Datuk Dr Habibah Abdul Rahim

Director Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Secretariat

Datuk Dr Habibah Abdul Rahim is the Director of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Secretariat..

She is also Honourary Fellow at MASA Institute, Senior Advisor of Edvolution, Board Member of Teach for Malaysia, Advisory Board of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Global Advisory Council Teach for All Global Institute, and Member of AI Observatory and Action Lab Steering Group. Under her leadership, SEAMEO has agreed to host the International Institute of Online Education in Southeast Asia in partnership with UNESCO, strengthening its role in advancing AI in education across the region.  

Datuk Habibah is the former Director General of Education Malaysia and has served the Ministry of Education Malaysia for more than 34 years before retiring on 6 April 2021.  

She began her career as a secondary school teacher and among posts held are the Head of the Delivery Management Office, Executive Director of the Education Performance and Delivery Unit, Director of the Educational Planning and Research Division, and Deputy Director General of Education (Policy and Curriculum).  

She has extensive experience in policy development, macro planning, programme implementation and evaluation. She played an instrumental role in the development of the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025, Education Development Master Plan 2006-2010 and Education Development 2001-2010.

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