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National Adaptation Workshop of Hanoi, 16th and 17th March 2006 A two-day workshop was held at the Asean Hotel, Hanoi to initiate the adaptation process of the UNESCO Asia & Pacific Regional Bureau for Education’s 2004 material entitled “Embracing Diversity: Toolkit for Creating Inclusive and Learning- friendly environments” (ILFE). The toolkit is designed to provide users with the strategies and tools to facilitate all children in attending school. The Primary Education Department, from the Ministry of Education and Training held the workshop in collaboration with UNESCO Hanoi. Participants included representatives from the National Institute for Education Strategies and Curriculum (NIESAC), the Ministry of Education and Training, teacher training institutions, UNICEF, practitioners and international consultants from the Primary Education for Disadvantaged Children Project. Guest speakers were Terje Watterdal, specialist on Inclusive Education from Jakarta, and Johan Lindeberg, representative from UNESCO Bangkok. Key national resource persons were among the participants and a significant level of dialogue between stakeholders resulted in a successful initial step in the on-going process of adaptation. The objectives of the workshop were:
Johan Lindeberg outlined the objectives of the toolkit and enabled participants to develop a clear understanding of Inclusive Education. Terje Watterdal gave a framework of reference for the adaptation process using experiences from a successful adaptation in Indonesia. The ILFE toolkit was seen by participants as a very useful and practical resource for practitioners in both formal and non-formal education settings throughout Vietnam. Active group work over the two days resulted in the identification of areas for adaptation. Common ideas emerged between groups regarding the requirements to a successful adaptation to make the toolkit locally relevant and highly accessible to practitioners. Despite significant gains in enrolment in Vietnam in recent years, the progress towards the universalization of primary education has yet to extend to all children. The aim to enable all children to have access to and complete the full circle of formal basic education is still considered as one of the main challenges for the achievement of EFA in Vietnam as defined in the National Education for All Action Plan for 2003-2015. The second strategic EFA goal specifically refers to the completion of universal primary and lower secondary education. According to recent studies, up to 20% of primary school age children do not attend school or not complete primary school. Reaching the final 10% is proving difficult as it requires specialized measures to provide equal opportunities for these children. Inclusive approaches to learning need to be emphasized to reintegrate school drop-outs into the mainstream primary and lower secondary systems. Of this group, 46% are children from ethnic minorities, with the remainder including children with disabilities and migrant and street children. In addition, there is high variation in learning outcomes across primary school attendees. The adaptation of this valuable resource into the Vietnamese context is a timely contribution to the field of Inclusive Education. The next stage will be to utilize key resource persons and further develop the adaptation under the coordination of the Ministry of Education and Training. [taken from UNESCO Hanoi, http://www.unesco.org.vn/news/news.asp]
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