Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 4 Quality education
VN gets high scores but not named in PISA 2018 ranking
Việt Nam has missed out in the ranking of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2018 despite getting high scores.According to the Ministry of Education and Training, Việt Nam scores 505 points (ranking 13rd) in the reading test, 496 (ranking 24th) in maths, and 543 ...
Report on education human resources transformation in Asia released
The Education Commission has released a report on the transformation of human resources for education in Asia.Ju-Ho Lee, a commissioner of the Education Commission and former Minister of Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Korea, said that many countries are facing shortage of teachers and unequal allocation of the ...
ASEAN forum discusses quality culture in higher education institutions
More than 250 delegates, from over 150 higher education institutions of 15 countries in the region and around the world, discussed quality culture in higher education institutions at the ASEAN-Quality Assurance Forum 2019 which opened in Hanoi on November 7. The event, entitled “Networking for Building ...
Seminar discusses ways to improve tertiary education quality
A seminar was held in Nha Trang city, the central province of Khanh Hoa, on October 25 to look into shortcomings at tertiary education establishments and ways to address them amid the urgent demand for better quality in higher education.Participants in the seminar focused on ...
Government officials trained for global citizenship
Thirty-two educators and government officials from seven countries in Southeast Asia are participating in a capacity-building workshop on fostering global citizenship for sustainable communities in Southeast Asia that opened on Tuesday in HCM City. The four-day workshop is jointly organised by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation ...
Cooperation in vocational training remains loose
A report by the National Assembly Committee for Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children has pointed out that the partnerships between vocational schools and companies remained loose and unable to satisfy the rising demands of the labour market.Vu Tien Loc, head of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and ...
SAP and UNICEF partner to give young people in Viet Nam job skills training
On 30/9, SAP and UNICEF announced a new partnership to provide quality education, life skills and digital skills training to adolescents in disadvantaged communities in Viet Nam, preparing them for decent work and active citizenship.The three-year partnership, joining hands with the Government of Viet Nam, ...
Volunteering day calls for youth’s actions against climate change
The Global Volunteering Day 2019 took place in Hanoi on September 29, calling on the young to join hands in dealing with climate change. The annual event was organised by the Volunteers for Peace Vietnam (VPV) and the Centre for Sustainable Development Studies (CSDS), with the support of ...
Equity, quality and lifelong learning eyed as the heart of Education Development Strategic Plan 2011-2030
Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha chaired the meeting on September 17 with representatives from UNESCO Institute of Educational Strategies and UNICEF’s Education Program in Vietnam and members of the Editorial Team of the National Education Development Strategic Plan 2011-2030, with a vision ...
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Vietnam’s first AI learning system launched
In an effort to bring modern technology into education, Vietnam’s tech giant FPT on August 27 launched the VioEdu online e-learning system – the nation’s first smart education assistant using artificial intelligence (AI).According to Le Hong Viet, FPT Technology Director, VioEdu at https://vio.edu.vn helps students ...
