INDEED, time flies with lightning speed. What began as the Asean founding in 1967, which at its Integration of 2015 compelled member countries to align and harmonize their educational system with each other, had its 55th anniversary last week! And what's in it for academe? DepEd Memorandum s. 2022 on this year's Asean Month Celebration signed by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte-Carpio refreshes our recall on the Asean.

The Asean. The memo informed: "The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) was established on August 8, 1967, through the signing of the Asean Declaration (Bangkok Declaration). The Foreign Ministers of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand signed the original Declaration. Later, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar and Vietnam joined the Association, forming the current Asean Member States." Said Memo informs us further, of "Proclamation No. 282 dated July 31, 2018 (Amending Proclamation 1008 dated May 21, 1997)" declaring "August of every year as 'Asean Month' and Civil Service Commission Memorandum Circular No. 013 dated July 8, 2019, enjoining all government agency heads to include the singing of the Asean Anthem and sharing of information on Asean in all flag-raising ceremonies within August of every year beginning 2019." It also informs that the Department of Education is "organizing an Asean Month celebration for 2022," with "the ICO annually [providing] all Regional Offices with support funds for the celebration of Asean Month."

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