Vietnam to recruit 22,000 teachers to make English a second language in schools
The draft proposal, unveiled at a consultation (7) __________ on Sept. 22, outlines a long-term roadmap through 2045 that aims to embed English across (8) __________ levels of education. By that time, officials envision English being widely used in 50,000 schools, serving nearly 30 million students and one million teachers and lecturers.
The plan will be (9) __________ in three phases: five years from 2025 to 2030, 10 years from 2030 to 2040, and a final five-year stretch to 2045. Its key priorities include overhauling teacher training programs, (10) __________ exams and assessments, developing new curricula and learning materials and deploying digital technology and artificial intelligence in classrooms.
To (11) __________ immediate needs, the ministry says 12,000 new English teachers must be recruited for preschools and 10,000 for primary schools, (12) __________ at least 200,000 existing teachers will be retrained to teach in English by 2030. Vietnam currently has more than 1.05 million preschool and general education teachers, of whom only around 30,000 specialize in English.