The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has received a non-refundable aid worth US$84.6 million from the Global Fund for Education of the United Nations to develop a new model of primary schools in Vietnam (VNEN). 

 The model is highly appreciated and supported by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank (WB).

The VNEN project will be carried out in 1447 primary schools in 63 cities and provinces across the country.

The new model targets 6 main features: student-centred method of learning; increasing Vietnamese language skills for students; organizing the whole day class for students; forming documents for teachers and parents; renovating ways of organizing, managing class; maintaining strategies of training and cultivating teachers and staff; and developing a close relationship between schools and community.

The project is being undertaken from June 2012 to June 2015

 (VOV)