The Asia Foundation has cooperated with the Center for Education and Development (CED), implementing the Asia Foundation scholarship program, supporting 50 Hau Giang girls with difficult family circumstances but with the strength and will to excel in learning. In addition to scholarships, the program also organizes useful activities to help students equip them with the necessary skills for better study and career orientation for their future.
On July 4, 2023, the Asia Foundation, the Center for Education and Development in cooperation with Hau Giang Provincial Learning Promotion Association will organize the 2nd scholarship awarding ceremony and career guidance program for 50 girls to receive Asia Foundation scholarships for the academic year 2022-2023.
Purpose of the workshop: Awarding the 2nd Asia Foundation Scholarship for the academic year 2022-2023; Create opportunities for students to meet and interact with experts in the field of human resources, representatives of donors and senior students – who are receiving Asia Foundation scholarships – from Can Tho University; Provide them with skills and experiences that help them learn more effectively in the high school environment; and Help them better understand career guidance, choose a major/profession, choose a suitable job after graduating from high school based on their own abilities and social needs.
Participants: Representative of Association for Promoting Education in Hau Giang province; Ms. Dinh Thi Kieu Nhung, Education Specialist, Asia Foundation in Vietnam (TAF); Ms. Ha Thi Thuong, Education Officer of Center for Education and Development (CED); Mr. Tran Duy Hoa, Project Officer of Planète Enfants & Développement (PE&D), Founding Member of Center for Capacity Building for Women and Children (CSWC), Visiting Teacher of Ho Chi Minh City College of Civil Architecture, Ton Duc Thang Vocational Vocational School of Engineering and Technology, Vocational Education Support Specialist; 50 girls in grade 10 received Asia Foundation scholarships; Guests, students, teachers.
On July 4, 2023, the Asia Foundation, Center for Development Education will cooperate with Association for Promoting Education in Hau Giang province to organize an Asia Foundation scholarship awarding ceremony for 50 students in Hau Giang province and organize a career exchange program. The program has connected scholarship recipients and helped them identify which career group they belong to and know how to find information for choosing majors, universities / colleges according to the aspirations and abilities of their families and themselves. Sharing of a student after the career guidance program: “I gained knowledge I did not have and somewhat determined the profession that I love and I will learn more about the profession I choose. I learned that I need to try to study a lot, work hard for the future. Not just for me, but for my family.”
After the program, students learned lessons: Follow my dreams; Gain more self-knowledge; I can choose a career path that suits me better; I should choose a profession that suits me ability; Find out me own abilities, think carefully and choose the right path; Must choose the right profession for myself; Try harder; Know how to choose the right career, arrange study time to learn more effectively; Consider thinking, do not arbitrarily follow the majority, it is important to be appropriate; I acquire knowledge I do not have and somewhat identify the profession that I love and I will learn more about the profession I choose; I learned that I need to try to study a lot, work hard for the future.