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ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Awardees of 2021 SEAMEO-Japan ESD Award
Theme: Securing Educational Opportunities in COVID-19 Crisis

 

Congratulations!

The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan, in cooperation with UNESCO Asia Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok) would like to express appreciation to 282 schools who have joined the competition from 8 Southeast Asian countries , namely, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, in the 2021 SEAMEO Japan ESD Award under the theme “Securing Educational Opportunities in COVID-19 Crisis”.

Appreciation is also extended to the Ministries of Education of Southeast Asian countries, SEAMEO Regional Centres and Educational Development Agencies who contributed and supported this 2021 SEAMEO-Japan ESD Award.

The Organising Committee is pleased to congratulate the following winners of the 2021 SEAMEO-Japan ESD Award: Securing Educational Opportunities in COVID-19 Crisis. Congratulations!

 

1st Prize Winner

Kranji Secondary School
Singapore

Project Title:
The World is my Classroom

Address: 61, Choa Chu Kang Street 51, Singapore
Education Level: Grade 8-12
Number of Teachers: 79
Number of Students: 1,108
School Principal: Mr Goh Soon Hoe
Coordinating Teacher: Mr Tan Chee Wee Desmond
Website: https://kranjisec.moe.edu.sg

 


2nd Prize Winner

Sabilina Elementary School (SD Sabilina)
Indonesia

Project Title:
Rise and Shine in ICT Utilization during COVID-19 Crisis

Address: Jl Raya Kranggan No 47, Jatisampurna, Berkasi, Indonesia
Education Level: Grade 1-6
Number of Teachers: 49 
Number of Students: 301
School Principal: Ms Teti Herawati, S.Pd.
Coordinating Teacher: Ms Fatia Syarah, S.S.I, M.Si
Website: http://sabilina.sch.id

 


3rd Prize Winner

SM Sains Kuching
Malaysia

Project Title:
Mental Support Programme Series: Mental Health Alleviation Programme

Address: Jalan Batu Kawa, Off Jalan Matang, 93050 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Education Level: Grade 7-11
Number of Teachers: 59 
Number of Students: 454
School Principal: Ms Haslinda Binti Jedi
Coordinating Teacher: Ms Janice Anak Chuat
Website: https://www.facebook.com/SekolahMenengahSainsKuching

 


Special Prize Winner
for the Best Programme Carried out in Small Schools of Less than 250 Students

SJKT Bayan Lepas
Malaysia

Project Title:
COVID-19 Education Revolution

Address: Jl Permatang Damar Laut, Bayan Lepas, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
Education Level: Pre-school – Year 6
Number of Teachers: 16
Number of Students: 130
School Principal: Mr Sangga Sinnayah
Coordinating Teacher: Mr Sangga Sinnayah
Website: https://www.facebook.com/pibksjktbayanlepas.penang.1

 

Note: The decision of the Judging Committee is based on the information provided in the submission form and supporting documents from the schools.

 

Shortlisted Schools with Number of Students More than 250 Students
  • All schools which were shortlisted will receive a Certificate of Recognition from the SEAMEO Secretariat.
  • Alphabetical order by country
No School City and Country Project Title Education Level No of Teachers No of Students Attachments
1. SD Sabilina (Sabilina Elementary School) Bekasi,
Indonesia
Rise and Shine in ICT Utilization During COVID-19 Crisis Grade 1-6 49 301
2. SK Taman Kepong Melaka,
Malaysia
SKTK: A Safe Haven & Digitalized Primary / Preschool / Special Education 47 531
3. SM Sains Kuching Sarawak,
Malaysia
Mental Support Programme Series Grade 7-11 59 454
4. AJOS Elementary School Quezon,
Philippines
Parents Empowerment Program (PEP) Kinder to Grade 6 14 363
5. Baguio Central School Baguio, Philippines Project AYAT Kinder to Grade 6 94 3,338
6. Baguio City National Science High School Baguio, Philippines ITDOWAN Grade 7-12 46 1,286
7. Calantas National High School Quezon,
Philippines
IGNITE 8Ms: Igniting Passion for Teaching and Excellence Grade 7-12 20 499
8. Cauayan City Science and Technology High School Cauayan,
Philippines
Project BRAVE COVID Grade 7-12 39 799
9. Pili National High School Pili,
Philippines
P.N.H.S.: A.D.A.P.T.S. Grade 7-12 132 3,510
10. St. Joseph’s Academy Las Pinas City,
Philippines
Quarterly Thematic Integrated Performance Tasks (QTIPT) Pre-K to 12 75 1,420
11. Tagkawayan Central Elementary School Quezon,
Philippines
Implementation of Television-Based Instruction thru Project LOVE Kindergarten to Grade 6 with SPED LSEN 60 1,789
12. Kranji Secondary School Singapore The World is my Classroom Grade 8-12 79 1,108

