Sponsored Study Field Trip for Students with Excellent Academic Performance to Singapore
SEAMEO RETRAC in collaboration with Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education
and Training sponsored a group of primary school students to an exchange program
in Singapore from April 09 to 13, 2012.
The sponsorship aimed at needy students from disadvantaged areas of Ho Chi Minh City who have good commands of English, possess excellent academic performance and are actively involved in schools’ activities. The study field trip included school exchange at Teck Ghee Primary School and cultural activities. During the two-day immersion at Teck Ghee Primary School, the Vietnamese students had an opportunity to make friends with Singaporeans, attended their classes and did some cultural exchange activities. Also, the group had a chance to visit most of the popular places of interest in Singapore such as: Merlion Park, Marina Barrage, Science Center, Universal Studios and so on.
On September 13, 2011, the sixth and the seventh batches of students of the Master
of Arts in Applied Linguistics Program, jointly provided by Curtin University
and SEAMEO RETRAC, celebrated their achievements.
Japan Education Fair co-organized by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and SEAMEO RETRAC was held at the Center’s
premises on November 17, 2011.
SEAMEO RETRAC in collaboration with Japan’s Ministry of Education, Youth, Sports,
Science and Technology (MEXT) organized an International Hands-on Workshop on
E-learning from January 05 to 06, 2012 at the Center.
Three modules of “Trainer-training Workshop on Life Skills” for university/college
lecturers, student affairs, youth and students union staff were conducted at SEAMEO
RETRAC respectively on December 19-23, 2011, February 06-10 and March 12-16, 2012.
On March 19, 2012, SEAMEO RETRAC signed an MOU with University of Ballarat, Australia,
at the Center.
