According to Tran Dinh Canh, Director of the Hanoi Internal Affairs, Hanoi has an annual student growth of 6 percent at public schools. The average student number at many primary schools in some inner-city districts is up to 56 per class and 53 for a secondary school class.
Hanoi lacks around 9,000 teachers
Ha Dong, Cau Giay, Hoang Mai and Nam Tu Liem are among districts facing school overcrowding due to mushrooming urban and residential areas. For instance, Hoang Liet Ward in Hoang Mai District, has over 80,000 residents, but it is home to only one public kindergarten, three primary schools, and two secondary schools.
Since 2015, the number of Hanoi’s full-time teachers has been kept unchanged.
Last year, only 92 percent of the city’s full-time teacher positions were filled. Nursery schools still lack around 1,325 teachers, followed by primary schools with 3,634, secondary schools with 2,684 and high schools with 1,296.
To ease the shortage, the city has decided to recruit 3,112 teachers this year.