 

Shortlisted Schools with Number of Students Less than 250 Students
  • All schools which were shortlisted will receive a Certificate of Recognition from the SEAMEO Secretariat.
  • Alphabetical order by country
No School City and Country Project Title Education Level No of Teachers No of Students  
1. Pasuruan Public Special School Pasuruan,
Indonesia
Stay Safe, Fun, and Accessible! Kindergarten to Grade 7 (all disabilities) 7 47
2. SJKT Bayan Lepas Pulau Pinang, Malaysia COVID-19 Education Revolution Preschool to Year 6 16 130
3. SMK Datuk Peter Mojuntin Sabah, Malaysia Self-Satisfaction Based Learning (SBL) Secondary School for Students with Hearing Impaired 14 45
4. Besao National High School Besao,
Philippines
BADANG; Bridging Adversities through Different Activities Needed for Growth Secondary 15 238
5. Camamasi Elementary School Nueva Vizcaya,
Philippines
Project SIGLAT (School Interventions in Guiding Learners and Assisting them Totally) Elementary 7 81
6. Concepcion Elementary School Quezon,
Philippines
Project Root: School’s Initiative in Education in Time of Pandemic Kindergarten to Grade 6 7 151
7. Epeng Elementary School Ifugao,
Philippines
Two-Way Radio, A Silhouette of Tenacity Elementary 3 47
8. Epiphany Christian Academy of La Trinidad Benguet,
Philippines
Resilient Ecalti towards Quality Education Preschool to Grade 6 10 230
9. Linanot Elementary School Iligan City,
Philippines
Project R.A.D.I.O. (Radio-Assisted Delivery in improving Instructional Outcomes) Kindergarten to Grade 6 7 128
10. Philippine National School for the Blind Pasay City,
Philippines
Making Distance Learning Accessible to You Wherever You Are Integrated School (Kindergarten to Grade 12) 28 164

 

List of All Entries
  • Thank you for the participation of 282 schools from Southeast Asian Countries in the Award.

    Summary Number of Entries
Country Schools with students over 250 Schools with students less than 250 Total
1. Brunei Darussalam 3 - 3
2. Cambodia 3 1 4
3. Indonesia 45 20 65
4. Malaysia 34 10 44
5. Philippines 132 24 156
6. Singapore 4 - 4
7. Thailand 3 1 4
8. Vietnam 2 - 2
Total 226 56 282


 

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Introduction

In 2002, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 57/254 and declared the period 2005-2014 as the “United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development” (DESD).

In its declaration, the United Nations General Assembly defined ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) as a “learning process (or approach to teaching) based on the ideals and principles that underline sustainability and is concerned with all levels and types of learning to provide quality education and foster sustainable human development – learning to know, learning to be, learning to live together, learning to do and learning to transform oneself and society.”

At the end of the DESD in 2014, the UNESCO World Conference held in Japan announced the Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD aimed at generating and scaling up ESD actions at all levels and in all areas of education, training and learning to accelerate progress towards sustainable development to the post-2015 agenda.

