A class at Viet Duc High School in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Education Commission has releaseda report on the transformation of human resources for education in Asia.
Addressing the report release ceremony in Hanoi on November13, Ta Ngoc Tri, Deputy Director of the Primary Education Department under theMinistry of Education and Training, said that Vietnam has completed thepopularization of primary education and will continue maintaining and promotingthe result.
He held that the efficiency of the country’s educationinvestment policies was shown in the PISA rankings in 2012 and 2015.
The Education Law 2019 has specified that expenditures foreducation accounts for at least 20 percent of the State budget, he noted,adding that Vietnam has paid special attention to the development of teachersand ensuring teachers’ qualifications.
Tri said that in order to promote the educational achievements,Vietnam has conducted comprehensive reform of education and training with theapplication of new teaching curriculum that focuses on developing students’capacity and equip them with necessary skills in the 21st century.
He stressed the need to improve the qualifications of teachers,while praising the efficiency of a project on teaching Mathematics in some highschools in Vietnam, which has been implemented by the Education Commission andthe Arizona University.
Ju-Ho Lee, a commissioner of the Education Commission andformer Minister of Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Korea,said that many countries are facing shortage of teachers and unequal allocationof the force.
He stressed that teacher alone cannot complete the UNSustainable Development Goal number four on education, requiring thecoordination of many forces.
Teachers need leadership and support to approach vulnerablegroup effectively, he said.
Lee underscored the need for education human resources andsystems that can adapt to rapid changes of the current world in demographics,environment and science-technology renovation.
Therefore, the report recommends a vision to create adaptiveand growing education systems that can exploit new chances, he said, addingthat it also focuses on the building of studying groups with the engagement ofpeople from many sectors such as leaders of schools, experts, enterprises,health care staff, parents, volunteers to help all children succeed instudying./.
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