Social development
Education and training
UNESCO forum on education for sustainable development held in Hanoi
The UNESCO Forum on Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship Education opened in Hanoi on July 2, gathering over 350 leaders, policymakers, experts and educators from more than 100 countries.The two-day forum features seven plenary sessions and four group sessions. Participants will share creative ...
Primary schools and teachers not ready for new general education cirriculum
The new general education programme issued by the Ministry of Education and Training at the end of last year will be applied for the 2020-21 school year. But preparations for the major transition are lagging behind schedule and with teachers unprepared for the new curriculum, ...
High-school graduates turn away from higher education
Statistics from the ministry showed that over 886,000 students have registered for the national high school exam this year whose results will be used for high school graduation and university entrance consideration. Of the number, 279,001, or 27.8 per cent, did not register to apply ...
MoET & World Vision act to stop violence against children
The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) and World Vision International (WVI) in Vietnam have signed an agreement on an initiative to 2022 to end physical violence against children at home and at school.The initiative will include programs and activities on changing the behavior of ...
Hanoi parents face 41.9% tuition fee rise
Hanoi Department of Education and Training has proposed a plan to raise the tuition at public schools in the 2019-2020 school year.The fees for children at five years old, pupils at primary schools and secondary schools will stay the same. The fees for children under ...
Asia-Pacific conference talks tertiary education
The 13th plenary session of the CONFRASIE (Regional Conference of Rectors of the member universities of the University Agency of the French-speaking world (AUF) in Asia-Pacific) took place in Ho Chi Minh City on May 7.Representatives from 88 universities and educational and research organisations from ...
Ministry issues official code of conduct for teachers and students
The Ministry of Education and Training has just issued a circular on code of conduct for teachers, students and parents from preschool to high school level nation-wide.The code aims to remind teachers, students as well as parents that they should follow ethical standards to build ...
Vietnam to teach good touch, bad touch in elementary school
The Ministry of Education and Training has made teaching prevention of sexual abuse mandatory in elementary schools across the country starting this year, with illustrated manuals added to the list of basic teaching equipment for first grade.The changes come in response to increasing awareness of ...
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Project to improve ethnic minority children’s access to education
A project designed to help girls, especially those in ethnic minority areas, get access to education, was launched by UNESCO in Hanoi on April 25. Financed by the UNESCO Malala Fund for Girls’ Right to Education, the “We are able” project will focus on four key fields, including raising public ...
Universities, firms join hands in training high-quality agriculture workforce
Delegates at a seminar in Hanoi on April 21 discussed the need to connect higher education institutions with businesses in training high-quality agricultural workforce.Given that up to 46 percent of the workforce in the local farming sector does not satisfy the requirements of scientific and ...
