Address by the Director General of Higher Education Ministry of Education and Culture, Republic of Indonesia

1991 ◽  
pp. 10-10
Author(s):  
Karel A. van der Hucht ◽  
Bambang Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Director General ◽  
Ministry Of Education

Can-Do descriptors – Realigning English Language Curriculum at Higher Education Institution to CEFR

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Erda Wati Bakar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Proficiency ◽  
English Language ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Language Curriculum ◽  
English Curriculum ◽  
The Common ◽  
The University

The Common European Framework of Reference for Language (CEFR) has become the standard used to describe and evaluate students’ command of a second or foreign language. It is an internationally acknowledged standard language proficiency framework which many countries have adopted such as China, Thailand, Japan and Taiwan. Malaysia Ministry of Education is aware and realise the need for the current English language curriculum to be validated as to reach the international standard as prescribed by the CEFR. The implementation of CEFR has begun at primary and secondary level since 2017 and now higher education institutions are urged to align their English Language Curriculum to CEFR as part of preparation in receiving students who have been taught using CEFR-aligned curriculum at schools by year 2022. This critical reflection article elucidates the meticulous processes that we have embarked on in re-aligning our English Language Curriculum to the standard and requirements of CEFR. The paper concludes with a remark that the alignment of the English curriculum at the university needs full support from the management in ensuring that all the stakeholders are fully prepared, informed and familiar with the framework.

scholarly journals Demographics of Sudanese University Students in Relation to Regional Conflict and Underdevelopment

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Monira Hamid ◽  
Christopher Thron ◽  
Sallam Fageeri
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Enrollment Rates ◽  
Regional Universities ◽  
Education Enrollment ◽  
Education Participation ◽  
Entering Students

This research examines regional differences in higher education participation rates in Sudan, and their relations with socioeconomic factors related to development, such as human development index (HDI), women’s status, urban/rural, and source of income. We pay special attention to areas of Sudan where long-running conflicts exist. Two datasets are used: the 2009 National Baseline Household Survey, conducted by Sudan’s Central Bureau of Statistics; and 2016–2017 matriculating students’ data, obtained from Sudan’s Ministry of Education. Regression analysis of the household survey data shows that the most significant factors associated with university attendance are having electricity at home, having a mother who has completed primary education, and being from a non-conflict region. University entrance data shows that young adults from conflict regions lag markedly behind the rest of Sudan in entering students’ academic level. Educational resources in Sudan are densely concentrated in the capital Khartoum, and higher-performing students (especially males) from all regions tend to enroll in universities in Khartoum. Regional universities’ student bodies consist largely of lower-performing students from the same region, especially in conflict regions. Women’s participation in higher education is robust, and women bachelor’s students outnumber men. Our analysis suggests that the following policies could be most effective in improving regional higher education enrollment rates and outcomes: (1) improve infrastructure (electric power in particular) in underserved regions; (2) provide widespread primary education for women; (3) put additional resources into regional universities, to encourage geographical diversity and to better serve women in underdeveloped regions.

BASIC APPROACHES TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION FEDERAL STATE EDUCATIONAL STANDARD OF GENERATION 3 ++ IN SPECIALTY “FIRE SAFETY”

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 82-86
Author(s):  
Seferyan E. ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Fire Safety ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Normative Documents ◽  
Educational Standard ◽  
Empirical Level ◽  
Basic Approaches ◽  
State Educational

Purpose. The article analyzes the normative documents of the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Labor, which underlie the development of the basic educational curriculum for the new Federal State Educational Standard 3 ++ majoring in 20.05.01 “Fire safety”. The types of professional activity in the specified specialty are considered, the range of tasks is outlined when introducing an independent assessment of qualifications into the institute system of specialists training. The principle has been determined, which, if not observed, will result in the unbalancing of specialist program. Methods. Theoretical level methods were used within the framework of the research, in particular, analysis, as well as methods of the empirical level – description, comparison and testing. Findings. The research resulted in the development of a scheme for a two-stage education system in the implementation of the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education 3 ++, and the direction of specialization for a specialist program has been determined as well. Research application field. The results obtained will help to further develop the main professional educational curricula of a specialist program in two areas, in which graduates will be equally in demand. Conclusions. Taking into account the above said, the study will progress in developing a separate specialist program, aimed at the needs of the labor market in the field of fire safety (engineering, preventive and managerial personnel of the services providing fire safety in an organization).

