Nationwide shortage of 25,000 English teachers

(Baonghean.vn) - This is the figure given at the International Scientific Conference on training and fostering general education teachers, managers of general education institutions and pedagogical lecturers.

The workshop took place on the morning of November 4, organized by the Ministry of Education and Training, Vinh University, and the Pedagogical College Development Program (ETEP Program).

Attending the event were Associate Professor Dr. Mai Van Trinh - Director of the Department of Quality Management - Ministry of Education and Training, along with nearly 400 delegates from universities, pedagogical colleges, departments of education and training, and many scientists from institutes, associations and universities in Thailand, Finland and the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Photo: My Ha

Speaking at the workshop, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thuy Hong - Deputy Director of the Department of Teachers and Educational Managers, Ministry of Education and Training, Director of the Pedagogical College Development Program (ETEP) affirmed: Pedagogical colleges must be the first units to innovate themselves, including innovating school restructuring methods, innovating training and fostering methods, closely linking the training and experimental processes, linking with general schools and education departments to meet the right needs.

Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Thuy Hong spoke at the conference, mentioning many issues that need to be innovated in the current teacher training and development work. Photo: My Ha

With 90 presentations, the workshop is a forum for scientists, scholars, experts, managers and interested people to exchange and share experiences in training and fostering general education teachers, managers of general education institutions and pedagogical lecturers.

As planned, the workshop will take place in 1 day, focusing on discussing the main contents such as: International experience in training and fostering general education teachers, general education management staff and pedagogical lecturers; How to replicate the model of training and fostering teachers and educational management staff (GV&CBQLGD) in multidisciplinary universities.

English class at Vinh University. Photo: Archive

In addition, the workshop will also discuss issues on developing training programs and fostering teachers and education managers in the direction of competency approach; Content and methods of training teachers and education managers in the new context; Building pedagogical practice schools in teacher training; Building a cooperative relationship between universities and high schools in training and fostering teachers and education managers; Applying information and communication technology in training and fostering teachers.

My Ha