PRESENTATION SKILL TRAINING PROGRAM
SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THE ASIA FOUNDATION OF MERALI FOUNDATION, COHORT 3
SCHOOL YEAR 2020 – 2021
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on May 22nd 2022
Venue: Room 306 D7, Hanoi University of Science and Technology
The Asia Foundation/TAF continues to sponsor the Center for Education and Development (CED) to support the Merali Foundation Asia Foundation scholarship program (term 3) for the 4-year and 5-year term starting from January 2021. The program selects and awards scholarships to 15 first-year female students studying science, engineering, technology and math at Hanoi University of Science and Technology and Hanoi University of Civil Engineering. These are female students who, despite having a difficult family background, have the commitment, passion and drive to study science, technology, engineering and math – the majors that male students often dominate.
The scholarship will support 23,000,000 VND/year/student and support skills training, experience activities, and career connections during the scholarship period. Selected female students will be supported during 4-5 years of studying at Hanoi University of Science and Technology and University of Civil Engineering until graduation, if they ensure to maintain their academic achievement of Good or better (or a 2.5 GPA) per academic year.
On May 22, 2022, the Asia Foundation and CED cooperated with Hanoi University of Science and Technology and Hanoi University of Civil Engineering to organize a training program on presentation skills for 15 students who received scholarships from the Asia Foundation of Merali Foundation, cohort 3.
Purpose: Training in presentation skills to help students be confident in presenting and communicating; Students in the scholarship program have the opportunity to interact and connect with each other.
Participants: Ms. Dinh Kieu Nhung, Education Specialist, Asia Foundation in Vietnam; Ms. Ha Thi Thuong, Education Officer, Center for Education and Development; MSc. Dinh Thi Phuong Thao, Skills Development Instructor, Wellspring Intercollegiate School; 15 students received scholarships.
The students have learned many things: “What impressed me most is that others are not only very nice but also confident and dynamic, the way they master the presentation is really professional. Teachers are very sociable and each lecture brings a lot of useful knowledge.”
Students acquired valuable lessons for themselves: “After the presentation, I learned some tips to give a more confident presentation, the mistakes to avoid as well as some body language that can be used during presentations’’.
