Introduction
Jyoti RAHAMAN is an Education Policy Analyst based in Singapore. Currently, she leads the research & policy development of projects under the ASEF’s Teaching and Learning Programme (ASEFClassNet) at Education Department of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF). Launched in 1998, the ASEFClassNet (https://www.classnet.asef.org) project provides opportunities for collaborative learning and intercultural exchanges among secondary, high and vocational schools educators in 51 ASEM partner countries. Currently, the project's activities to empower teachers focuses on two themes - Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Education & Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).
Since joining ASEF in 2018 Jyoti has led content development of 2 major ASEF ClassNet conferences in Finland & Japan that focused on education policies and issues related to gender equality in STEM teaching, Education for Sustainable Development, and Artificial Intelligence in Education. Prior to joining ASEF, Jyoti worked as a Humanitarian Data Analyst for the Humanitarian Information Service (HIS) project for Internews and BBC Media Action in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, where she analysed massive amount of data from refugee community, UN agencies and INGOs on refugees. She also worked with the Education Policy Unit Team at the UNESCO Headquarter in Paris, France and the Norwegian Centre for ICT in Education in Oslo, Norway.
Jyoti holds an Erasmus Mundus Joint MasterDegree (EMJMD) on Education Policies for Global Development from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, University of Oslo and University of Malta. Her dissertation explored the challenges of innovating learning environment in schools to prepare learners for the 4th industrial era. She is a member of a group of young scholars in Education called, WISE Learner’s Voice, an initiative of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha, Qatar.
Expert
Jyoti has been involved with work, research and studies in the field of education policy with a specific focus on EdTech, learning environment and 21st century skills for about 8 years. Since joining ASEF in 2018 Jyoti has led content development of 2 major ASEF ClassNet conferences that focused on education policies and issues related to gender equality in STEM teaching, Education for Sustainable Development, and Artificial Intelligence in Education.
Jyoti's expertise in education policy includes topics such as pedagogical theory, 21st century skills, teacher education and innovative learning environment.
Fields of expertise: Communication and information/ICTs, Education