Students of ethnic minority groups in Kien Giang province (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The teaching and learning of spokenand written ethnic minority languages in Vietnam is facing a range ofdifficulties, heard a seminar held by the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)Central Committee’s Advisory Council for Ethnic Affairs in Hanoi on October 18.
Speaking at the event, Vice President of the VFF Central Committee Ha Thi Khiet,who is also Chairwoman of the council, said 27 out of 53ethnic minority groups in Vietnam have their own scripts.
As many as 20 cities and provinces nationwide have organised ethnic minoritylanguage courses, while many others have added ethnic minority languages inschool curriculum.
Tran Van Thuy, deputy head of the Education-Training Department under theMinistry of Education and Training, said Mong, Ede, Jrai, Bahnar, Cham andKhmer languages were first taught at school in the 2010-2011 academic year,with 740 schools, 4,789 classes and 110,862 students.
The teaching was then expanded, with 782 schools, 5,515 classes and 121,020students, he said.
However, the number of ethnic minority language teachers has met demands ofonly 5 percent of ethnic minority students, Thuy said, stressing the need totrain tens of thousands of ethnic minority language teachers.
Besides, a number of localities have yet to pay due heed to the teaching andlearning of ethnic minority languages, he added.
Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huu Hoanh from the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences said theprotection of cultural and language diversity has become an urgent task in thecontext ofindustrialisation, modernisation and international integration.
Many delegates at the seminar called on ministries, agencies and orgnisationsto coordinate with each other in communications work in order to raise publicawareness of preserving and upholding cultural values of ethnic minoritygroups.-VNA
Speaking at the event, Vice President of the VFF Central Committee Ha Thi Khiet,who is also Chairwoman of the council, said 27 out of 53ethnic minority groups in Vietnam have their own scripts.
As many as 20 cities and provinces nationwide have organised ethnic minoritylanguage courses, while many others have added ethnic minority languages inschool curriculum.
Tran Van Thuy, deputy head of the Education-Training Department under theMinistry of Education and Training, said Mong, Ede, Jrai, Bahnar, Cham andKhmer languages were first taught at school in the 2010-2011 academic year,with 740 schools, 4,789 classes and 110,862 students.
The teaching was then expanded, with 782 schools, 5,515 classes and 121,020students, he said.
However, the number of ethnic minority language teachers has met demands ofonly 5 percent of ethnic minority students, Thuy said, stressing the need totrain tens of thousands of ethnic minority language teachers.
Besides, a number of localities have yet to pay due heed to the teaching andlearning of ethnic minority languages, he added.
Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huu Hoanh from the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences said theprotection of cultural and language diversity has become an urgent task in thecontext ofindustrialisation, modernisation and international integration.
Many delegates at the seminar called on ministries, agencies and orgnisationsto coordinate with each other in communications work in order to raise publicawareness of preserving and upholding cultural values of ethnic minoritygroups.-VNA
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