(HBO) - In 2 days (August 12nd-13rd), in Hoa Binh city, the Dariu Foundation held the training session for about 150 informatics teachers from secondary and high schools in the province on how to apply Microbit circuits and the Internet of Things (IOT). This is one of the practical activities of the Dariu Foundation to support Hoa Binh Education implement the digital transformation, contributing to improving the quality of comprehensive education.


The representatives from the Dariu Foundation are giving the technical guidance to about 150 informatics teachers all over the province on how to apply Microbit circuits and the Internet of Things to create digital technology products.

The Dariu Foundation has been implementing the project in Hoa Binh since 2020. Since then, the Foundation has supported Hoa Binh Education to provide professional training for 2,805 informatics teachers at all levels with the content relating to Scratch programming, Microbits and Python. Along with that, they have funded/lent the educational equipment for the schools to implement educational activities using digital technology, including 400 laptops and nearly 1,000 smartphones; they have also sponsored more than 1,000 programming devices such as Microbit circuits (V1,V2,V3), expansion circuits, sensors… Especially, the Dariu Foundation has supported the establishment and management of 86 STEM/STEAM clubs, funding for 15 clubs to implement 15 STEM projects, innovative robots... In general, the support and sponsorship activities of the Dariu Foundation for Hoa Binh education have been evaluated as practical, meaningful activity and it has been contributing an effective part in the digital transformation process of the provincial education and training sector.

It is known that the Dariu Foundation was established in 2002 in Switzerland and it has been licensed to establish a Project Office in Vietnam since 2007. Since its establishment, the Dariu Foundation has supported Vietnamese partners implement projects on microfinance, popularizing digital skills, giving scholarships to the students with difficult circumstances, sponsoring vocational training scholarships, sponsoring school construction... In recent years, the Dariu Foundation has also allowed the students with difficult circumstances to borrow laptops to serve their studies.


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