Ethnic minority students to access life skills hinh anh 1Illustrative image: Ethnic students in Mu Cang Chai attend a class. Source: VNA

A training course on life skills education for primary and secondary ethnic minority students opened in northern mountainous Lao Cai province on August 19.

Course participants included 120 teachers from Lao Cai, Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Nghe An and Kom Tum where nine ethic groups with small populations reside.

The educators are looking into ways to make vital skills part of eight major subjects at schools, including philology, ethics, science, civics and biology.

The project is intended to enhance psychosocial competency of the target students.

The course, part of a public project on education for ethnic minorities, will run through August 23.-VNA
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