also share their technical guidance and feedback to the national cases from Thailand and Indonesia.

Link to webinar: Developing Curriculum and Assessement Systems for 21st Century Skills: country cases in Indonesia and Thailand

Meeting materials:

1. Concept Note & Programme Agenda
2. Speaker Bios: Experts and Country Speakers
3. Power Point Presentations:
   1. Developing Competency-based Curriculum in Hong Kong by Prof. Catherine Chan, Professor of Practice, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
   2. Competency-based Curriculum Process in Thailand by Dr. Rattana Sangbuaphuen, Director of Academic Affairs and Educational Standards Bureau, Office of Basic Education Commission (OBEC), Ministry of Education, Thailand
   3. Building Competency-based Assessments by Dr. Esther Care, Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia
   4. Curriculum Learning and Assessment Reform in Indonesia by Dr. Rahmawati, Researcher & Dr. Susanti Sufyadi, Policy Analyst, Center for Assessment and Learning, Ministry of Education and Culture, Indonesia