The British Council held its annual international seminar on building international skills partnerships last week in Hanoi.
Thiswas the first time that Vietnam hosted the Bringing the Learning Homeseminar. It included 190 participants from 16 countries.
TheInternational Skills Partnership Seminar was held alongside the 10thASEAN Skills Competition in Hanoi, with participation of 300 contestantsfrom ASEAN countries.
International partnerships fill the gapsbetween industry demands and current skills provision, and can helpdeveloping countries speed up procedures to reform curricula, programmesand skills development, a British Council press release said.
Atthe opening ceremony, Cherry Gough, country director of the BritishCouncil Vietnam, said: "This seminar brings together employers,educators and experts in international education, from a diverse rangeof countries including Egypt, the Philippines, Brunei and South Africa.They will have the opportunity to plan new, exciting internationalcollaborations designed to improve the employment prospects of youngpeople in vocational education and training in Vietnam, the UK andworldwide."
Dr Duong Duc Lan, head of the Vocational TrainingGeneral Division at the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs,said: "The world economy is now facing an imbalance in supply anddemand of skilled labour force. In Vietnam, this challenge is evenclearer as the proportion of the young population and population of aworking age continues to increase but has limited skills and labourproductivity.
"Skills training and education, assessment andrecognition are priority objectives in the national strategy forworkforce, educational and vocational development towards 2020."
Bringing the Learning Home represented the biggest-ever International Skills Partnership global call.
Thefund will open up opportunities with 14 new partners in China, Egypt,Indonesia, Jordan, Libya, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Africa, Tunisia,Vietnam and Yemen.-VNA
Thiswas the first time that Vietnam hosted the Bringing the Learning Homeseminar. It included 190 participants from 16 countries.
TheInternational Skills Partnership Seminar was held alongside the 10thASEAN Skills Competition in Hanoi, with participation of 300 contestantsfrom ASEAN countries.
International partnerships fill the gapsbetween industry demands and current skills provision, and can helpdeveloping countries speed up procedures to reform curricula, programmesand skills development, a British Council press release said.
Atthe opening ceremony, Cherry Gough, country director of the BritishCouncil Vietnam, said: "This seminar brings together employers,educators and experts in international education, from a diverse rangeof countries including Egypt, the Philippines, Brunei and South Africa.They will have the opportunity to plan new, exciting internationalcollaborations designed to improve the employment prospects of youngpeople in vocational education and training in Vietnam, the UK andworldwide."
Dr Duong Duc Lan, head of the Vocational TrainingGeneral Division at the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs,said: "The world economy is now facing an imbalance in supply anddemand of skilled labour force. In Vietnam, this challenge is evenclearer as the proportion of the young population and population of aworking age continues to increase but has limited skills and labourproductivity.
"Skills training and education, assessment andrecognition are priority objectives in the national strategy forworkforce, educational and vocational development towards 2020."
Bringing the Learning Home represented the biggest-ever International Skills Partnership global call.
Thefund will open up opportunities with 14 new partners in China, Egypt,Indonesia, Jordan, Libya, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Africa, Tunisia,Vietnam and Yemen.-VNA
