On 7th Feb 2026, we had an amazing group of teacher-leaders from 7 ASEAN countries and the Republic of Korea gathered at Downtown East to finalise plans for the 40th ASEAN Council of Teachers plus Korea (ACT+1) Convention to be held in Singapore from 22 to 25 October 2026. The theme will be, “𝙉𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚: 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨; 𝘼𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨; 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝘼𝙄”. There was unanimous agreement on the theme suggested by the Singapore Teachers’ Union and the sub-themes. STU is organising this important Regional Convention.