Indian help for Vietnamese teachers in English

Updated on: Saturday, March 31, 2012

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan on Thursday presented the proposal of sending Vietnamese teachers to India for English training, besides sourcing English teachers from India,to union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal, according to the ministry of human resource development. The objective behind the entire exercise will be to prepare 20,000 English teachers in Vietnam over the next few years.

According to secretary (school education), the Central Board of School Education could provide the necessary training in India, through its Sahodaya School network.

English and Foreign Languages University (EFL-U) Hyderabad as well as Delhi University (DU) and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have also agreed to cooperate with Vietnamese institutions.

EFL-U acting Vice Chancellor Amritavalli suggested that the university could prepare 300 master trainers over three years in two batches of 50 Vietnamese teachers every year. University could also send some experts to Vietnam.

India will also aid Vietnam in curriculum development. This cooperation would include the offering of Indian studies in Vietnam and Vietnam studies in India.

Sibal suggested formation of a Joint Working Group which will lay out the programme of cooperation between both the countries.

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