As many as 26 primary and ninesecondary schools in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang areproviding lessons on ethnic minority languages besides the regularclasses in Vietnamese for local children of these ethnic groups.
Most of the schools are in districts and towns where there are large communities of ethnic minorities.
The ethnic language classes have been underway since the 2004-2005school year to help the youngsters study and promote their ethnicculture-art values and traditional customs, according to the provincialDepartment of Education and Training.
Vietnamis home to about 12 million people of ethnic minority groups,accounting for 15 percent of the nation’s population. The VietnameseGovernment issued Decree 82/2010-ND-CP in July, 2010 stipulating theteaching and study of the oral and written forms of ethnic languages tokeep them from falling into obligation.
In addition,many local TV stations have broadcast programmes in ethnic languages,while other forms of media are also striving to reach out to the ethnicminority audience.
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA),for example, has published a monthly bilingual pictorial magazine – theDan Toc va Mien Nui (Nationalities and Mountain) - in eight ethnicminority languages, which are Khmer, Bhana, Jrai, Ede, Cham, Mong,K’ho and M’nong in parallel with Vietnamese.
It plans to issue three more bilingual versions of the pictorial magazine for ethnic minority readers as from 2015.-VNA
Most of the schools are in districts and towns where there are large communities of ethnic minorities.
The ethnic language classes have been underway since the 2004-2005school year to help the youngsters study and promote their ethnicculture-art values and traditional customs, according to the provincialDepartment of Education and Training.
Vietnamis home to about 12 million people of ethnic minority groups,accounting for 15 percent of the nation’s population. The VietnameseGovernment issued Decree 82/2010-ND-CP in July, 2010 stipulating theteaching and study of the oral and written forms of ethnic languages tokeep them from falling into obligation.
In addition,many local TV stations have broadcast programmes in ethnic languages,while other forms of media are also striving to reach out to the ethnicminority audience.
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA),for example, has published a monthly bilingual pictorial magazine – theDan Toc va Mien Nui (Nationalities and Mountain) - in eight ethnicminority languages, which are Khmer, Bhana, Jrai, Ede, Cham, Mong,K’ho and M’nong in parallel with Vietnamese.
It plans to issue three more bilingual versions of the pictorial magazine for ethnic minority readers as from 2015.-VNA
