Education

Eight primary schools in two poor rural areas of Ninh Phuoc and Ninh Hai districts in the southern province of Ninh Thuan received water filter systems on October 25.

According to a newly-issued decree, the maximum fine for students and teachers who violate exam regulations could be as high as VND50 million.

Vietnam and Australia will encourage meetings and cooperation on education between their government agencies, education institutions, and research organisations.

It is not good for children to be taught early mental and super-quick maths programmes before they're able to recognise numbers, said an official.

A German state has banned Facebook contact between students and teachers, citing the social media network's storage of personal data for commercial purposes, officials said Tuesday.

Regular exercise boosts teenagers' school grades -- and particularly helps girls in science, a British study said Tuesday.

Fifty four poor students from Central and Central Highlands provinces have benefited from an IT training programme funded by the French non-governmental organization, Passerelles Numeriques.

A lecturer from the National Economics University has lodged an appeal against the MoET after the ministry revoked his doctorate degree.

From now on, the Vietnamese educational model will not be "the teacher speaks and students take notes," said Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan.

Education experts have insisted tighter inspection and management of private kindergartens is needed to shore up education quality.

To earn money, some university students have been taking classes and roll calls posing and have to bear the consequences.

As part of the national strategy on vocational training development, the HCM City authorities aim to improve facilities and teaching at 14 selected schools.

A literature exam stirred up controversy when it required students to give opinions on statements of two controversial young girls in Vietnam's showbiz.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.