Speaking at the event, NIC’s Deputy Director Vo Xuan Hoai said that innovation-based economy development trend in the world has created opportunities for any country with high quality human resources in high technology. To adapt to this change, many countries have made technology education through initiatives and programs for students from a very young age their top priority.
In Vietnam, the demand for technology education is increasing rapidly, requiring the participation and cooperation of governments, schools, parents, businesses and social organizations. Noticing the global trend, the Ministry of Planning and Investment assigned the NIC to cooperate with advanced educational institutions to develop technological innovation education in Vietnam.
At the event, the NIC and STEAM for Vietnam signed a strategic cooperation agreement to carry out activities related to STEAM (Science – Technology – Engineering – Art – Marth) education across the country, especially in remote areas. In addition, the NIC will also apply STEAM for Vietnam’s educational technologies to training programs for students and teachers.
Also at the event, STEAM for Vietnam kicked off a project of building a system of technological libraries - STEAM hubs nationwide to popularize internationally-standardized STEAM education to the Vietnamese across the country.
The project targets to build a network of more than 50 STEAM Hubs across the country, especially in disadvantaged localities. It will provide modern technological equipment, such as computers, tablets, and robot sets to serve the learning needs of more than 30,000 students in the next 2 years.
Earlier, STEAM for Vietnam successfully held five free programming semesters for Vietnamese students, attracting the participation of more than 35,000 students globally with more than 155,000 hours of online learning. More than 100,000 computer programming projects have been completed.
Translated by Tran Hoai