Higher education in Asian countries and the role of international ...

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5 Models of change: IGOs’ role in Asian Higher Education
The increased demand of higher education and its multilateral importance have broadened the
need for cooperative interaction model where multiple actors including international institutions
and organizations work together to achieve collective objectives. This boost in the demand is a
deviation from traditional single actor model where state is responsible for all matters and it is
the sole player also. With the passage of time there has been a growing emphasis on the
cooperative interaction through international organization particularly through IGOs. These
bodies are giving different inputs to member countries and organizations. These inputs include
policy advice, analytical work, piloting of innovations, knowledge exchange, capacity-building
of states and institutions, training of teachers, consensus-building among education stakeholders,
networking of stakeholders, sharing of statistics, research and experiences, financing of
education, assessment of learning etc.
IGOs
How do IGOs act for education?
Project
Program
As there exists diversity in socio-political structure, culture, education systems and
administrative pattern in all Asian countries so there is a need to adopt decentralized and flexible
policy. The process of capacity building as well demands enhanced focus on the self-sufficiency
in human capital and resource utilization.
States
Institutes
Capacity
development
Development
of HE
In this research, three organizations namely; OECD, UNESCO and the World Bank were
studied. These IGOs are engaged in higher education along with other fields; have different