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Indian schooling system has much catching up to do to match even with Vietnam.
The teacher who recently completed his post-doctoral fellow from the National University of Vietnam and University of Education pointed out that Vietnam is much ahead of India in school education in areas like– teaching, facilities, implementation of RTE and Teacher development.
Vietnam was seen two major conflicts in the last century which left the country reeling and in shambles. The process of rebuilding started in the right earnest only after 1980s and in only about 4 decades they are ahead of us in school education, especially when it comes to the best practices.
This opinion was shared by R. S. S. Nehru, faculty, Department of Teacher Education, Central University of Odisha, Koraput. He was speaking at the sidelines of a seminar that he was attending at the Andhra University.
Dr. Nehru has recently completed his post-doctoral fellow on ‘comparative study of education and teacher education in India and Vietnam’, from the National University of Vietnam and University of Education. He pointed out that India has been slow off the blocks in designing and implementing the Right to Education (RTE), whereas it has been implemented in Vietnam in 1991.
He added that the RTE implementation in Vietnam was in its essence and spirit, whereas it is yet to take off as desired in India.
“School education over there is completely government owned and controlled and it is free from LKG to class XII,” he said.
He elaborated that although the education is government controlled, however, schools and students have been accorded total autonomy and financial freedom. It is mandatory for children from all sections of the society to study only in government-run schools.
The classrooms and facilities in Vietnam
“The government schools are not like the ones that we have here. The schools are on par with any international school and each class is an e-classroom. They follow the blended learning system, which includes use of technology and face-to-face teaching,” said Dr. Nehru.
Besides world class teaching facilities, every school has a fully-equipped dispensary with at least 2 beds and free safe drinking water. According to him, regular faculty-development-programme and training is embedded in the teaching system and anyone from the public can access any information about the education system from the school or government website.
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