Enhancing leadership and management in education to address new challenges and opportunities

As leadership and management in education continue to evolve in response to advancements in technology and the integration of artificial intelligence, traditional approaches are being reshaped into innovative practices to address emerging challenges and leverage new opportunities. To foster dialogue on these transformative trends, leadership paradigms, and innovative teaching practices being applied across Southeast Asia, SEAMEO RETRAC organized the Educational Forum on “Navigating Leadership and Management for Future Development of Education: Insights and Practices in Southeast Asia” on September 25, 2024, held back-to-back with the 27th Governing Board Meeting.

Country reports were led by SEAMEO RETRAC’s Governing Board Members, including policymakers, professional educators, and educational leaders from Ministries of Education across Southeast Asia. Attracting over 600 online participants from Southeast Asia and beyond, these discussions offered in-depth insights into policy strategies, successful case studies, innovative approaches, and practical experiences from each country to inform and guide the sustainable development of education in the region.

The Forum centered around sub-themes, including:

• Innovative approaches and/or models of leadership and management in education at both basic and higher education levels.
• Opportunities and challenges faced by schools and institutions and related solutions or initiatives that help to transform challenges into opportunities to promote innovative leadership, management, teaching and learning.
• Policy changes regarding leadership, curriculum, assessment, pedagogy, and technology to ensure support for educational quality.
• Professional development for teaching staff to help them better cope with the new educational context.
• Technology integration in teaching and learning.