CATBALOGAN SAMAR, PHILIPPINES─ A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signing was held between Samar State University (SSU), Philippines and Tra Vinh University (TVU), Vietnam on August 5, (21) for the Master’s Degree of Education in English Language Teaching (MEELT)), equivalent to Master of Education (MAED), twinning program starting School Year 2021-2022.
MEELT would be led and awarded by SSU, supported by TVU, and delivered online through a platform developed by both Universities. Consequently, graduate students of MEELT may take another 3 courses (12 credits) offered by TVU and shall receive a Master’s Degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (MTESOL) once completed which would be awarded by the same university.
Attended by key officials, professors, and staff from the two organizations, the twinning program is primarily aimed to meet the increasing need for high quality human resources for sustainable environment management.
SSU and TVU had their first engagement through a research collaborative activity titled, 1st VietPhil Research Forum in 2019 at Tra Vinh University, Tra Vinh City, Tra Vinh Province, Vietnam which was attended by five faculty members of the University.
As SSU continues to tread the internationalization roadmap, this milestone on inking the 1st twinning program is surely a strong foundation of becoming one of the top 200 universities in Asia by 2040 and attaining the university world ranking in the near future.