As the follow up to the GAP, ESD for 2030 was approved by the UNESCO General Conference at its 40th Session and acknowledged by the UN General Assembly at its 74th Session in 2019. Education for Sustainable Development: Towards achieving the SDGs (ESD for 2030) is the global framework for implementation of ESD from 2020-2030. ESD for 2030 builds upon the lessons learned from the Global Action Programme on ESD (GAP, 2015-2019), in response to the increased importance placed on ESD to promote the contribution of learning content to the survival and prosperity of humanity. ESD for 2030 places emphasis on education’s contribution to the achievement of the SDGs. It aims to review the purposes and values that underpin education and reorient all levels of education and learning to contribute to sustainable development and to strengthen education and learning in all activities that promote sustainable development.1

While ESD is implemented worldwide under the GAP, in support of further promoting ESD in Southeast Asia, the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT), in cooperation with the UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, have shown their collective commitment to promote best practices in ESD in schools across Southeast Asia, by organising the SEAMEO-Japan Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Award. The award scheme has been held annually since 2012.

The objectives of the SEAMEO-Japan ESD Award are:

  1. To raise awareness of ESD in schools and communities across Southeast Asia;
  2. To promote ESD best practices in schools and communities across Southeast Asia;
  3. To share and exchange knowledge and best practices on ESD in schools across Southeast Asia and Japan;
  4. To encourage networking among schools and communities which implement ESD practices in Southeast Asian countries and Japan; and
  5. To support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of United Nations.

 

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*The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) consist of 17 integrated and interdependent global goals with associated 169 targets, which aim to shift the world on to a path towards sustainable and resilient development.
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs

Since 2012, the Award has been conducted with the following themes and participated by the following number of schools in Southeast Asia.

Year Theme Number of Participated Schools Participated Countries in Southeast Asia
2012 Education for Disaster Risk Reduction 69 7 Countries:
Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
2013 Values Education 126 8 Countries:
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
2014 Fostering Global Citizenship for Sustainable Future 63 9 Countries:
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
2015 Safeguarding our Cultural Traditions 90 10 Countries:
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
2016 Saving Energy 43 8 Countries:
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
2017 Improving Health and Nutrition
56 8 Countries
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
2018 Applying Local Wisdom for Environmental Conservation
94 7 Countries:
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, and Thailand.
2019 Building Peace in Schools and Communities
79 9 Countries:
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, and Thailand.
2020 Addressing Plastic Problems for Transforming Communities
181 9 Countries:
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand.

 

1https://en.unesco.org/themes/education-sustainable-development

Theme for 2021: “Securing Educational Opportunities in Covid-19 Crisis”

The COVID pandemic had great impact on global society in many aspects till now, education is not the exception. Schools in many countries has been severely impacted such as the temporary closure of schools themselves. The nationwide closures are impacting over 60% of the world’s student population, interrupting the education of more than 1.5 billion young people2. Two-thirds of an academic year has been lost on average worldwide due to full or partial closures. The longer schools stay closed, the higher risk of children and youth losing out on their future3.

Schools have made efforts to secure educational opportunities for their students while carrying out COVID-19 countermeasures, and have been developing initiatives to prevent infections in schools and the spread of COVID-19 in the community. They have also been devising measures for dealing with complex social problems such as disparities and discrimination feared to arise through unexpected COVID-19 infections.

Moreover, schools have been required to conduct distance teaching with no time to prepare and often with limited guidance and resources.

To ensure quality education for all learners in the times of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 SEAMEO-Japan ESD Award timely selects the theme “Securing Educational Opportunities in Covid-19 Crisis”.

The objectives of this year’s award scheme are;

  1. To foster initiatives on creating educational opportunities in schools in Southeast Asia in cooperation with Japan;
  2. To encourage schools to maintain safe and accessible educational platforms in use of innovation;
  3. To build resilience into educational system with practical learning alternatives.

Under the theme of “Securing Educational Opportunities in Covid-19 Crisis”, the school entry may cover at least one or more than one of the following areas:

  1. Initiatives for public health education to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the school, community, and family.
  2. Initiatives for preventing the occurrence of mental health problems stemming from the prolonged lockdowns and anxiety about COVID-19.
  3. Initiatives for promoting a correct understanding of the coronavirus itself and infectious diseases.
  4. Initiatives for the effective utilization of Information Communication Technology (ICT) for classroom transformation and ICT contents for education during COVID-19 crisis.

