Education

British school pupils get up close to a masterpiece

Take a Monet, a Turner and other paintings worth millions of dollars and lend them to schools for a day. It may sound like a looming disaster, but not to British organisers of a project bringing great art to kids.

Canada Education Week to begin on October 13

Almost 70 Canadian institutions will join the 2013 Canada Education Week, to be held in Vietnam from October 13 to 19.

HCM City students take cough medicine to get high

Many students in HCM City have been taking Recotus cough medicine over the past two years as a recreational drug.

Schools damaged after storm

Thousands of students in low-lying areas of some central provinces still cannot return to class due to the damage caused by the 10th storm.

Survey: bribes given for access to prestigious schools

Many parents are ready to spend bribes of up to USD3,000 so that their children are admitted to well-known primary schools.

PM Dung calls for highly creative, brighter teachers

Vietnam should renew its attitude towards education and education management so it could train teachers with intellectual skills and creativity, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said in Hanoi yesterday.

US promotes overseas study activities in Vietnam

Nearly 90 American universities and colleges will arrive in Vietnam for the Institute of International Education’s overseas study exhibitions in HCM City (October 6), Hanoi (October 8), and Da Nang (October 10).

UK, Vietnam foster education cooperation

A seminar on the UK-Vietnam cooperation in education and training was held in Hanoi on September 30 within the framework of the UK’s Great Week in Vietnam.

Students seek post-graduate education to avoid unemployment

More and more newly-graduated university students are applying for higher education after being unable to find a job with their diplomas.

Private universities complain about government policies

The private university system is potentially facing its end under the current policies, said the experts at a conference about private universities held in Hanoi.

Parents to supervise school finances

Hanoi is going to launch a pilot project in which parents will supervise and partly decide what exactly their fees will pay for at public schools.

Course for overseas Vietnamese teachers opens

Fourteen overseas Vietnamese teachers will have a chance to improve their skills of teaching Vietnamese language when attending a course opened in Hanoi on September 26.

Disadvantaged students receive tuition subsidies

More than 8,000 disadvantaged students have received performance-based tuition subsidies under a three-year program funded by the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Scholarships granted to poor students

Hundreds of students from low-income households in Ha Nam Province have been given material support and scholarships from the Study Promotion Fund for their achievements.

Vietnamese learning software set for schools

The first complete Vietnamese software package to assist primary students and teachers studying their mother tongue was presented to the public in Hanoi on September 20.

Massive changes in store for Vietnam education system

Education experts have proposed significant changes across the board for Vietnamese education.

First ODA project for kindergarten children

The World Bank has approved official development assistance totalling US$100 million to improve the primary school preparations offered to children currently attending kindergarten.

Universities seek qualified lecturers

Many public universities are trying various measures to attract good lecturers, such as offering higher wages or cheaper housing.

Boosting education, sci-tech cooperation with Russia

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan on September 16 toured a number of universities in Moscow to examine the possibility of increasing cooperation in various areas, especially education, science and technology.