Education in South-East Asia / edited by Lorraine Pe Symaco.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Education and issues in South-East Asia : a regional overview / Lorraine Pe Symaco -- Brunei Darussalam : planning for educational transformation and ICT in education / Murray Brown and Haji Abdul Rahim Derus -- Cambodia : from dependency to sovereignty -- emerging national leadership / Vincent McNamara -- Cambodia : evolving quality issues in higher education / Luise Ahrens and Vincent McNamara -- Indonesia : the challenges of quality and equity in education / Mark Heyward and Sopantini -- Indonesia : Islamic higher education -- periphery within periphery? / Anthony Welch and Saefudin Syafi'i -- Lao PDR : the great transformation / Richard Noonan, Phouvanh Phommalangsy and Inthasone Phetsiriseng -- Malaysia : ethnocracy and education / Moses Samuel and Meng Yew Tee -- Malaysia : the education of refugee and asylum-seeking children / Hema Letchamanan -- Myanmar : governance, civil society and the developments in education / Richard Martin -- The Philippines : education issues and challenges / Lorraine Pe Symaco -- The Philippines : higher education and development / Lorraine Pe Symaco -- Singapore : education in transition / Letchmi Ponnusamy and Saravanan Gopinathan -- Singapore : the Malay ethnic minority -- playing perennial catch-up in education? / Jason Tan -- Thailand : issues in education / Chaiyuth Punyasavatsut -- Timor-Leste : education, decolonization and development / Bob Boughton -- Vietnam : the education system -- a need to improve quality / Martin Hayden and Le Thi Ngoc Lan.

"Education in South-East Asia explores the education systems of the ten member states of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the state of Timor-Leste. The diverse range and forms of culture, religion and politics embedded in the region are exhibited in the distinctive education systems that inter-relate in one of the most integrated regions in the world"--Cover, page [4].