Two teachers from a school in remote part of Nghe An province explain why it is hard to get local kids to come to class.

Based on national educational programme, it is necessary to have textbooks specifically for ethnic minority pupils, especially those in primary schools.

A recent conference in Lao Cai province discussed measures to improve kindergarten education in 15 mountainous provinces.

In order to maintain classes, teachers in Kon Tum province in the central highlands have to come to every house to persuade parents to let their children go to school, and sometimes, they have to work as the taxi motorbike drivers to carry the children to schools.

The Hue University announced that it has started to deploy an agreement with Okayama University of Japan in providing post-graduate training.

The Australian General Consul in Ho Chi Minh City has pledged over 134 million VND to building a kindergarten in Ba To commune, mountainous Ba To district, central Quang Ngai province.

With great care and support of the Party, State and the efforts of the educational sector and local authorities, in recent years, the education and training of Central Highlands provinces has seen significant developments. However, to catch up with the the country's average educational level, more synchronised and strategic solutions are needed.

As many as 153 outstanding ethnic minority students who are studying in Ha Noi and Ha Tay province received Vu A Dinh scholarships on March 16.

Central Highlands provinces have over the past years made great efforts to provide vocational training for local young people in connection with various programmes of job generation, labour export and poverty reduction.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Dec. 8 that it will grant 1.5 million USD from its Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, funded by the Japanese Government, to help expand learning opportunities for young people of ethnic minority groups in Viet Nam .