Description

The policy forum is a joint activity of the Hong Kong University Comparative Education Research Center, ADB Education Community of Practice, and UNESCO. It will focus on Asia’s shadow education system of private supplementary tutoring on the levels of primary and secondary education.

The policy forum will study the following documents:

• laws
• regulations
• guidelines
• codes of practice
• other relevant documents.

Target participants

Participation is by invitation only.

The policy forum brings together stakeholders from the Asian region. Some will be from countries which have long been concerned about shadow education, particularly in East Asia, while others will be from countries where the issues are only just coming onto official agendas. The participants will include:

• personnel from ministries of education
• operators of tutoring centers
• researchers
• staff of international organizations concerned with education
• parents