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SEAMEC President Visits INNOTECH

H.E. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Mihn Hien, Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam and current SEAMEO Council president, visited SEAMEO INNOTECH on 13 december 2005.

During the visit, the SEAMEC president was acquainted with INNOTECH's current projects and activities. Among these projects were Project ELSA (Education and Livelihood Skills Alliance), Project APEX (Applied Academics for Excellence), the LEARNTECH Initiative, and the Materials Development Project for Private Madaris and Public Schools for Muslims. He was also presented the first batch of trainees for the Flexible Learning Tutors under the eXCELS Project, a component of the LEARNTECH Initiative of the Center that aims to provide excellent school leadership in Southeast Asia.

Representatives from SEAMEO TROPMED Philippines Regional Center for Public health, and from the Summer Institute of Linguistics, likewise, presented a report of their programs and projects.

Dr. Edilberto de Jesus, SEAMEO Secretariat director, along with delegates from the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam and SEAMEO RETRAC, accompanied His Excellency during the visit.

The SEAMEC president's brief stay in the Philippines also included a visit to SEAMEO SEARCA, the Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture in the province of Los Baños, Laguna.

The SEAMEO Council is the policy-making body of SEAMEO and is composed of the Ministries of Education of member countries. The visits of the Council president to SEAMEO member countries are integral in the formulation of polices and in steering the Organization towards new directions and forging of new collaboration.

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