Rai says the activity should focus more on the fact that students are the direct beneficiaries – Photo: C. Million
At the recent conference, Mr. Truong Van An (Staff Committee of the Ho Chi Minh National University Union) said that when higher education is currently undergoing major changes, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of the context. The exercise of autonomy by the schools has brought many changes, especially shortening of the training programme. Many schools have conducted third semester instead of summer semester, which directly affects the participation of students in summer volunteer activities.
“To be more proactive and adaptive it is necessary to analyze this change,” Ann said.
Ms. Huynh Manh Phuong (University of Economics and Law, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City) said that more conclusions should be drawn as well as a forecast of the students’ situation in the new term, to know what needs to be done Bring change. Change, adapt.
In addition, the practicality and attractiveness of the association’s activities must also be taken into account. According to Ms. Phuong, this partly ensures competitiveness and sustainable development between union-union activities and other activities in life.
Mr. Huynh Tan Khuong (University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City) hesitated when looking at the result system, with a target of 4/11 in the city’s student union activities last term.
Wherein, there are two indicators that are not met, both related to the Student 5 Good movement, especially Ho Chi Minh City does not reach the number of “Student 5 Good” at the central level as expected. The reasons for the failure were explained…Covid-19.
However, Mr. Khuong said that if analyzed carefully, the number of students who did not achieve this degree at the central level is not necessarily due to the impact of the pandemic! According to him, there is still a problem with the rules when most of the certificates and merit certificates for the central level “student 5 good” are required to be obtained from the district or city level or higher.
“Even when implementing volunteer campaigns and adding activities, schools also mobilize units and localities to support this, but it is not easy to consider and reward these levels. This problem stems directly from the fact that Concerned that we haven’t met the target in the implementation process, haven’t found a solution but we can’t help to solve it,” Mr. Khuong said.
Meanwhile, Mr Truong Van An pointed to a “difference in thinking about setting goals”. Mr. An said that the Vietnam Student Association sets targets that directly refer to the beneficiaries as students, not through the association, adding that statistics always determine “how many students benefit from this activity”. However, the Ho Chi Minh City Student Union only calculates “what percentage of student union organizations organize this activity”.
“There is clearly a difference, the activities in the city are leaning towards directing the organizational units. While the national level activities are biased towards the beneficiaries. There is a need to complement and benefit from the activities,” Mr. N said.
supplementing the staff of the association
Mr. Huynh Tan Dat (Vietnamese Student Union in Australia) proposed adding content to attract staff from overseas Vietnamese student union and youth union organizations. “It is a way to diversify the composition of the cadres, especially for those who have study and work experience in an international environment,” Mr. Dutt analyzed.
Furthermore, Mr. Dutt said that in addition to focusing on activities to improve English ability, it is very important to focus on more exchange activities for students. According to Mr. Dutt, this is a good opportunity for you to share and exchange together learning, living and cultural experiences, especially employment trends, in the host countries.
