SPECIAL MEASURES TO DEVELOP CLCs IN HÒA BÌNH

KominkanThe Japanese successful model of CLC

and lessons to be learned

24-25/11/2014

AN OVERVIEW OF HÒA BÌNH

• Hòa Bình is a mountainous province in the Northwest Region with an area size of about 4,600km2

• Consists of 10 districts, 1 city with 210 wards/communes and towns

• Population: 0.8 million, seven ethnic groups (M ng, Kinh, ườThái, Tày, Dao, Mông, Hoa) in which the M ng accounts for ườover 63%

CLC DEVELOPMENT PROCESS• 10/1998: The Center for Illiteracy Eradication and

Continuing Education under VN Institute for Educational Sciences (VNIES) helped establish a pilot CLC at Cao S n ơCommune, Đà B c District, This is one of the two first ắpilot CLCs in the country

• 12/2006, 100% communes/wards and towns had CLCs

• At this point of time: 210/210 communes/wards have CLCs with 1954/2056 hamlets having hamlet community development clubs with 4,652 groups

EFFECTIVE ACTIONS TO DEVELOP CLCs IN HOABINH

1. Promoting awareness of the position and role of CLCs,2. Organising study visits to gain lessons on establishing and

developing CLCs 3. Advising the Provincial Party and PPC (Provincial People’s

Committee) to issue relevant written guidance4. DOET taking an active role in steering the CLC activities5. DOET working in collaboration with other departments to

issue directives related to CLC funding and activity implementation

6. Establishing the hamlet community development clubs

ACTION 1

1. Promoting awareness of the position and role of CLCs

• Promoting awareness to key staff of DOET• Promoting awareness to provincial leaders and

provincial departmental leaders• Promoting awareness to city and district leaders about

the position and role of CLCs in the Building of Learning Society and in the socio-enonomic development of the local community to solicit understanding, support and coordination

ACTION 2Organising study visits to gain lessons on establishing and developing CLCs • 1999: study visits to Thái Bình, Nam Đ nh and Hà N i to ị ộ

learn lessons on establishing and developing CLCs • 2003: study visit to Thai Binh on CLC model • 2008: study visit to Thanh Hoa on the model of

community development clubs, • 2009: study visit to Thailand on CLC management and

activity organisation• 2010: study visit to B c Giang on CLC modelắ

ACTION 3Advising the Provincial Party and PPC (Provincial People’s Committee) to issue relevant written guidanceProvincial Party directives:• Conclusion No 413/KL-TU on16/5/2005• Conclusion No 100-KL/TU on 05/7/2013The Provincial People’s Committee directives:• Decision No 410/QĐ-UB on 09/5/2000• Directive No 15/2005/CT-UBND on 9/8/2005• Plan No 545/KH-UBND on 10/4/2008• Decision No1806/QĐ-UBND on 11/9/2009• Decision No112/2005/QĐ-TTg on 18/5/2005• Decision No 90/QĐ-UBND on 26/01/2010• Decision on 20/8/2012

ACTION 4DOET taking an active role in guiding CLC activities

+ 4 workshops + Piloted the building of CLC at the Dân Ch Commune ủ+ Issued guidelines for activities of CLCs in Hoa Binh+ Carried out the research on “Building the pilot model of community classrooms in some highland communes in Da Bac, Hoa Binh”

ACTION 4DOET taking an active role in guiding CLC activities

+ Authorising CLCs to have their own stamps and bank accounts+ Making continuous effort to form district thematic-subject teacher teams and community development clubs+ Monitoring pilot CLCs and disseminating best practices+ Developing criteria for CLC evaluation and templates for documentation+ Organising annual contests for best community development club managers and best CLC teachers+ Carrying out scheduled monitor and evaluation sessions

ACTION 5

DOET working in collaboration with other departments to issue directives related to CLC funding and activity implementation

DOET working in collaboration with departments of Finance and Interior Affairs to facilitate smooth governance of CLCs

ACTION 6Developing the hamlet community development clubs

+ The hamlet community development clubs are self-governed volunteering organisations at hamlet level to cater for the local lifelong learning needs of the citizens

+ Each hamlet is to establish one community development clubs

+ Activities at the clubs are in line with the community development program

SOME ACHIEVEMENTS2009 – NOV/2014

Rapid increase in the volume of learners:

Year Education and trainingactivities

Information and consultation activities

Community development activities Total

2009 106,493 83,117 70,131 259,741

2010 155,360 128,037 119,849 403,246

2011 195,211 64,121 85,641 344,973

2012 164,275 86,805 97,162 348,242

2013 147,236 98,127 92,170 337,533

11.2014

172,542 87,753 99,204 359,499

Cộng: 941,117 547,960 564,157 2,053,234

SOME ACHIEVEMENTS2009 – NOV/2014 (2)

Capacity buiding

+ Management staff: a 840-people CLC staff in the province

+ Annual professional training for CLC staff

+ Establishment of district and commune team of teachers and facilitators: As of 11/2014 there 3,722 teachers and facilitators in charge of thematic subjects at district and commune levels ( 493 and 3,229 respectively).

SOME ACHIEVEMENTS2009 – NOV/2014

Steady progress in CLC facilities

127/210 CLCs have their own head offices (In 2014 alone, 21 CLC head offices built with a total cost of over 60 bil. VND); 210/210 CLCs have their own stamps; 107/210 CLCs have an active bank account; 210/210 CLCs have computers with access to internet,176/210 CLCs have community bookcases; 104/210 CLCs are equipped with audio-visuals

ISSUES

• Uneffective operation in some CLCs• Limited facilities and budget• Limited coordination• Some CLCs’ activities still unattractive to

the public

REASONS

• Concurrent roles and functions of CLC management staff hinder full dedication to CLC activities

• Some CLCs have to use the existing People’s Committee’s offices and depend on very limited funding resources from the community; therefore many of their activities cannot be carried out as planned

• The coordination mechanism between government departments is not yet clearly defined, resulting in the tendency to assume that all CLC activities are in the remit of education only

• There is a gap between the needs of local communities and the extend to which CLCs can cater for due to a lack of qualified teachers and facilitators as well as reference materials

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE

- Enhancing capacity of CLCs management and core staff in planning and implementing CLC activities

- Enhancing infrastructure to facilitate CLC effective operation

- Speeding up “socialisation of education” to mobilise resources in supporting CLC activities

- Diversifying CLC activities to better cater for the learning needs of local people

- Continuing to solicit a legal framework for CLC development and governance

SUGGESTIONS

To MOET:- MOET is to work in collaboration with related organisations to issue inter-ministerial documents governing CLC operations to facilitate smooth and well-coordinated activities- MOET is to increase training sessions for local CLC management staff for better capacity- MOET is to design and disseminate more CLC training materials- CLC operating budget is to be increased

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