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Companies launch free e-learning software amid school closure

Many software companies have provided free e-learning software for students to study online while schools remain closed at least until the month-end due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fears.
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HCMCity (VNS/VNA) - Many software companies have provided freee-learning software for students to study online while schools remain closed atleast until the month-end due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fears.

The HCM City Department of Education and Training and Smart School Joint StockCompany have provided many parents with software to enable their children tostudy at home.

Through a free account, they can access online lessons in history, geographyand other subjects, which have many videos and images uploaded by teachers. 

The software can be used for free until schools reopen after four weeks ofclosure due to the ongoing public health emergency caused by COVID-19.

FPT Corporation provides free e-learning on its VioEdu system at https://vio.edu.vn/ forstudents throughout the country. The system has recorded nearly 27,000 users inrecent weeks who accessed it 70,000 times.

The company is training primary schools in Hanoi to upload lectures and tests.The VioEdu system has more than 500 videos and exercises for students. The videoand test contents are based on the Ministry of Education and Training’sprogramme.

The Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group is offering free e-learning forschools in Hanoi, and will provide free accounts until July.

Education experts warned that while e-learning at high schools is set to becomea popular trend, but there is no process or regulations for assessment ofcontent compiled by software companies.

Dr Nguyen Quoc Chinh, head of the Centre for Educational Testingand Quality Assessment at the Vietnam National University - HCM City, said aset of criteria for assessment of such products and services should beestablished.

Schools should choose software with good images and language, he said.

Tran Hoang Cam Tu, head of Nguyen Tat Thanh University’sE-learning Institute, told Nguoi Lao Dong (TheLabourer) newspaper that universities have a council to assess e-learningsoftware though not for all subjects.

But many high schools do not have such a council, and as a result content isnot assessed./.
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