Presentation of Vietnam Education Project Team - DNLE

2.  Irrelevance of education in Vietnam
(content, pedagogy, value)
 Lacking of training on necessary life skill, soft
skill and career orientation
 No encourangement for extra curricular
activities
 Low quality, corrupted teachers (especially in
rural and public schools)

4. 63% graduates
from university
lack life skill and
soft skills

5.  726,000 continue in university/ college
 2,800,000 continue in high school
 4,900,000 continue in secondary schools
 7,000,000 primary students

6. - Disadvantaged youth living in rural and
suburban areas
- At-risk youth: street kids, kids in
orphanages, trouble kids

7.  To bring better education and happier life for
disadvantaged and at-risk youth in Vietnam
by providing them with free extra
curriculum course instruction and career /
life skills.
 Coverage areas include
ESL, Science, Technology, Engineering, Art
, and Mathematics
(STEAM), entrepreneurial, and leadership
instruction.

9. Each child has a unique talent and should have a
chance to explore, experiment and develop their
strengths
Empowering youth to develop their
strengths and passions will
 Increase engagement in schools
 Increase learning motivation
 Develop self-esteem, leadership and necessary
skills for future career

10.  Introducing higher learnable moments
 Student-run clubs, projects and competitions

11. Vietnamese students who studied abroad
– know about new learning environment
Volunteer native speakers from the U.S.

12.  In Pilot project: Focus on ESL
 Using open source ESL materials
 Conversation and excercises based on “Hot-
topic”, everyday situations and students’
neighborhood in Vietnam.

13. Skype conversation with
Local youth volunteer
native speakers

14.  Dinh Tien Hoang high school
The only school in Hanoi for at-risk and trouble
urban youth
 Da Nang: a high school with at-risk students
and an orphanage

15. In the US: running as an NGO
In Vietnam: Co-operate with local NGO, youth
volunteers, universities and call for corporate
sponsors