Improving the quality of foreign language centers and life skills education centers

The conference was attended by nearly 600 delegates from foreign language centers and life skills education centers across the province.

Conference to review training activities of foreign language centers and life skills centers across the province. Photo: My Ha

Up to now, the whole province has 204 foreign language centers and 132 units operating in life skills education and extracurricular educational activities.

According to the assessment of the Department of Education and Training, the units basically meet the diverse learning needs of learners, many centers develop rapidly in scale and maintain good training quality. In addition to the programs prescribed by the Ministry of Education and Training, all programs and teaching materials in foreign language centers are assessed and approved by the Department of Education and Training.

In the 2022-2023 school year, foreign language centers organized 7,879 classes with 94,556 students; life skills centers organized more than 4,000 classes with nearly 80,000 students.

Delegates attending the conference. Photo: My Ha

At the conference, in addition to evaluating the achieved results, delegates also shared some advantages, difficulties and obstacles in the process of operation.

Representatives of a number of units and departments of education and training also gave presentations on the implementation of the English enhancement program in educational institutions, teaching, international certification exam preparation, and organizing cultural, sports and artistic activities.

Some opinions suggest that the education sector should increase the admission quota based on foreign language certificates to increase opportunities for students in remote areas. Photo: My Ha

The current difficulties in foreign language centers and life skills centers are that some centers do not have adequate facilities, some units do not use teachers according to regulations, and many units have not strictly implemented the directives of competent authorities.

Some centers have stopped operating but have not reported to the Department of Education and Training to carry out suspension and dissolution procedures. The implementation of English enhancement programs in some units has not been effective and has not been in accordance with regulations.

Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training Nguyen Van Khoa spoke at the conference. Photo: My Ha

Speaking at the conference, Mr. Nguyen Van Khoa - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training acknowledged and highly appreciated the efforts of the Foreign Language Centers and Life Skills Centers in recent times.

To improve operational efficiency, in the coming time, the Department's leaders request that units strictly and properly implement the regulations on information disclosure on the software.http://qltt.ngheanedu.vn:8888/trang-chuand mass media for people and educational institutions to know, choose and monitor.

In addition, it is necessary to continue reviewing to improve facilities and equipment in a modern direction; Improve management and administration capacity for managers of foreign language centers through training and refresher courses.

Foreign language centers also need to innovate their organization to better meet teaching and learning needs, such as: Building appropriate regulations and rules; Strengthening digital capacity and updating new industry information for managers and teachers; Paying attention to the rights of teachers, staff and students; Strengthening self-assessment...

The Department of Education and Training also continues to coordinate with relevant departments and branches to strengthen comprehensive state management of foreign language centers.

On this occasion, the Department of Education and Training also awarded a number of units with many achievements in training work./.