The International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment(ICEVI) presented the Vietnam Blind Association with a number ofschooling documents, for the blind.
The gifts include more than100 sets of documents in Braille for the illiteracy eradicationprogramme and about 1,000 sets of boards and pens in Braille.
Over the past years, the ICEVI have made positive contributions to Vietnam’s education programme for the blind.
In2007, the council and the Japan Nippon Foundation donated equipment fortwo multimedia rooms to the Vietnam Blind Association and Ho Chi MinhCity ’s Social Sciences and Humanities University. These helpedneedy, visually-impaired pupils and students to have better conditionsfor their study.
In 2011, the ICEVI granted scholarships to visually-impaired students studying tertiary and higher education programmes.
Establishedin 1952, the ICEVI is a global association with the participation of144 nations that promotes equal access to appropriate education for allchildren and youth with visual impairment. Vietnam is the firstcountry in Southeast Asia selected to implement programmes by thecouncil.
The education programme for the blind in Vietnamaims provide education uniformly for visually-impaired children at theirright age, and provide blind children with schooling documents. Theprogramme is also to implement illiteracy elimination and vocationaltraining, helping visually-impaired people have much improvedopportunity to integrate into the community.-VNA
The gifts include more than100 sets of documents in Braille for the illiteracy eradicationprogramme and about 1,000 sets of boards and pens in Braille.
Over the past years, the ICEVI have made positive contributions to Vietnam’s education programme for the blind.
In2007, the council and the Japan Nippon Foundation donated equipment fortwo multimedia rooms to the Vietnam Blind Association and Ho Chi MinhCity ’s Social Sciences and Humanities University. These helpedneedy, visually-impaired pupils and students to have better conditionsfor their study.
In 2011, the ICEVI granted scholarships to visually-impaired students studying tertiary and higher education programmes.
Establishedin 1952, the ICEVI is a global association with the participation of144 nations that promotes equal access to appropriate education for allchildren and youth with visual impairment. Vietnam is the firstcountry in Southeast Asia selected to implement programmes by thecouncil.
The education programme for the blind in Vietnamaims provide education uniformly for visually-impaired children at theirright age, and provide blind children with schooling documents. Theprogramme is also to implement illiteracy elimination and vocationaltraining, helping visually-impaired people have much improvedopportunity to integrate into the community.-VNA
