Education Publishing House "accused" of assisting Chinese goods

The Education Publishing House was "accused" of obstructing the use of Vietnamese-made reading pens while facilitating Chinese products.

"Drowning" Vietnamese reading pensMale?

Currently, on the market there are many types of reading pens (pen that can be inserted into coded books to produce English, to teach children foreign languages), many of which originate from China.

According to market research, Vietnam Education Publishing House is the company that is releasing 4 types of reading pens made in China.

Meanwhile, the Institute of Physics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, participating in the Foreign Language Project 2020, has researched and produced a reading pen called Robot Teacher.

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According to Dr. Doan Ha Thang - Institute of Physics, this is the only product introduced by the Ministry of Education and Training to provinces and cities to apply technology to teaching English at high school level.

According to our investigation, the Ministry of Education and Training once held a closed meeting to evaluate reading pens. As a result, experts recommended using pens made in Vietnam.Malemanufacture.

“During the process of working with the Ministry's working delegation to localities to guide teaching, practice and testing models, as well as reports from leaders of the provincial Departments of Education and Training at the Foreign Language Teaching and Learning Equipment Consultation Conference in Cua Lo (Nghe An) on July 19 and 20, we received positive feedback.

However, many localities reported that there are no English books encoded for the reading pen to use, and in some places there are very few encoded books," said Dr. Doan Ha Thang - Author of the Robot Teacher reading pen.

For the reading pens to be usable, the books must be encrypted. The encryption does not increase the cost of the books. Such open encryption also makes all types of reading pens readable, not just Vietnamese ones.Malemanufacture.

Danger if the pen reads "saying political things"

Dr. Doan Ha Thang warned: “We need to pay more attention to product safety because there is a precedent of plastic products originating from China containing toxic chemicals that are harmful to the health and lives of users.

A product "stamped" by Education Publishing House

Also, be careful about fragile products, sharp pieces that are dangerous for students, insensitive buttons, USB charging ports that break after a short time, internal batteries that can only be used for a short time before having to be replaced at a very high cost, or batteries that spontaneously explode when there is a change in temperature.

The toy devices do not ensure durability, safety, and do not have the common structures and features of phonetic recognition and assessment devices.

To upgrade the software, the pens must be connected to the internet, and users must download new programs. Dr. Doan Ha Thang warned: "If those pens are "installed" with political sentences, for example about Truong Sa, from the manufacturer in China, it will be very dangerous."

Institute of Physics works non-profit

Speaking to reporters, Dr. Doan Ha Thang affirmed that his research on reading pens was funded by the State. If it is applied widely, he will transfer the technology to production facilities without collecting royalties. This is different from many foreign enterprises producing reading pens.

Dr. Doan Ha Thang said that currently, Vietnamese reading pensMaleproduction has many advantages over other countries. Therefore, if the Vietnamese Education Publishing House is slow in coding, it will create an opportunity for Chinese pens to have time to improve their features, and have the opportunity to catch up with the technologies created by the Institute of Physics.

Dr. Doan Ha Thang hopes that the Ministry of Education and Training and the Vietnam Education Publishing House will urgently encode English textbooks for primary schools, so that the application of technology in teaching can be facilitated.

What does Education Publishing House say?

PV sent a direct question to Mr. Ngo Tran Ai - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vietnam Education Publishing House, about the reason for the delay in encoding primary school English books since August 6, but up to now (August 21), we have not received any.

get official answer.

Previously, an officer who used to be in charge of equipment at the Hanoi Education Publishing House said that the import of Chinese reading pens was due to orders from his superiors. He refused to answer about his responsibility in trading these pens, because “he has now moved on to other tasks.”

Meanwhile, an assistant of Mr. Ngo Tran Ai said on the afternoon of August 20 that Mr. Quoc Khanh - Director of the Education Publishing House in Hanoi, was responsible for this matter. However, Mr. Khanh said that the matter belonged to the Vietnam Education Publishing House, specifically Mr. Phan Doan Thoai - Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Education Publishing House.

Regarding the evaluation of reading markers, Mr. Ngo Tran Ai said that there is a document from the Ministry of Education and Training about the evaluation results; but he refused to show the reporter that document.

So, why Vietnamese Education Publishing House?MaleNot encrypting all English books, what is behind the business of Chinese devices? What is the origin of the monopoly of Education Publishing House?...

What does the Ministry of Education and Training say?

Responding to the “chaos” of reading pens, Mr. Le Tien Thanh - Head of the Primary Education Department, said that the Ministry of Education and Training does not interfere in the business operations of enterprises producing reading pens. The Ministry of Education and Training only introduces the pens to localities, so that localities can choose for themselves.

According to VietQ-M