Education

The Ministry of Education and Training is considering a plan to spend VND34 trillion on reforming textbooks and curriculum for general education.

Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan has met his Singaporean counterpart HengSweeKeat to discuss the operations of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation, as well as ways to foster bilateral cooperation in education.

During an online meeting with authorities, many Vietnamese students who are studying abroad showed curiosity about job opportunities in Vietnam after graduation.

Many universities are facing difficulties in enrolling disabled students following a recently-issued regulation on special incentives for these candidates.

Eight Vietnamese students will compete at the 15th Asian Physics Olympiad 2014 (AphO) in Singapore from May 11-15, according to the Department for Testing and Education Quality Accreditation under Ministry of Education and Training.

Authorities in Danang city have recently warned parents and students about the rising number of cases where students were kidnapped in the city.

Up to 30% of university graduates are attending vocational schools and additional courses after being unable to find a job in their chosen profession.

Many teachers in Vietnam complain that they are facing difficulties in giving real life examples for their anti-corruption lessons, fearing the students might become disillusioned.

President Truong Tan Sang on April 3 inspected the progress of the Vietnam-Japan University project in the Hoa Lac High-Tech Park in the west of Hanoi.

A mobile school, to be towed by a truck, one of the two schools of its kind funded by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), has been launched in the Mekong Delta.

The Vietnamese capital of Hanoi and the Lao capital of Vientiane have outlined an educational cooperation programme in the coming years, including increasing visit exchanges to share experience in teaching and management.

The non-government organisation Saigon Children’s Charity (SCC) will raise about 750,000 USD for the building of kindergartens in two poor districts in the southern province of Kien Giang.

Many high-schools in HCM City have announced that current teaching programmes do not address the real needs of students.

Several education experts said that the high unemployment rate among university graduates was warned about ten years ago, but the government has seemed to ignore it.

The UK-based Westminster Kingsway College will implement a British Council-sponsored project at Vietnam’s Kien Giang Vocational College to improve students’ vocational skills.

The Ministry of Education and Training has approved a pilot programme for teaching of foreign language at nursery schools following demand from many parents.

The PM has approved the establishment of the Vietnam-Japan College under the Vietnam National University in Hanoi.

Over 300 delegates from around the globe gathered in Hue city for a March 15-16 dialogue addressing global standards for education reform.

Many parents said the Ministry of Education and Training should not ban the teaching of foreign languages for pre-school students.