 

2 https://en.ccunesco.ca/idealab/education-and-covid-19-challenges-and-opportunities
3 https://en.unesco.org/news/one-year-covid-19-education-disruption-where-do-we-stand

All schools in Southeast Asian countries are invited to enter the competition

All public and private kindergarten / elementary / secondary / vocational and technical (equivalent to Grade 12) schools in 11 Southeast Asian countries – namely Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam – are invited to submit information about programmes, projects and activities that are related to the theme of this year’s competition.

Prizes

1) 1st Prize Winner
  • USD$1,500
  • A study tour to Japan
(The organizer will sponsor the travel expenses for four to six persons, which includes round-trip airfares, accommodation for three nights, domestic transportation in Japan, interpreter, and visa fees).
2) 2nd Prize Winner
  • USD$1,000
3) 3rd Prize Winner
  • USD$500
4) A Special Prize from the SEAMEO Secretariat for the best programme carried out in small schools of less than 250 students
  • USD$1,000

 

All winning schools will receive a Plaque of Recognition and Certificate of Appreciation for teachers and students involved in planning and implementing the school’s initiative.

A representative from the winning schools will be sponsored to participate at the award presentation ceremony which will be held at the SEAMEO High Officials Meeting in November 2021.

All shortlisted schools will receive Certificate of Recognition for the school. The coordinators of shortlisted schools (Maximum of 2 persons) will receive the Certificate of Appreciation.

All participating schools that have submitted entries relevant to the theme will be recognised (name, project name and country) on the SEAMEO website and receive the Certificate of Participation.

Judging Criteria

The judging committee will consider the following criteria in selecting the winning schools:

  1. Effectiveness of the School’s Initiative to Teachers, Students, Students’ Families, and Communities
    • The school’s initiative has demonstrated the effectiveness that create positive impacts to the community, teachers, students, and families of students.

  2. Integration of Strategies/Modalities for Implementation 
    • Implementation of the school’s initiative is emphasized and incorporated into school policies, management plans, and teaching and learning strategies within the school.
    • The school has demonstrated clear effective strategies, and programme components/activities on how to implement the school’s initiative.
    • Appropriate and effective methods and resources are used to implement the initiative.
    • Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms or processes are identified to ensure the immediate and long-term outcomes.

  3. Innovation and Creativity 
    • The school’s programme has demonstrated innovative practice in relation to the theme that can be replicated.
    • The school has demonstrated innovative ideas for utilising available resources.

  4. Teaching and Learning Approaches
    • The school has demonstrated effective and innovative teaching and learning approaches that have been applied for securing educational opportunities for all learners.

  5. Participatory Approach and Engagement of Community
    • The school has demonstrated the use of participatory processes – involving teachers, parents, students, communities’ stakeholders and partners – in planning and implementing the initiative.
    • The school has engaged community-level partners such as community stakeholders, experts, local governors, practitioners and parents in the programme.

  6. Sustainability 
    • The school has demonstrated a clear future plan on how to sustain or scale up the initiative.

  7. Interrelationship with other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
    • The school has demonstrated that the school’s programme has integrated the improvement of other SDGs, not the individual pursuit of each SDG, but has interrelation with other SDGs. Therefore, the school should make a clear statement in its application on how the school’s programme connects to other SDGs.

The Judging Committee

The Judging Committee consists of experts in the areas of education for sustainable development, and education from Japan and the Southeast Asian region. The decision of the Judging Committee is final and challenges/appeals are not allowed.

