| | 8 December 2019HIGHERReviewIN MY VIEWHIGHER EDUCATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES ­ A REVIEWSoutheast Asian countries like Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Indone-sia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam has a continuum of de-velopmental diversity that has a diverse opportunity for analysis of themes and issues across borders for coopera-tion to enhance footprints in the global community. Ex-pansion and strengthening higher education is a major concern in Southeast Asian countries. Despite several so-cial advancements over a decade, the challenges faced by the Higher Education sector remain unanswered, which mainly attributes to the decrease in student enrolments, economic restructuring, and financial constraints, closer constructive and fewer productive cooperation. Southeast Asia's less developed countries need to spend less than 20 percent of state budgets on education. Thailand is one of the only Southeast Asian countries that outspend its nearest HDI competitors when it comes to education. The increased economic inter-dependency among the different countries had forced the countries to change their policies and practices to become knowl-edge dependent economy. This swiftness in policy had brought significant importance to advanced technolo-gies by creating a growing demand for technical, man-agerial, and administrative skills, although policymakers and practitioners convert such information into useful policies and practices confined to their national needs and circumstances. The education is broadly grouped into three different sections: Initially, the primary and secondary class teach-ers shape the quality of the basic education system. Then, Dr. N. Nithyavathy, Associate Professor, Kongu Engineering CollegeDr.N.Nithyavathy is currently working as an associate professor at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Erode. Her area of interest lies in Nano Technology, Virtual Instrumentation, Sensors and Signal Processing, and Control System. She is acknowledged and appreciated for publishing many articles and research journals related to the fields mentioned above.Dr. N. Nithyavathy, Associate Professor
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