Education

Despite large investment, the quality of Vietnam’s education remains far from expectations, one educator has said.

The number of students becoming the victims of overseas study consultancy firms’ trickeries has been increasing.

The Asian Development Bank will provide USD90 million to help Vietnam strengthen teaching quality and courses in biology, chemistrys and social sciences.

The increasingly high number of bankrupted or dissolved businesses means fewer job opportunities for new university graduates.

Primary and secondary schools in HCM City have asked parents of students to pay 100% of the fee for hiring foreign English teachers as well as equipment for the classes.

The seventh Roundtable Meeting of ASEAN Educational Leaders and the fifth Southeast Asia School Principals Forum opened in the central coastal city of Nha Trang.

The French Development Agency has signed two agreements to finance a combined EUR25 million for vocational training in Vietnam.

Winners of regional and international Olympiad prizes have not yet got state funding for overseas study.

The current policies do not offer the preferences attractive enough to encourage bachelors to return to home villages after the graduation.

The MOET has released a new decision offering school admission preferences to the students from the three difficult areas.

The Ministry of Education and Training held a ceremony in Hanoi to honour students who won prizes at regional and international Olympiads in 2012.

Out of 2,500 student applications, the Vietnam Circus and Variety Arts College only selected 33 for their 2012-2016 intake. However half of the new students have decided to quit.

A recent inspection has fined several education institutions while some others have had to stop operations for unlicensed joint training.

A lot of private universities are still awaiting more students, though October is nearly ending, and state owned schools all have started a new academic year.

The Prime Minister has agreed to utilise $20 million to improve quality of teaching in schools for gifted students in disadvantaged regions of the country.

The poor material facilities is not the only reason behind the low training quality of the schools. Experts believe that the most important reason lies in the teaching method.

The Singaporean Embassy in Vietnam presented the ASEAN scholarships to nine Vietnamese pupils at ceremonies in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on October 22.

Although Vietnam boasts the highest number of Ph.D's in Asean countries, it shows little evidence of original or innovative ideas.

There are many tricks teachers can play to force students to their private tutoring classes, even though the MOET has prohibited teachers to do so.