English medium of instruction in Chinese higher education: a systematic mapping review of empirical research

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reka R. Jablonkai ◽  
Jie Hou
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Perception ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
Undergraduate Teaching ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Depth Analysis

Abstract In 2001, the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China issued guidelines to promote the quality of higher education and to advocate the expansion of the use of English (Ministry of Education (MoE). 2001. Guanyu jiaqiang gaodeng xuexiao benke jiaoxue gongzuo tigao jiaoxue zhiliang de ruogan yijian [Guidelines for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Teaching at Higher Education Institutions]. Available at: http://old.moe.gov.cn/publicfifiles/business/htmlfifiles/moe/moe_309/200412/4682.html). This paper reviews empirical studies in English and Chinese on EMI in Chinese higher education published from 2001 to 2019, during the last two decades since these guidelines were released. The review contributes to the field of EMI by documenting, analysing and synthesising empirical evidence and by situating EMI studies in China in the global trends of EMI research. The review aims to give an overview of studies targeted at both global and local audiences, therefore, publications in both English and Chinese were included. To select the Chinese articles the core journals indexed by CNKI were searched, and for the English articles, we used ERIC, IBSS, SCOPUS and WOS databases. After excluding theoretically oriented studies, literature reviews and commentaries, 42 articles remained. The in-depth analysis revealed that the main topics of these studies included the student perception, implementation and educational practices, and the role of language. We conclude that in general there are insufficient empirical studies, especially about EMI teachers’ perspectives to inform policies and practices at the micro, meso and macro level. Based on the findings, directions for further research are identified and recommendations for methodological approaches for future studies are also made.

scholarly journals Transforming finnish higher education: institutional mergers and conflicting academic identities

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jani Ursin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Structural Development ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Academic Identities ◽  
The Past ◽  
Institutional Mergers ◽  
Finnish Higher Education

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"> </p><p class="RESUMENCURSIVA">As in many other European countries also Finnish higher education system has witnessed several reforms over the past decade many of which originate in efforts to make more competitive and affordable higher education system. The aim of this paper is to describe the changes and institutional mergers in particular that have taken place in Finnish higher education and explore what kind of academic identities are constructed amid changes in Finnish higher education. The paper shows that the mergers followed the objectives set by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture for the structural development of the higher education system and that the creation of a joint culture for merged institutions was important yet challenging. The paper also argues that due to these external changes in Finnish higher education there is a tendency to move from a traditional notion of an academic toward more hybrid and dynamic understanding of what it is being an academic in the 21st century.</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><br /></span></p>

scholarly journals Threats and vulnerabilities of the academic profession vs university personnel potential development

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 440-450
Author(s):  
Svetlana V. Lobova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Profession ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
University Personnel ◽  
Scientific Periodical ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
The University

The formation and development of the university's personnel potential is one of the conditions for joining the project to support higher education organizations announced by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in June 2020. The project is called the Strategic Academic Leadership Program. The fulfillment of this condition cannot be carried out without overcoming the limitations and effective responses to the challenges that are associated with the academic profession. The article is a review. Its purpose is to study threats and barriers to the development of the university’s personnel potential. It is shown that as internal threats one should consider the high stressfulness of faculty activities, violation of their personal safety and low loyalty; the barrier is the vulnerability of the academic profession. The research focuses on the current staff of Russian universities. The main research methods are analysis and synthesis of relevant scientific periodical literature. The main result of the study is the position that the presence of threats and vulnerabilities in the academic profession entails consequences that have a devastating effect not only on the personality of the teacher, the university, the academic community, but also on the higher education system as a whole, catalyze the departure of teachers from the academic profession, and prevent the preservation of and the development of the university personnel potential, ensuring the competitiveness and attractiveness of the university.

scholarly journals Tax justice of the reform of higher education: tuition fees or tax relief?

