RoK training models - a blueprint for success

Published: 15/10/2008 05:00

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VietNamNet BridgeIn the Republic of Korea, economic groups have worked closely with schools and private schools have proliferated, Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan told a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Seoul about his impression of his visit to the Northeast Asian country.

During the Oct. 9-15 visit, the delegation worked alongside the RoK Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the Korean Education Development Institute and the Institute for Human Resources Development and visited a number of schools and universities in the city. (Photo: CP)

He noted that RoK businesses have mechanisms in place to support educational and training activities and that Vietnam could learn from this experience.

He added a Vietnamese telecom business has recently helped schools nationwide by providing them with free internet services.

Deputy PM Nhan has led a delegation of high-ranking officials from the Government Office and the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and rectors of a number of universities to visit the Republic of Korea (RoK) with the aim of strengthening bilateral cooperative ties, particularly in education and training.

During the Oct. 9-15 visit, the delegation worked alongside the RoK Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, the Korean Education Development Institute and the Institute for Human Resources Development and visited a number of schools and universities in the city.

Nhan said that the RoK government made the right decision in investing heavily in education and training. The rate of around 80 percent of Korean students who complete general education and go on to study at universities is an impressive result, but the RoK also faces the problem of “having too many teachers, while lacking skilled workers”, a similar situation to Vietnam, he said.

This model of intensified training at universities for only several thousand students in the RoK would be an experience for Vietnam to reconsider in establishing universities capable of admitting tens of thousands of students.

On the prospect of the two countries cooperating in this area, particularly with regard to the potential of RoK businesses in training, Nhan said that the RoK is a country steeped in science and technology development, and that Vietnam and the RoK have reached an agreement on the level of RoK’s assistance in the provision of technology for Vietnam’s education and training sectors.

He said that the two countries also signed an agreement on assistance in the training of Korean language teachers in Vietnamese schools. Under the terms of the agreement, each school’s Korean language department will have at least one lecturer holding a PhD, plus two others holding master’s degrees in order to improve the quality of Korean training in Vietnam.

The two sides also reached an agreement on the RoK’s training of 300-500 holders of Ph.D. degree for Vietnam between now and 2020, he said, adding that the RoK side was ready to admit and give training to Vietnamese students.

These agreements will pave the way for the two sides to expand cooperation in education and training, he said.

The Deputy PM also revealed that the two sides are also working on a plan to build a technical and technological university with the RoK’s assistance in Vietnam.

(Source: VNA)

Update from: http://english.vietnamnet.vn//politics/2008/10/808712/

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