With many Vietnamese parents putting insufficient emphasis on financial education for their children, three undergrads in Ho Chi Minh City have come up with a project to enhance money management skills among primary school students.The students, from the Department of Primary Education, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, have won a spot at the "Young Masterminds and Education 2017" competition with their innovative idea.The contest is jointly held by the Ho Chi Minh Youth Union's Central Committee, the Ministry of Education, Tuoi Tre (Youth) Newspaper, and JSC Thien Long Group.The proposed program includes such activities as making good foods for parents, managing household expenditure, keeping a piggy bank, making handicraft, or buying and selling used books.The masterminds behind the idea, Tran Nguyen Thanh Truc, Nguyen Thuy Oanh, and Nguyen Ngoc Tuong Vy, are in their early twenties.Laying a foundation for young learners"As a private tutor, I have seen how parents carelessly … [Read more...] about Vietnamese undergrads propose financial education project for primary students Info Alert Alert Chia sẻ bài viết qua e-mail
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Enhancing education in revolutionary ideal, morality and style for youth
Comrade Nguyen Thach Thao in her speechThis is the confirmation of comrade Nguyen Thach Thao representing the capital’s youth to address a speech at the 11th National Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. Studying and following the ideology, morality and style of President Ho Chi Minh is defined as the most important duty in education that have been concretized for each subject and implemented with many abundant models. The studying and following has permeated and become the self-act of young people. Many new models, good ways, and creativity emerged and were replicated throughout the city. Each youth union or youth member actively designed and selected programs and specific jobs in studying and following Uncle Ho’s example. With this, over the past few years, the capital youth union discovered and honoured thousands of examples. Together with traditional educational methods, the use of fanpages to connect the social network community widely, transmit … [Read more...] about Enhancing education in revolutionary ideal, morality and style for youth
Australia supports postgraduate education on Human Rights Law in Vietnam
This support, delivered through Aus4Skills - an Aus4Vietnam investment, aims to assist the School to become a leading institution in human rights education in Vietnam. Fourteen postgraduate scholarships were presented at the event. Through a grant agreement and technical assistance from Australian human rights experts, Aus4Skills will strengthen the postgraduate program on Human Rights Law by updating and teaching selected subjects of the Master degree program in Human Rights Law and supporting seminars as well as research workshops on human rights at the School of Law.Photo: PV/CPV“As a pioneer in providing tertiary and postgraduate education on human rights in Vietnam, the School of Law has been working with international donors, including Australia, to improve the quality of this important field of education in Vietnam. Support from the Australian Government will help the School provide world-class postgraduate education on human rights law to Vietnamese students and … [Read more...] about Australia supports postgraduate education on Human Rights Law in Vietnam
Promoting industry linkages with vocational education and training in Vietnam
This pilot council aims to draw on the example of Australia’s vocational education and training system and adapt it to Vietnam’s context with stronger engagement with the business community. It is hoped to assist Vietnam to develop a system that will increase its productivity and support its economic growth. The Australian national framework of skills standards developed through a process of consultation with industry. This ensures that standards for training are of a high quality and meet the workforce development needs of industry, enterprises and individuals.Photo: Van AnhThe pilot Logistics Industry Reference Council is an innovative approach to actively engage the logistics enterprises in VET. The council will validate the occupational skills standards developed under the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Transport and Logistics project which was led by Australia and Vietnam is a participating economy. VET providers can then use these skills standards to … [Read more...] about Promoting industry linkages with vocational education and training in Vietnam
Education deal with Ireland has good effect on Vietnam’s economy
An educational cooperation agreement between Vietnam and Ireland will have a significant impact on the quality of Vietnam’s education system and a positive effect for its economy, said Mark Ashwill, Managing Director of Capstone Vietnam – a human resource development company. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (R) received Irish Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton in Hanoi on November 24The PIE News - a widely read and highly trusted source of news and business intelligence about the global international education industry – recently interviewed Ashwill about the 578,000 EUR agreement, which had been signed by Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh and Irish Minister for Education and Skills Richard Bruton on the sidelines of the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) in late November.It cited Ashwill as saying that Irish universities are strong in technology and applied research, for which there is a great need in Vietnam as the … [Read more...] about Education deal with Ireland has good effect on Vietnam’s economy