The Asia Foundation has cooperated with the Center for Education and Development (CED), implemented the Asia Fund scholarship program, supporting 90 Can Tho girls with difficult family circumstances but have the strength and will to excel in learning. These 90 girls are enrolled in Grade 10, of which 50 are supported by the Estée Lauder Company and 40 by the Dodson family. In addition to scholarships, the program also organized useful activities to help students equip them with the necessary skills for better study and career orientation for their future.
On June 29, 2023, the Asia Foundation, the Center for Education and Development in cooperation with An Giang Provincial Learning Promotion Association organized a career workshop program for 90 girls to receive Asia Foundation scholarships for the 2022-2023 school year.
Objectives of the workshop: i) 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 An Giang University; ii) Provide them with skills and experiences to help them learn more effectively in the upper secondary 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 An Giang Provincial Learning Promotion Association; 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 Intermediate Vocational School of Engineering and Technology, Vocational Education Support Specialist; 90 10th grade girls received Asia Foundation scholarships; Guests, students, teachers.
On June 30, 2023, the Asia Foundation in collaboration with the Center for Education and Development (CED) organized a ceremony to award Asia Foundation scholarships and career exchanges to 90 grade 10 students of An Giang province. The program has given students the opportunity to receive scholarships and helped them know what career group they are suitable for? Should I study at university/college in An Giang or study in other provinces/cities? Looking for information? …”I learned that when I want to do anything, I have to choose the right path to have good results. In the future, we can only rely on our own efforts and not on anyone. Choose the right career that we want, we should not choose according to the professions that our parents set so that we cannot do a good job and do not achieve good results.” A student who participated in the program shared her feelings after the career guidance program.
“After the career guidance program, I learned for myself how to choose the right career that suits my abilities and interests; Choose my own direction; If I want to accomplish the goal, I should break it down into smaller parts; I must know what I really like to choose the most suitable career; I was able to communicate confidently with other students; Better understand the path I choose; Even if my family forbade me from apprenticeship, whatever my dream, I had to do; Must try diligently and understandingly, choose the right profession, school to study and let you know which career you are suitable for” Opinions of some students after participating in career guidance.