Guidelines for submission of entries

  1. Schools can submit information about the school’s initiative related to the theme “Securing Educational Opportunities in Covid-19 Crisis” from 16 June to 15 August 2021.
  2. The deadline of entry submissions is 15 August 2021.
  3. Each school can submit only one entry.
  4. Schools must submit the following requirements to the SEAMEO Secretariat:
  5. Regarding the Submission Form, the information of school initiative (In Part II as below) should not be over five (5) pages of A4 in total. The information should be written in Times New Roman/Calibri font, font size 11.
    • Part I - Information about the school;
      1. School name and contact details
      2. Brief information about the school such as number of teachers and students and educational level
      3. Contact details of the coordinator
    • Part II - Information about the school’s programme;
      1. Title of the school’s initiative
      2. Summary of the initiative (a half page of A4 sheet size)
      3. Objectives/goals of the school’s initiative
      4. Period of time when the initiative has been started
      5. Activities (strategies/activities of implementation, and brief information of each activity)
      6. Teaching and learning approaches/strategies that the school has integrated for this school initiative
      7. Participation of community and parents in the school initiative
      8. Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms
      9. Effectiveness of the school initiative to learners, teachers, families, and community.
      10. Plan for future
      11. Interrelationship of the school’s programme with other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
      12. Link(s) to the information of school’s initiative in social medias such as facebook, website, youtube
  6. All submissions should include related photos. A maximum of five (5) photos with captions written in English can be attached in the Submission Form.
  7. All submissions can be attached with a maximum of three (3) supporting documents (Optional). The teaching and learning materials can be in local languages, however a brief translation in English should be provided.
  8. How to Submit the Entry: Schools can submit the completed "Submission Form of 2021 SEAMEO-Japan ESD Award" and a “video clip of 3-5 minutes” together with supporting documents/materials to the SEAMEO Secretariat’s email: seameojapan.award@seameo.org

    Note: To align with the ESD practices and to save the environment and energy, the Committee will NOT accept the entry in hard/printed copies.

  9. All entries submitted to the SEAMEO Secretariat will be acknowledged. If the school has not received any acknowledgement of the receipt from the SEAMEO Secretariat within one week after the submission, please contact the SEAMEO Secretariat (Email: seameojapan.award@seameo.org).

 

Important Dates

 

16 June – 15 August 2021 Period for submission of entries to the SEAMEO Secretariat by schools
15 August 2021 Deadline for entry submission
1 November 2021 Announcement of the winning schools on the SEAMEO website
29 November 2021 Awarding ceremony of winners at the 44th SEAMEO High Officials Meeting (Tentative)
TBC in 2022
(During cross boarder travel resumed)
Study visit programme in Japan for the 1st prize winner

 

Judging Committee Members

1. Members of the Judging Committee

  • Chair Person
    Dr Ethel Agnes Pascua Valenzuela
    Director
    SEAMEO Secretariat

  • An expert on ESD and Education from Japan
    Prof Dr Masahisa Sato
    Professor
    Tokyo City University, Japan

  • A representative from MEXT
    Ms Yumi Namatame                              
    Senior Specialist for Bilateral Education Cooperation
    International Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat
    Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), JAPAN

  • A representative from UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education
    Ms Faryal Khan
    Programme Specialist in Quality Education
    UNESCO Asia Pacific Regional Bureau for Education

  • A representative from Ministry of Education of Southeast Asian Countries
    Mr Somsong Ngamwong
    Director of Bureau of International Cooperation
    Ministry of Education, Thailand

  • A representative from SEAMEO
    Dr Kritsachai Somsaman
    Deputy Director for Administration and Communication
    SEAMEO Secretariat

2. Programme Coordinators/ Secretariat of the Award

  • Ms Piyapa Su-angavatin
    KM Manager, SEAMEO Secretariat

  • Ms Pitchayawadi Arreenich
    KM Officer, SEAMEO Secretariat

Contact information

 

For enquiry, please contact:
Ms Pitchayawadi
Coordinator / Document Officer
SEAMEO-Japan ESD Award
SEAMEO Secretariat
920 Sukhumvit Road, Klongtoey District,
Bangkok 10110, THAILAND
Email: seameojapan.award@seameo.org
Website: www.seameo.org Tel: +662 391 0144
Fax: +662 381 2587