Higher Education Programme – Update

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Higher Education Programme – Update June 2019

One of the flagship Education for All activities of ICEVI since 2007 is the Higher Education program, supported by The Nippon Foundation. The program is being implemented in Indonesia, Cambodia, Philippines, Vietnam, Myanmar, Lao PDR and Mongolia.

Enrollment:

The primary aim of the Higher Education program is to increase the enrolment of students who are visually impaired in higher education institutions in their home countries. The program also aims to expand their educational opportunities and prepare them as leaders who possess the skills to inspire parents to enrol their children with visual impairment in school. As summarised in the table below, the program has benefited around 2500 young persons with visual impairment who have graduated from higher education institutions between 2006 and June 2019.

Country 2006 – 2007 2006 – 2011 2006 – 2014 2006 – 2015 2006 – 2016 2006 – Mar-2017 2006 – Dec-2017 2006 – Dec 2018 January – June-2019 2006 – 2019
Indonesia 250 385 480 609 631 637 644 660 5 665
Vietnam 28 354 470 563 630 689 736 757 42 799
Philippines 32 460 489 671 710 726 732 751 10 761
Cambodia 4 14 22 52 83 91 91 105 14 119
Myanmar 0 0 29 54 69 88 88 114 0 114
Laos 0 0 7 16 19 25 25 33 0 33
Mongolia 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 14 2 16
Total 314 1213 1497 1965 2142
2256
2324 2434 73 2507

Employment:

Since 2015 most of the projects have been focusing on soft skills training, orientation of employers, organising employment fairs, facilitating employment, post-supportive services for the employment individuals, etc., and the table below provides the latest employment data.

Country 2015 – 2016 2016 – 2017 April – December 2017 January – December 2018 January – December 2018 Total
Cambodia 38 36 2 4 14 94
Indonesia 39 0 0 9 0 48
Philippines 13 12 11 18 10 64
Vietnam 27 27 24 13 0 91
Myanmar 0 0 10 1 0 11
Mongolia 0 0 0 2 0 2
Total 117 75 47 57 14 310

The project has so facilitated employment for more than 300 persons with visual impairment till date and the partners will continue to assist more in the years to come.