A Khmer class for monks in a pagoda of Tra Vinh (Photo: VNA)Tra Vinh (VNA)– The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has spent over 2 billion VND (88,000USD) each year to support the teaching and studying of the language of the Khmerethnic minority group in 134 Khmer pagodas across the locality in the 2010-2017period.
According to theprovincial Department of Education and Training, the investment is part of theprovince’s efforts to realise the Government’s Decree 82/2010/ND-CP dated July15, 2010 on policies on teaching and studying of languages of ethnic minoritygroups.
Pagodas in Tra Vinhwelcome about 2,000 school students who come to learn to read and write Khmerlanguage in every summer. Nearly 200 teachers and monks are now paid to teachthe students.
Tra Vinh currently has8 boarding schools for ethnic students, along with 121 primary and secondaryschools and 8 Pali-Khmer schools that teach Khmer language with about total19,000 students.
The province hasdelivered 123,000 textbooks to students at total cost of 1.5 billion VND, whilepresenting 7,700 scholarships to ethnic students.
Tra Vinh has sent 307students to educational facilities for training, while focusing on improvingcapacity of management officials.
The locality now has2,200 Khmer officials and teachers, of whom 126 are taking post-graduatecourses.-VNA
According to theprovincial Department of Education and Training, the investment is part of theprovince’s efforts to realise the Government’s Decree 82/2010/ND-CP dated July15, 2010 on policies on teaching and studying of languages of ethnic minoritygroups.
Pagodas in Tra Vinhwelcome about 2,000 school students who come to learn to read and write Khmerlanguage in every summer. Nearly 200 teachers and monks are now paid to teachthe students.
Tra Vinh currently has8 boarding schools for ethnic students, along with 121 primary and secondaryschools and 8 Pali-Khmer schools that teach Khmer language with about total19,000 students.
The province hasdelivered 123,000 textbooks to students at total cost of 1.5 billion VND, whilepresenting 7,700 scholarships to ethnic students.
Tra Vinh has sent 307students to educational facilities for training, while focusing on improvingcapacity of management officials.
The locality now has2,200 Khmer officials and teachers, of whom 126 are taking post-graduatecourses.-VNA
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