President Truong Tan Sang has urged the education sector to continue urgent reforms in education and training ahead of the start of the new academic year.

Ethnic minorities students of the Man Than Primary School in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai (Photo: VNS)

The President hoped the sector would collect opinions from the public, educators and educational managers to get results.

In his letter for the start of the new academic year 2015-16 which resumes on September 5, President Truong Tan Sang asked the education sector to be prepared for reform of curriculum and textbooks.

In April, a national project worth about 36 million USD to reform textbooks and curriculum for schools was approved. The project was targeted to change the entire education system (from grades 1 to 12), and focus on building students' practical learning skills and increasing interaction between teachers and students.

A complete set of new textbooks will be introduced at the start of the 2018-19 school year.

(Source: VNA)