(HBO) – Qualcomm has presented 300 laptops to Hoa Binh province’s education and training sector, via the The Dariu Foundation. Earlier, The Dariu Foundation and the local education and training sector had agreed on programmes and activities within the project on enhancing digital skills for local teachers and students, helping to increase resources for the sector to conduct digital transformation.

 

Photo: Qualcomm has presented 300 laptops to Hoa Binh province’s education and training sector, via the The Dariu Foundation.

Since the 2019-2020 academic year, the provincial education and training sector has received support from The Dariu Foundation to launch Micro:Bit courses and establish programming and STEM clubs for primary and secondary students.

Over the past year, the sector has reaped certain achievements. Representatives from Hoa Binh have participated and won awards at national and regional programming competitions, notably "Radio for Communicating with Communities", a product developed by a group of students from Mai Hich Primary and High School (Mai Chau).

Programming and STEM events have also been held in districts like Mai Chau, Yen Thuy and Lac Son, which have helped students apply sciences in reality.

The Dariu Foundation has provided support for the province, from equipment to training. It has so far presented 400 laptops, 615 smartphones and more than 600 Micro:Bit circuits, among others to Hoa Binh.

Bui Thi Kim Tuyen, Director of the Department of Education and Training, said in recent years, the local education and training sector has paid great attention to the application of information technology in teaching, gradually shifting from the traditional teaching and learning methods to active methods, helping teachers and students bring into full play their creativity.

It can be said that technology has helped to reform educational methods and boost the development of the sector, she said, adding that the local education and training sector will continue utilising resources and gifts to serve digital transformation.

With high determination, the provincial education and training sector has launched a digital transformation programme with various synchronous and pragmatic solutions such as investing in material facilities, mobilising donations in information infrastructure, providing schools with equipment, creating a digital database and personnel training.

In implementing the digital transformation programme, the major task is to mobilise resources to effectively roll out the 2018 general education programme under a set roadmap. At the end of the 2020-2021 school year, the province counted 5,957 classrooms and 469 libraries, which have basically satisfied requirements of the new education programme. However, there still remain roadblocks in informatics teaching and learning as most of the computer classrooms have been downgraded with outdated equipment.

The Department of Education and Training said the province needs 12,543 laptops. Meanwhile, 114 educational institutions, including 88 at pre-schools and 26 general educational institutions, lack computer rooms.

Besides, there are difficulties and challenges facing teachers and students in terms of IT and personal equipment to serve online learning, which requires the local education and training sector to seek effective solutions and mobilise more resources to push ahead with the digital transformation./.



 

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