Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has appealed for an improvementin pre-school education and wants management for the education sector tobe further decentralised ahead of the 2013-2014 academic year.
The Deputy PM took centre stage at a conference held by the Ministryof Education and Training in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dongon July 20, reviewing the education sector’s performance in the academicyear just gone and setting tasks for 2013-2014.
Participants discussed all levels of education, from pre-school through to further education and vocational training.
Nhan said that in the past year the country opened 1,500kindergartens, easing concerns over a lack of pre-school facilities.
The Government has issued policies aimed at ensuring that students,especially those in ethnic minority regions, have access to food,clothing and textbooks. After years of renewal, the country has, for thefirst time, implemented policies to help poor students in mountainousregions with their lunch and living fees, he said, adding that 160 moresemi-boarding schools for ethnic students have also been established inthe past year.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Education andTraining Nguyen Vinh Hien lauded the sector for its successes over thepast year, highlighting significant progress in teaching quality andquantity despite the current economic woes.
The number ofpre-schoolers going to school hit over 4 million, up more than 217,000from the year before. Meanwhile, the number of pupils attendingelementary, secondary and high school education were 7.2 million, 4.8million and 2.6 million respectively.
Positive changes were alsoseen in the general education sector, with encouraging successesachieved by Vietnamese candidates at regional and global Olympiadcontests.
However, Hien conceded that education in nationalculture, history, ethics and living skills has experienced shortcomings.The quality of infrastructure and teaching equipment also remainslargely inadequate and outdated, he added.-VNA
The Deputy PM took centre stage at a conference held by the Ministryof Education and Training in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dongon July 20, reviewing the education sector’s performance in the academicyear just gone and setting tasks for 2013-2014.
Participants discussed all levels of education, from pre-school through to further education and vocational training.
Nhan said that in the past year the country opened 1,500kindergartens, easing concerns over a lack of pre-school facilities.
The Government has issued policies aimed at ensuring that students,especially those in ethnic minority regions, have access to food,clothing and textbooks. After years of renewal, the country has, for thefirst time, implemented policies to help poor students in mountainousregions with their lunch and living fees, he said, adding that 160 moresemi-boarding schools for ethnic students have also been established inthe past year.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Education andTraining Nguyen Vinh Hien lauded the sector for its successes over thepast year, highlighting significant progress in teaching quality andquantity despite the current economic woes.
The number ofpre-schoolers going to school hit over 4 million, up more than 217,000from the year before. Meanwhile, the number of pupils attendingelementary, secondary and high school education were 7.2 million, 4.8million and 2.6 million respectively.
Positive changes were alsoseen in the general education sector, with encouraging successesachieved by Vietnamese candidates at regional and global Olympiadcontests.
However, Hien conceded that education in nationalculture, history, ethics and living skills has experienced shortcomings.The quality of infrastructure and teaching equipment also remainslargely inadequate and outdated, he added.-VNA
