NEWS
48th SEAMEO Council Conference in Chonburi, Thailand
The Annual 48th SEAMEO Council Conference was held from May 06 to 09, 2015 at the Royal Cliff Hotel, Chonburi, Thailand. Attending the Conference were more than 200 delegates who are Ministers of Education, High Officials from SEAMEO member countries, affiliate members, SEAMEO Centers and international organizations. The Conference included the launch of the Ministerial Round Table Meeting, bilateral meetings,
Workshop on “Classroom Language for Teaching Young Learners”
On April 25, 2015, SEAMEO RETRAC organized a workshop on “Classroom Language for Teaching Young Learners” for teachers of English at the Center. The workshop, conducted by Ms. Le Thuy Hang with the participation of more than 35 teachers, aimed to introduce the classroom language and how to use it in different stages of a lesson.
Forum on Sharing Experience of Teaching Soft Skills
In order to create a platform for teaching staff and administrators who are currently teaching soft skills and/or in charge of student affairs at universities, colleges and other educational institutions to discuss and exchange information relating to soft-skills teaching, SEAMEO RETRAC organized a one-day forum on sharing soft-skills teaching experience on April 24, 2015 at the Center’s premises. More than
Training Workshop on Designing and Organizing Online Teaching Materials
With the aim of providing administrators and teaching staff of universities and colleges in the South of Vietnam with knowledge and skills relating to available online tools and sources for their work and teaching, especially for instructional material development, SEAMEO RETRAC conducted a three-day training workshop on designing and organizing online instructional materials at the Center from April 01 to
Training Workshop on the Use of English Coursebook and Software “Life”
On March 31, 2015, SEAMEO RETRAC in cooperation with the National Foreign Languages 2020 Project (NFL2020) and National Geographic Learning, a part of Cengage Learning Company organized a workshop to introduce the English coursebook “Life” and its software. More than 40 English lecturers from different universities in Ho Chi Minh City were selected to attend the training workshop. The session
International Training Course in Capacity Building in Educational Leadership and Management for Higher Education
SEAMEO RETRAC organized the international training course in Capacity Building in Educational Leadership and Management for Higher Education from March 23 to 27, 2015, for 32 educational leaders and administrators from colleges and universities in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam. The purposes of the course were to enhance the leaders’ and administrators’ educational leadership and management skills in higher education
International Women’s Day Celebration at Kiddy Programs
On March 08, 2015, SEAMEO RETRAC organized various craft activities at Kiddy Programs to celebrate the International Women’s Day. Students aged from 04 to 08 expressed their family love and gratitude through making beautiful family trees. The others aged from 09 to 15 made paper flower vases and bouquet cards for their grandmothers, mothers, teachers, sisters or friends. The beautiful
Visit to Vietnamese Ao Dai Museum
On the occasion of 105th International Women’s Day (from March 08, 1910 to March 08, 2015), SEAMEO RETRAC Labor Union organized a trip to Vietnamese Ao Dai Musem at Long Thuan Ward, District 9, Ho Chi Minh City for all the Center’s staff. Participants felt excited with what they saw and learned about the Vietnamese traditional long dress (Ao dai).
SEAMEO RETRAC Annual Staff Meeting
SEAMEO RETRAC organized its annual staff meeting for the Center’s entire full-time working staff on January 27, 2015. The purpose of the meeting was to review the Center’s activities in 2014 and to map out plans for the Center in 2015, to award staff with excellent working performance in 2014, to discuss internal expenditure guidelines in 2015, and to elect
Visit of H.E. Prof. Dr. Pham Vu Luan, SEAMEO Council President cum Minister of Education and Training, Vietnam and the Delegation
On February 13, 2015, H.E. Prof. Dr. Pham Vu Luan, SEAMEO Council President cum Minister of Education and Training, Vietnam and the Delegation paid their visit to SEAMEO RETRAC. At the welcome ceremony, Dr. Ho Thanh My Phuong, SEAMEO RETRAC Director, briefed the President and the Delegation on the Center’s accomplishments since 2010 and plans for action in upcoming years
SEAMEO RETRAC directs its efforts on educational issues by undertaking innovative, relevant programs through research, training, consultancy, and staff exchanges; fostering regional and international partnerships; and engaging in other related activities within and outside the region.
