Upper Secondary Education Development
Viet Nam
The Upper Secondary Education Development Project will help reduce poverty in Viet Nam through development and improvement of upper secondary education. The Project will improve quality, efficiency, access and equity, and management capacity in upper secondary education by strengthening quality support systems nationwide and targeting some of Viet Nam's most economically and educationally disadvantaged.
Significant disparities in enrollment and cycle completion between rural and urban and among ethnic groups appear at the upper secondary level. Ethnic minority students are particularly disadvantaged. The upper secondary education subsector is geared to reduce poverty in Viet Nam by promoting greater access to upper secondary education nationally and for females, especially those from poor and ethnic minority backgrounds. The poor and ethnic minorities, for various cultural and economic reasons, are underrepresented in upper secondary education. The Sector and Subsector Analysis provides a more information on the issues related to ethnic minorities and education.
The Summary Poverty Reduction and Social Strategy indicates that the Project will operate in 20 selected provinces with large ethnic minority and poor rural populations. Under component 2 of the Project, poor, ethnic minority, and female students are targeted as direct beneficiaries for special study support programs. Information, education, and communication programs will benefit ethnic minority girls, who will be encouraged to attend upper secondary schools. The Project will also train teachers to gain knowledge of ethnicity to support learning for ethnic minorities. A Gender and Ethnic Minorities Development Plan has been prepared to identify the approach and target group that the Project will focus on to address the needs of female and ethnic minority students.
Location:
While all provinces will be involved under components 1 and 3, the 20 most economically and educationally disadvantaged provinces will be under component 2. (Map)
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