Human rights to be taught in educational institutions nationwide

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has signed Directive No. 34/CT-TTg dated December 21, 2021 of the Prime Minister on strengthening the implementation of the scheme on integrating human rights content in the curricula of the national education system.
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Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has signedDirective No. 34/CT-TTg dated December 21, 2021 of the Prime Minister onstrengthening the implementation of the scheme on integrating human rightscontent in the curricula of the national education system.

The directive states that human rights education plays animportant role in raising social awareness, and helps prevent and limit violationsagainst human rights.

Following Decision No. 1309/QD-TTg dated September 5, 2017of the Prime Minister approving the scheme, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy ofPolitics (HCMA) has coordinated with relevant ministries and agencies inimplementing several related tasks assigned by the Government leader.

The initial results of the implementation of the scheme havecontributed to raising social awareness about the importance of human rightseducation, especially for staff, managers, as well as teachers and students ineducational and training institutions of the national education system.

In order to further promote human rights education in thenew situation, the Prime Minister requested ministries, sectors and the People'sCommittees at all levels to intensify their direction of theimplementation of the scheme.

Accordingly, the HCMA will accelerate the compilation andpublication of popularisation and reference materials on human rightseducation; assist education, training and vocational education institutionsnationwide in perfecting their educational materials and documents; and provide more training for leaders and managers of the political system, key leaders ofpublic non-business units and state-owned enterprises.

The Prime Minister also requested the People’s Committee ofprovinces and cities to speed up the implementation of the scheme, includingequipping local teachers and educational managers with knowledge on humanrights./.
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