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (7) ◽  
pp. 259-264
Author(s):  
Pavel Semerád ◽  
Veronika Sobotková
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Dependent Child ◽  
Tax Relief ◽  
Current Reform ◽  
The Government ◽  
University Leaders ◽  
Tuition Fee

This paper deals with the current reform of higher education which is now being discussed in the Czech Republic. The Government and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports propose a tuition fee for students at universities but there is still no clear concept of it. University leaders and students are against the tuition fee because of their fear of getting into debt during their study. The aim of this paper is to show an alternative way of funding higher education without tuition fee loans and from the point of view of tax justice. According to the concept of horizontal justice (Mankiw, 1999) taxpayers should pay taxes at the same rate, but it does not work this way. The result of research is that changes in Act 586/1992 Coll., on income tax and in Act 117/1995 Coll., on state social welfare are required. Abolition of tax relief is proposed where discrimination against other taxpayers and groups of students could occur. By abolition of tax relief for a student and tax relief for a dependent child the amounts of 4,020 CZK and 13,404 CZK respectively could be saved. Changes in legislation could be politically more acceptable than the tuition fee. The solution could also lead to simplification for taxpayers. The target should be equal access to higher education for all students.

scholarly journals PENERAPAN ETIKA EKOSENTRISME PADA DESA ADAT RAGI HOTANG MEAT DI KABUPATEN TOBA SAMOSIR, SUMATERA UTARA

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Titien Saraswati ◽  
Feby Astrid br. Pinem
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Deep Ecology ◽  
Director General ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Tourist Destination ◽  
The Village

Abstract: Ragi Hotang Meat Traditional Village in Tampahan District, Toba Samosir Regency, North Sumatera Province, already inaugurated as a traditional village by the Ministry of Education and Culture's Director General of Culture on 11 February 2017. In the village there were some traditional houses that had been revitalized, some original traditional houses, ulos woven crafts and the typical sarong of the village, as well as traditional dances. After being inaugurated as a traditional village, the community was asked to do the development of the village themselves as a tourist destination. As an academician, it was a must to contribute to the local government and to the villagers about the development of the village. The question was: how to develop Ragi Hotang Meat Traditional Village into a tourist destination that would not be damaging the nature, but could provide benefits to the nature and its inhabitants? The purpose of this study was to contribute to the local government and villagers on how to develop their village that would not be damaging the nature, but could provide benefits to the nature and its inhabitants. Analysis by examining the data related to Tourism theory and Deep Ecology. Keywords: traditional village, tourism, Deep EcologyAbstrak: Desa Adat Ragi Hotang Meat, di Kecamatan Tampahan, Kabupaten Toba Samosir, Provinsi Sumatera Utara, telah diresmikan sebagai desa adat oleh Dirjen Kebudayaan Kemendikbud pada 11 Februari 2017. Di desa itu terdapat beberapa rumah adat yang telah direvitalisasi, rumah adat asli, kerajinan tenun ulos dan sarung khas desa itu, serta tarian adat. Setelah diresmikan sebagai desa adat, masyarakat diminta untuk melakukan sendiri pengembangan desa itu sebagai destinasi wisata. Sebagai akademisi, dituntut untuk bisa memberikan masukan, baik bagi pemerintah setempat maupun bagi penduduk desa itu. Pertanyaannya: bagaimana Desa Adat Ragi Hotang Meat dikembangkan menjadi destinasi wisata yang tidak merugikan, namun bisa memberikan keuntungan bagi alam dan penduduknya? Tujuan studi ini ialah memberikan masukan kepada pemerintah setempat maupun penduduk desa itu cara mengembangkan desanya agar menjadi destinasi wisata yang tidak merugikan alam maupun penduduknya. Analisis dengan mengeksaminasi data dikaitkan dengan teori Pariwisata dan Deep Ecology.Kata Kunci: desa adat, pariwisata, Deep Ecology

scholarly journals Quotas and Gender Competence: Independent or Complementary Approaches to Gender Equality?

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Wroblewski
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Female Representation ◽  
Paradoxical Situation ◽  
Short Period ◽  
And Gender

Austrian gender equality policy in higher education is characterized by the successful implementation of a comprehensive set of gender equality policies and persistent gender imbalances. After the introduction of a legal quota for university bodies, for instance, female representation in decision-making bodies increased significantly within a short period of time. However, this did not lead to a cultural change or the abolishment of barriers to women’s careers. Research has attributed this paradoxical situation to a lack of reflexivity because the current gender equality policies do not force institutions or individuals to challenge traditional practices, which are perceived to be merit-based and therefore gender neutral. To overcome this paradox, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science, and Research launched a policy process aimed at strengthening gender competence in all higher education processes—management, administration, teaching, and research. This paper provides a critical discussion of the Austrian quota regulation and its implementation. It also introduces the concept of gender competence and outlines the underlying assumptions as to why the new policy is expected to contribute to change. Following a critical reflection on these assumptions, the paper also discusses how existing steering instruments have to be adapted to support individual and institutional reflexivity.

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