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Learning from Neighbours: Symposium on Thai Education in City

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24 June 2009, Dhaka. A two-day symposium on educational progress in Thailand will be held in city on 27-28 June. A three-member team headed by Dr. Kasama Varavarn, Secretary General of the Thai Ministry of Education, will share its experience with officials, academics and   policy-makers in Bangladesh. Dr. Q.K. Ahmed, co-chair of the Education Policy Committee, will inaugurate the symposium on Saturday, 27 June at the Lake Shore Hotel in Gulshan. 

BRAC University Institute of Educational Development, jointly with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and Campaign for Popular Education, (CAMPE) will host the event. Members of the Education Policy Committee, Parliamentary Standing Committee members for the two education ministries, education officials, academics and development partner representatives have been invited. This will be the first event of the "Learning from Neighbours" symposia series planned by BRAC University and the partner institutions to look at experiences of Asian countries.

Thailand and other Asian countries have made spectacular progress in education and economic development in recent decades.  The newly elected government of Bangladesh has given high priority to educational development in its longer term Vision 2021 and its election  pledges. An Education Policy Committee has been appointed to formulate education policy priorities.  The symposia series, starting with Thailand, has been planned as a contribution to the national initiative.

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