Vietnam School Reform

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Vietnam is developing the UNICEF 'friendlier school' model to boost primary education

Vietnam will expand UNICEF’s "Friendlier School" model across the nation. The concept, which has already been applied experimentally, has been found to improve educational quality and help students enjoy studying, said Nguyen Thien Nhan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Training.

The minister was speaking at a ceremony yesterday to launch a campaign to extend the model developed at Van Phuc secondary school in Ha Dong City in the northern province of Ha Tay.

The model’s purpose is to create a safer, fairer educational environment, attract students to study, ensure their rights and improve teaching quality. Creating an interesting educational environment is focused on keeping students from being bored so that they can enjoy their studies.

"Being friendlier is also a good way of preventing students from leaving schools," said Associate Professor Tran Kieu, former director of the Institute of Educational Sciences.

Recently, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) released a report showing that by March, 2008, about 147,000 students had quit school.

One of the 10 reasons given was the rigid and uninspiring teaching environment that had limited students’ interest in studying.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at May 21, 2008 12:01 AM
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