24 October 2013 - Twenty-four (24) Filipino teachers from public and private schools in the Philippines are now in Korea to participate in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Asia-Pacific Center of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU) Teacher Exchange program.  Under the program, they will teach their major subjects, along with Philippine history and culture, to Korean elementary and middle school students in various regions of South Korea.

Under the programme, teachers from selected countries, including the Philippines, Indonesia and Mongolia, are invited to teach in Korean schools while Korean teachers are also sent to schools in the participating countries. This program is part of the “2013 Asia-Pacific Teacher Exchange for Global Education”  hosted by the Korean Ministry of Education (MOE). Similarly, 24 Korean teachers have also been sent to teach in Philippine schools this year.

The Filipino teachers are participating in this round of the program along with 10 Indonesian teachers.  The Filipino and Indonesian teachers underwent preliminary training from October 7 to 11. They were deployed to their host schools on October 11.  They are now teaching in twenty-three Korean elementary and middle schools in South Korea, mostly in the Metro-Seoul region.

Last year, the 2012 Korea-Philippines Teacher Exchange Program was successfully implemented with the participation of 19 Korean teachers and 30 Filipino teachers. END