ASEAN Day organized by Stipendium Hungaricum students at the Doctoral School of Education

27.05.2021.

Students at the Doctoral School of Education organized ASEAN Day at the end of April where the ASEAN community and member countries were introduced.

It has been a tradition that students at the Doctoral School of Education organize a cultural exchange workshop each year. The first edition focused on Kazakhstan in 2018, followed by the workshops on Myanmar in May 2019 and on Africa in December 2019. These events widen students’, professors’ and other participants’ understanding and knowledge concerning education systems and cultural practices of these regions.

ASEAN day, the latest edition of the series, focusing on the south-east Asian countries and their intergovernmental organization took place online at the end of April. Most of the hosts of the event were Stipendium Hungaricum scholarship holder master's and doctoral students from the Faculty of Education and Psychology, ELTE, two hosts were from the University of Miskolc and one from the University of Mysore, India:

Name	University	Degree	Country	Study Program
Byambasuren Nyamkhuu	ELTE PPK	Doctoral student	Mongolia	Theoretical and Historical Pedagogy
Ei Phyoe Maung	ELTE PPK	Doctoral student	Myanmar	Teacher Education and Higher Education Studies (EDiTE)
Cho Cho Win	ELTE PPK	Doctoral student	Myanmar	Language Pedagogy
Sounantha Phavadee	ELTE PPK	Doctoral student	Laos	Adult Learning
Yu Pu	ELTE PPK	Doctoral student	China	Teacher Education and Higher Education Studies (EDiTE)
Phyu Phyu	ELTE PPK	Doctoral student	Myanmar	Teacher Education and Higher Education Studies (EDiTE)
Thu Thu Htike	ELTE PPK	Doctoral student	Myanmar	Adult Learning
Thiri Pyae Kyaw	ELTE PPK	Doctoral student	Myanmar	Teacher Education and Higher Education Studies (EDiTE)
Aye Aye Myint Lay	ELTE PPK	Doctoral student	Myanmar	Teacher Education and Higher Education Studies (EDiTE)
Khin Khin Thant Sin	ELTE PPK	Doctoral student	Myanmar	Teacher Education and Higher Education Studies (EDiTE)
Yin Mar Win	ELTE PPK	Doctoral student	Myanmar	Adult Learning
Nguyen Vinh Hang	ELTE PPK	Doctoral student	Vietnam	Teacher Education and Higher Education Studies (EDiTE)
Myo Sandar	ELTE PPK	Doctoral student	Myanmar	Teacher Education and Higher Education Studies (EDiTE)
Ei Phyu Chaw	ELTE PPK	Doctoral student	Myanmar	Teacher Education and Higher Education Studies (EDiTE)
Moet Moet Myint Lay	ELTE PPK	Doctoral student	Myanmar	Teacher Education and Higher Education Studies (EDiTE)
Yang Yang	ELTE PPK	Doctoral student	China	Teacher Education and Higher Education Studies (EDiTE)
Ei Ei Khine	The University of Miskolc	Doctoral student	Myanmar	Material Science and Engineering
Anita Wijayanti	ELTE PPK	Master's student	Indonesia	M.A Educational Science
Ayu Marisa	ELTE PPK	Master's student	Indonesia	M.A Educational Science
Muhammad Zainur Rifai	ELTE PPK	Master's student	Indonesia	M.A Educational Science
Irma	ELTE PPK	Master's student	Indonesia	M.A Educational Science
Kiss Szilvia Piroska	ELTE PPK	Doctoral student	Hungary	Early Childhood Education
Dacha Singh	The Univeristy of Mysore, India	Doctoral student	Thailand	Educational science

Before the event, attendees received their free ticket to enter the ASEAN Museum and then the journey started. After the opening remarks by Gábor Halász, professor at the Faculty of Education and Psychology, leader of the Teacher education and higher education studies (EDiTE) program, and initiator of this event, hosts guided attendees through the ASEAN Museum on a virtual tour and introduced the ASEAN community through five museum halls: ASEAN overview, ASEAN education, ASEAN culture, outsiders' perspective of the ASEAN community, and the interview of ASEAN students. In the session on education, an external speaker, Hyunjeong Lee, programme officer from UNESCO Bangkok gave a brief presentation on increasing access to basic education for out-of-school children and adolescents.

During this well designed, informative and truly entertaining event (hosts even organized quizzes after each session), attendees could learn about ASEAN countries from various perspectives. For anyone who missed this event but wants to know more about ASEAN region, parts of the event are available on the blog of this event series. Previous editions are also published on the blog.