Education key to sustainable national development: PMPrime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for joint efforts from the Party, State and the whole society together with the education sector to improve education quality, which he described as key for the country’s sustainable development. Investing in education is investing in development, and a priority in all socio-economic development programmes, he stressed. Speaking at the conference, Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam noted that communications is a weakness of the education sector, which should be improved to mobilise the support and supervision of the society. Delegates at the event also proposed to further strengthen decentralisation for local authorities in education and training management, while suggesting improving infrastructure for higher education, especially auditoriums, library, and laboratory systems. He lauded the efforts of the education sector so far in enhancing the quality of both teaching and studying, helping to ease student’s study load and improve the education infrastructure system, especially in mountainous and remote areas.

Source: VietNamNet News August 05, 2016 11:37 UTC