Today we are concluding the Amman TVET conference with a forum to discuss education issues that are relevant to developing countries. We have senior educators from Jordan and the Middle Eastern region attending the session.

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Labtech is participating in a very important event in Amman Jordan to discuss how to bring TVET into the 21st century, how to solidly link TVET to support economic development and new models for training, business and governance for the Vocational Training Corporation of Jordan. Steven McKee

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Steven McKee, founder and president of Labtech International recently signed a Memorandum of Cooperation  for development of  TVET Educational Training Systems and Services with Dr. Naim Yaakub, director general of the Columbo Plan Staff College.   The Memorandum of Cooperation extends to joint development and research, and was signed at a recent TVET conference in Kuala Lumpur in front of  200 guests from 30 countries,  many who are senior members of their countries education ministries.  More information on the Colombo Plan Staff College can be found at their website http://www.cpsctech.org/about-cpsc.

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We have completed the BETT exhibition in London. Sorry to see it end. We met a lot of people and made many new friends. We had hundreds of visitors from around 20 countries that were interested in our products services and systems We wish everyone well and a safe journey home to those that came from far away. We hope to see everyone again in the future, either at BETT or another exhibition. Perhaps we shall meet up again at ISTE in June in the USA. Steven McKee President

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We have just completed day 2 at BETT and met lots of new and old friends. Dr. Gary Stager gave his second speech at the Learn Live Session on educational technology. Dr. Stager also gave the Keynote address on the Best Ideas in Education today” – in that speech he highlighted that the GenYes program is clearly one of the best ways to get both students and teachers using technology together for learning Dr. Dennis Harper,the CEO and founder of GenYes, our partners, gave a presentation together with Dr. Norrizan from MDeC Malaysia on “A constructivist approach to technology and learning”. Two more days left for BETT. Come on down and see what the buss is about for these new and innovative educational programs that can help make learning more effective and develop 21st Century Skills
Steven McKee

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