PANGUNGUNAHAN ng Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization-Regional Center for Innovative Educational Technology (SEAMEO INNOTECH) ang gaganaping Youth Summit sa Hunyo 27-28, 2023.
Ayon kay INNOTECH Centre Director at dating Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones, ang dalawang araw na summit ay lalahukan ng tinatayang 150 youth leaders mula sa 10 bansa sa Timog Silangang Asya.
“These youth are truly innovators and leaders of the future. They have seen the challenges in education that either hinder learning or have identified those opportunities to strengthen learning and have formulated and conceptualized methods that could very well revolutionize how we teach and how we learn,” wika ni Briones.
Sinabi ni Briones na idaraos ang Youth Summit sa tanggapan ng SEAMEO INNOTECH sa Commonwealth Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City.
Kabilang sa mga partisipanteng bansa ang Pilipinas, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, at Vietnam.
“When I was Secretary of Education, we focused so much on uplifting and improving teaching conditions and therefore much of the focus were on the teachers themselves. Here we see that promising and talented youth are as engaged and invested in their education in the same degree as the governments, policymakers, leaders, and teachers across the SEA region. Truly, a wonder to see, meet, and listen to these promising leaders of the future,” pahayag pa ni Briones.
Inaasahan namang magtatanghal sa harap ng mga delegado at mga kalahok ang tanyag na Manila Concert Choir (MCC).
Katuwang naman ng SEAMEO INNOTECH sa event ang DepEd, UNICEF Philippines, Philippine National Commission for UNESCO, Head Foundation, USAID Opportunity 2.0 Program, ASEAN Secretariat, SEAMEO Secretariat, at iba pang SEAMEO centers sa ASEAN region.
