About SEAMEO RECSAM SEAMEO RECSAM stands for Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation-Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics. Established by SEAMEO in May 1967, RECSAM is committed in promoting and enhancing the quality of Science and Mathematics education in the SEAMEO member countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam. RECSAM shares the vast expanse of the campus grounds with the Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Pulau Pinang (Institute of Teacher Education, Penang Campus) in Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, Gelugor, fringing the city limits of Geogetown. Since its inception RECSAM, one of its kind in the region, which is dedicated to the development of educational manpower, has been playing the role of a catalyst for the advancement of Science and Mathematics education at the primary and secondary school levels among its member countries. Ever surging forward, RECSAM is now in its 9th Five Year Plan (July 2010 – June 2015) and thousands of key educators have graduated from its training, development and research courses. As RECSAM forges ahead with its programmes and activities, it not only draws upon its reserve of resources and past experiences but also continuously examines the development of Science and Mathematics education in the SEAMEO region as well as in the world at large. In keeping with current global trends and developments, RECSAM carries out its Science and Mathematics education courses in the context of values and needs of changing societies.