Dec 16, 2014 / 12:03
Education initiative improves students' awareness of climate change
The Ministry of Education and Training on Tuesday organised the closing ceremony for the Education Initiative for Sustainable Development (ESD), started in March 2013 jointly with the UNESCO.
Katherine Muller Marin, the UNESCO representative in Viet Nam, said that the initiative aimed to set up an online training programme for elementary school teachers in Thua Thien-Hue.
She added that the initiative also aimed to provide knowledge and skills to the students, their parents and the society to adapt to climate change, prepare them to cope with natural disasters and help them preserve biodiversity.
After 21 months of implementation, the programme has successfully educated students and their parents about climate change and natural disasters.
The selected schools were helped to develop and implement their plans on assessing and preventing possible disasters and threats, as well as train their teachers in ICT to improve their capacity.
The province and the district authorities were assisted to develop an action plan and a strategy to minimise the risks in the management of Vietnamese heritages, particularly the Hue Citadel, and improve decision making based on the use of satellite images.
Since August 2013, the programme has trained five elementary schools that are often affected by natural disasters, to assess their possible risks and threats, including the Thanh Toan School in Huong Thuy district and the Quang Loi School in Quang Dien district.
After 21 months of implementation, the programme has successfully educated students and their parents about climate change and natural disasters.
The selected schools were helped to develop and implement their plans on assessing and preventing possible disasters and threats, as well as train their teachers in ICT to improve their capacity.
The province and the district authorities were assisted to develop an action plan and a strategy to minimise the risks in the management of Vietnamese heritages, particularly the Hue Citadel, and improve decision making based on the use of satellite images.
Since August 2013, the programme has trained five elementary schools that are often affected by natural disasters, to assess their possible risks and threats, including the Thanh Toan School in Huong Thuy district and the Quang Loi School in Quang Dien district.
Other News
- 2024 International Youth Festival attracts 3,000 local and international youth
- Hanoi launches pilot project to integrate electronic health records into VNeID app
- Empowering new generation of biodiversity champions in Vietnam
- Capital Law to make Hanoi major center for quality education
- Hanoi raises road safety awareness among students
- Hanoi pilots artificial intelligence in five schools
- Modern pediatric hospital opens in Hanoi
- Hanoi works towards UNESCO City of Learning
- Hanoi to protect children against measles, rubella
- Hanoi works on cleanup, disease prevention after Typhoon Yagi
Trending
-
North-South high-speed railway to open up new economic opportunities
-
Hanoi sees citizen satisfaction as measure of administrative reform success
-
Hanoi's businesses place focus on digital transformation
-
Experiencing ingenious spaces at the Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2024
-
Hanoi Festival of Creative Design 2024: celebrating the capital's cultural innovation
-
Expatriate workforce in Hanoi: Growth engine requring thorough administration
-
Ethnic minorities want more policies for socio-economic improvement
-
From tradition to trend: How modern approaches spark cultural pride in Vietnam's Gen Z
-
Hanoi works to make bus system greener