STEM teaching does not need high level of funding: official

Many schools complain they don’t have money to organize STEM education but the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) says STEM (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) does not always require a lot of money.

Director of MOET’s Secondary Education Department Nguyen Xuan Thanh said at a conference on STEM on March 26 that encouraging achievements have been gained but many problems exist, especially the low awareness of schools, students and the community.

Since managerial officers and teachers have not been trained well enough, they are confused about STEM topics and lessons. They are not sure how to organize study activities and criteria to assess students’ work.

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Thanh Hung