Access to quality education complicated for ethnic minorities
In addition to early childhood education and access to and quality of education, Action Education has worked in Vietnam on the issue of vocational training, particularly for young people aged between 15 and 35 from ethnic minorities living in rural and mountainous areas. Due to limited or non-existent access to quality education and vocational training, young people lack economic and professional opportunities and access to resources to develop their businesses.
To support this project :
The aim of the project
The project aims to improve the incomes of young people from ethnic minorities, aged between 16 and 30, through socio-professional and entrepreneurial training in two mountainous provinces in northern Vietnam, namely Lao Cai and Hoa Binh.
What we did
Key figures
- 4,430 students, including 2,324 women, improved their knowledge and skills
- 1,087 sessions organised on career guidance
- 184 young people from ethnic minorities, including 159 women, took part in 8 vocational training courses in cookery, tour guiding, embroidery and weaving.
- 213 extra-curricular sessions organised on reproductive health, planning and goal-setting, gender equality, personal financial management, etc.
- 138 young people, including 114 women, received financial assistance for their internships and training courses
- 2 trips organised for around 60 students to visit commercial and production companies
- 2 successful trade fairs, providing space for over 90 young companies to exhibit and sell their products
- 1 provincial workshop in Lao Cai to share good practice, attended by 48 participants, to raise awareness among policy-makers of the importance of vocational training
- 100 % of the government officials interviewed confirmed that the approach of vocational training based on market needs was relevant.
students, including 2,324 women, improved their knowledge and skills
sessions organised on career guidance
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