Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The information was shared at a national consultation ontransforming education held on July 20 by the ministry, with support fromUNICEF and UNESCO.
The aim is to develop a shared vision, commitment andalignment of action across constituencies to transform education in Vietnamaccording to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The outcomes of thisconsultation will contribute to the Transforming Education Global Summit inSeptember, as convened by UN Secretary-General, António Guterres.
Delegates to the consultation (Photo: VNA) “We need to prioritise the issues in the education sectorthat will help Vietnam achieve the education-related SDG targets: issues suchas inequity in access, learning loss, digital divide, gender gaps, educationfinancing gaps, and specific needs of education for particular groups ofchildren and young people,” she said
“Innovative approaches are needed to serve as levers forgame-changing transformations of education policy and practice in the mediumand longer-term. Therefore, active involvement and support of differentgovernment ministries, such as health, labour, environment, social development,finance, information and telecommunications, and youth are essential to ensurethe commitments are turned into action, with an investment to reform,” sharedRana Flowers, UNICEF Representative in Vietnam.
“This meeting comes at a critically important time, as Vietnamrethinks and reaffirms its approaches to achievement of SDG4. UNESCO is actively supporting educationsystems all over the world to engage in a global debate on how knowledge,education and learning need to be reimagined in a world of increasingcomplexity, uncertainty, and precarity and the results of this discussion willbe important contributions,” said Christian Manhart, UNESCO CountryRepresentative.
To successfully carry out the educational transformation, VietnameseDeputy Minister of Education and Training stressed the need for cooperation andcommitment to accompany of ministries and agencies, and public-privatecooperation among stakeholders, schools, businesses, communities and the societyto build collaborative models towards educational transformation for thedevelopment of the country./.
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