Teaching competency standards in Southeast Asian countries. Eleven country audit

This report focuses on the status of development, implementation, and monitoring of teaching competency standards in 11 member countries of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) as of 2010.

The study takes stock of national teaching competency standards, policies, capacity building programs, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation activities. It explores commonalities in teaching competency standards across the region that will support active and vigorous regional complementation on capacity building, teacher exchange, and lifelong learning.

The report emphasizes trends among SEAMEO member countries in terms of the development of national teaching competency standards. This research study also entailed an assessment of the process for developing teaching standards and how their full implementation could be achieved.