Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Kim Sang-kon announces at the sixth ASEM Education Ministerial Meeting that education leaders have agreed to adopt the Seoul Declaration, at the Hotel Shilla in Seoul on Nov. 22. (Minister Kim’s Facebook profile)
By Hur SomEe and Kim Young Shin
Education ministers from across Asia and Europe have agreed to adopt the Seoul Declaration, which aims to develop cooperation between the two regions on education.
At the sixth Asia-Europe Education Ministerial Meeting, held at the Hotel Shilla in Seoul on Nov. 21 and 22, the education officials agreed to strengthen educational cooperation among the countries to boost youth employability, intercontinental exchanges between students and educators, and the utilization of information technology in the education field.
The Asia-Europe Education Ministerial Meeting aims to enhance exchanges between Asia and Europe in the education field. The first meeting took place in Berlin in 2008. This is the first time for Korea to host the meeting.
This year, 220 educational leaders from 44 nations, such as ministers and vice minister of 19 countries, including Switzerland, Ireland, Laos, Slovakia, China, Japan and Russia, attended the event, as well as officials from 10 related organizations, such as UNESCO.
Members agreed to establish a channel for continuous educational cooperation, to develop content for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC), and to organize the ASEM MOOC Initiative, a network among MOOC experts.
“The Korean Ministry of Education will actively make efforts to boost educational cooperation between Asia and Europe by pushing forward with the Seoul Declaration and the ASEM MOOC Initiative,” said Minister of Education Kim Sang-kon.
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