UNESCO Vietnam, domestic group cooperate for higher educational quality
Hanoi (VNA) – An agreement on cooperation in education and training was signed between the Vietnam National UNESCO Committee and Nguyen Hoang Group on July 8.
This is the first cooperation agreement the Vietnam National UNESCO Committee signed with a domestic partner to promote international cooperation and boost educational activities, including cooperation with foreign countries and international organisations.
Additionally, the pact aims to promote cooperation with UNESCO in the development of a high-quality information school (iSchool) system invested by Nguyen Hoang Group, which will be implemented in the 2008-2009 school year.
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Van Tho, who is also chairman of the Vietnam National UNESCO Committee, said that Nguyen Hoang Group’s project to establish the iSchool system aims to implement the State’s policy to socialise education.
He said the policy endeavoured to renew and improve the quality of education and training with a new model of education suitable with social development.
With the new model, the Vietnam National UNESCO Committee can implement new UNESCO ideas on education development in the process of national industrialsation and modernisation, Tho said.
Under the agreement, the Vietnam National UNESCO Committee will provide the Nguyen Hoang Group with information relating to major trends of UNESCO’s education and training development to promote cooperation in the iSchool system.
For its part, Nguyen Hoang Group has the task of reviewing and assessing advantages and disadvantages in implementing UNESCO’s new ideas at the iSchools.
Through this cooperation the Vietnam National UNESCO Committee will be able to implement new ideas on improving education quality, using English at schools, and training teachers in order to build international-standard schools in Vietnam .
Nguyen Hoang Group, which specialises in information technology, runs Vietnam ’s most modern computer production factory in Ho Chi Minh City.
This is the first cooperation agreement the Vietnam National UNESCO Committee signed with a domestic partner to promote international cooperation and boost educational activities, including cooperation with foreign countries and international organisations.
Additionally, the pact aims to promote cooperation with UNESCO in the development of a high-quality information school (iSchool) system invested by Nguyen Hoang Group, which will be implemented in the 2008-2009 school year.
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Van Tho, who is also chairman of the Vietnam National UNESCO Committee, said that Nguyen Hoang Group’s project to establish the iSchool system aims to implement the State’s policy to socialise education.
He said the policy endeavoured to renew and improve the quality of education and training with a new model of education suitable with social development.
With the new model, the Vietnam National UNESCO Committee can implement new UNESCO ideas on education development in the process of national industrialsation and modernisation, Tho said.
Under the agreement, the Vietnam National UNESCO Committee will provide the Nguyen Hoang Group with information relating to major trends of UNESCO’s education and training development to promote cooperation in the iSchool system.
For its part, Nguyen Hoang Group has the task of reviewing and assessing advantages and disadvantages in implementing UNESCO’s new ideas at the iSchools.
Through this cooperation the Vietnam National UNESCO Committee will be able to implement new ideas on improving education quality, using English at schools, and training teachers in order to build international-standard schools in Vietnam .
Nguyen Hoang Group, which specialises in information technology, runs Vietnam ’s most modern computer production factory in Ho Chi Minh City.
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