Cooperation programmes among localities in the Mekong Delta region anduniversities in and outside the region have helped reduce staffshortages, according to the Steering Committee for the SouthwesternRegion's cultural and social division.
The region's 12 provincesand only central-level city, Can Tho, have identified high schoolgraduates with good learning records and sent them to university fortraining, according to Vo Trong Huu, the committee's head.
The healthcare field in the region, for example, faces a large shortage of doctors and nurses.
Toreduce shortages, the region has worked with Can Tho University ofMedicine and Pharmacy and HCM City University of Medicine and Pharmacyto provide training.
Selected students must make a commitment to return to their locality for work after graduation.
"Withthese programmes, students feel secure about getting a job aftergraduating. And the locality has trained human resources," Huu said.
Inthe upcoming academic year, 324 students will be selected foruniversity study in tuberculosis, mental health, surgery and forensicmedicine.
Pham Van Linh, Rector of the Can Tho University ofMedicine and Pharmacy, said the university had trained 3,031 doctors,1,193 pharmacists and 797 bachelor's degree graduates since 2008.
Linh spoke at a conference held last Saturday to review three years of training in the Southwestern region.
However, the number of trainees each year had met only 50 percent of demand, he added.
Linhsaid that the Ministry of Education and Training should allocatetraining quotas in advance to localities and universities so they cantake the initiative to identify promising students.
Minister ofEducation and Training Pham Vu Luan has said that under the new tertiaryeducation law, universities would be given autonomy to make enrollmentdecisions.
But they have to ensure fairness in enrollment, and ensure the quality of graduates.
The minister said he would report and petition the Prime Minister to continue the co-operation programmes after 2016.
Luan said that nurses and other health staff should receive more training.-VNA
The region's 12 provincesand only central-level city, Can Tho, have identified high schoolgraduates with good learning records and sent them to university fortraining, according to Vo Trong Huu, the committee's head.
The healthcare field in the region, for example, faces a large shortage of doctors and nurses.
Toreduce shortages, the region has worked with Can Tho University ofMedicine and Pharmacy and HCM City University of Medicine and Pharmacyto provide training.
Selected students must make a commitment to return to their locality for work after graduation.
"Withthese programmes, students feel secure about getting a job aftergraduating. And the locality has trained human resources," Huu said.
Inthe upcoming academic year, 324 students will be selected foruniversity study in tuberculosis, mental health, surgery and forensicmedicine.
Pham Van Linh, Rector of the Can Tho University ofMedicine and Pharmacy, said the university had trained 3,031 doctors,1,193 pharmacists and 797 bachelor's degree graduates since 2008.
Linh spoke at a conference held last Saturday to review three years of training in the Southwestern region.
However, the number of trainees each year had met only 50 percent of demand, he added.
Linhsaid that the Ministry of Education and Training should allocatetraining quotas in advance to localities and universities so they cantake the initiative to identify promising students.
Minister ofEducation and Training Pham Vu Luan has said that under the new tertiaryeducation law, universities would be given autonomy to make enrollmentdecisions.
But they have to ensure fairness in enrollment, and ensure the quality of graduates.
The minister said he would report and petition the Prime Minister to continue the co-operation programmes after 2016.
Luan said that nurses and other health staff should receive more training.-VNA
