Abstract

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an organization of countries in Southeast Asia established in Bangkok, Thailand, on August 8, 1967 under the Bangkok Declaration by Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. For more th an five decades ASEAN has experienced many positive and significant developments towards a more integrative and forward - looking stage with the establishment of an ASEAN Community by 2015. The ASEAN Community not only affects the economic sector, but also other sectors, including "education" as an effort to build competitive human resources. The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) challenges in education that will be faced are the proliferation o f foreign educational institutions, standardization of orientation in education, which is pro - market, and markets labor that will be flooded by foreign workers. Therefore, the era of ASEAN free trade should be welcomed by the world of education quickly, so that the human resources (HR) of Indonesia, especially by women who still have low resource. They should be prepared for facing an intense competition with other countries. ASEAN countries have considered synchronizing the certification standards, streng thening, and improving the skills and knowledge of ASEAN youth and women in the regional integration process. Therefore, ASEAN countries have always been active in encouraging cooperative relations in various levels of education and training, at the same t ime encouraging all organizations and schools in each country to seek cooperation partners in other countries of the ASEAN region.

Highlights

  • The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community (AEC) has been established for two years

  • At the summit, which took place in Bali in October 2003, the ASEAN officials declared the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015

  • The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) challenges in education that will be faced are the proliferation of foreign educational institutions, standardization of orientation in education, which is pro-market, and markets labor that will be flooded by foreign workers

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INTRODUCTION

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) has been established for two years. ASEAN is the third largest economic power after Japan and China, with members from 10 countries namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia. Based on the data of Kemendikbud 2015, more than 1.8 million children each year are not able to continue their education in Indonesia This subject is caused by three factors; economic aspects; children are forced to work to support the family economy and marriage at an early age. The condition of education in Indonesia is far from the substance of the educational objectives listed in the Preamble to the 1945 Constitution namely, "to educate the life of the nation" This is evident from all aspects related to education, such as the commercialization of education, education as a provider of labor, education is handed to the free market mechanism, and education as industrialization sector. The government should be able to improve the education system in Indonesia in order to create competent and competitive resources in facing the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). What is the impact of ASEAN integration on women's education in Indonesia?

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