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LIFELONG LEARNING POLICIES AND BUILDING A LEARNING SOCIETY IN VIETNAM The route from now to 2020 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING VIETNAM

The ideology of lifelong learning hase been promoted by President Ho Chi Minh sence the country’s independence - “ I only have one ultimate desire, that is how to attain complete independence for our country, complete freedom for our people, to ensure that everyone has food to eat, clothes to wear, and access to learning ” - “ Learning should be a lifelong mission" - “One may learn at school, from books, from peers, and from the people; not learning from the people President Ho Chi Minh would be a big mistake" (1890-1969)

Building a Learning Society in Vietnam 1. Political will and policy frameworks: The Resolutions of Central Party Congress IX (2000), X (2006), and XI (2011)  The National Framework on building a learning society in the period 2005 – 2010  and 2011-2020 Establishment of National Steering Committee on building a learning society for  2012-2020 Human resource development strategy 2011-2020  Education and training development strategy 2012-2020  The information technology and communication development strategy by 2020  2. Roadmap towards a learning society To identify desired characteristics of a learning society and learning citizen, to  develop an action plan to realize this vision. 3. Fundamental and comprehensive innovation of education & training To contribute to building a learning society. 

1. Political will and policy frameworks: Resolution of the IX Congress (2000) stated, "... to promote  Resolution of the IX Central  learning for all throuth means of formal and non-formal Party Congress adopted the education, implement "Education for All“ and concept of “ building a learning transforming our country into a learning country . society " in 2000 Resolution of the X Congress (2006): “ Gradually transfer  Resolution of the X (2006)  from current educational model to an open learning Congress noted that " current society model with its lifelong learning system , regular educational model should be training, interconnection between different levels of transformed into to the open education; To build and develop learning systems for all and other flexible forms of learning and practicing to meet one - learning society model continuous learning demands; To create various with a lifelong learning possibilities and opportunities for learners; To ensure equity system " in education ." Resolution of the XI (2011)  “ Conduct Resolution of the XI Congress (2011):  Congress focused on the fundamental and comprehensive innovate of education and fundamental and training based on the needs of social development; Improve comprehensive innovation of quality according to standardization, modernization, education and training for democratization and international integration requirements, building a knowledge-based thus actively contributing to the development and economy and promoting a safeguarding of the country. Promote the building of a learning society . learning society and facilitate access for all citizens to lifelong learning. "

Political will and policy frameworks The Vietnamese Government has  Learning society linked to quality  reaffirmed its goal of improve the quality of human resources and people’s of human resources and social security. lives. Welface and employment is a priority Human resource development  area in policies and strategies. strategy period 2011-2020 states that: Vietnam encourages the Education development strategy 2012-  building of a learning society to 2020 and the building of a learning ensure that all Vietnamese society scheme 2012 - 2020 has always citizens have equal opportunities considered the allocation and training of in : human resources as a key task. learning and training;  Social-Economic development strategy  improving work-related skills and  2011-2020 and socio-economic professional practice; development plan 2011-2015 have learning how to make oneself and  highlighted the development of human others happy; and resources is an important element in learning how to contribute to the  implementing of socio-economic development of the nation and objectives. humakind .

Policy Framework / Education Development Strategy Minister’s  Prime Decision No Guiding principle of the Education  711/QD-TTg dated 06/13/2012, on Development Strategy 2011 - 2020: “ Education the approval of Development Strategy 2011 – 2020 ” The learner is placed at the center of the learning process which will; give  Some key issues: priority to educational quality lead to Improving quality of education with  the comprehensive develop of the special attentions to disadvantaged leaners’ capacities; ensure equity of areas; access to education; create lifelong Reforming education management;  learning opportunities for all Universalizing pre-school education;  citizens; and will contribute to Innovating curriculum and textbooks  towards competency-based building a learning society. approach; Educational development must meet Giving Priority to investment in  the requirements of the country’s educational research; socio-economic development. Innovating teacher training and  professional development.

2. ROADMAP TOWARDS A LEARNING SOCIETY Lessons learnt from the process of building a Learning Society 2005-2010: Awareness of different levels, Continuing education networks are incompatible   sectors, institutions, organizations with local socio-economic development and local people about purposes, strategies and are not synchronously invested to meanings, effects and benefits of meet all educational quality requirements. building a learning society remains The formal education systems has not become a  limited. major player; stake-holder have not realized that Legal frameworks and mechanisms, continuing education is an effective support to  formal education and can plug it’s areas of policies on lifelong learning and building a learning society from weakness. grassroots level, and a harmonious Advisory work for Party’s Committees, People's  coordinating mechanism among Council and People's Committee in issuing state-businesses/ and employers/ guidelines, policies and coordination employees are yet to be established. mechanisms is insufficient. There is a lack of well-defined duties,  Lack of active participation of unions,  responsibilities and benefits of each communities and the people. party in training and utilizing human Activities of international cooperation should be  resources. further enhanced.

Roadmap for building a learning society 2011-2020 Establishing the National  Steering Committee on building June 2011, the National Steering Committee  a learning society on building a learning society of Vietnam was - Interdisciplinary approach introduced and led by the Deputy Prime Minister with the participation of 22 - Led by Deputy Prime Minister ministries, organizations and - MOET is a standing agency/ representatives of the mass media. Secretariat Accordingly, the provincial and district  - Other Ministries and sectors/ steering committees have been established. departments act as members. Main tasks:  Establishing Steering  To provide recommendations and Committees on building a  consultations to the Prime Minister on the learning society at different orientation, mechanisms, policies and levels solutions to build a learning society in - Steering Committees at province each locality; and district levels To monitor, supervise, evaluate the  Assigning staff to participate in  results of policy implementation for ASEM lifelong learning coordination building a learning society from local to and UNESCO’s Global Network of central levels. "learning cities“ .

Members of the National Steering Committee on building a Learning society (Chairman: Deputy Prime Minister )