New exam regulation criticisedThe MoET’s new regulation that allows students to bring tape-recorders and cameras in exams has caused concern.
Teaching training standards criticisedSeveral educators have said that the country’s teacher training methods remain a shamble.
Substitutes employed by lazy studentsStudents are hiring stand-ins to represent them in lesson in the run-up to Tet.
Boring literature lessons switch pupils offVietnamese students are being bored by their literature lessons due to uncreative teaching methods.
Ambitious plan hailed to lure native English language teachersThousands of native-English speakers will be invited to teach English in Vietnam under an education cooperation agreement.
New education quality verification system takes criticismWhile a regulation on education quality verification has taken effect since January 6, many schools in HCM City said it’s unpractical and improper.
Government earmarks budget for education developmentThe government recently approved a project worth VND340 billion (USD16.3 million) on education development until 2020.
Gadgets get pupils into hot waterMany students, especially those from big cities, are taking advantage of modern gadgets to cheat in exams.
Education encouraged via charitable fundingIndividuals, organisations and enterprises contributed over VND700 billion to encourage increased studying in 2012.
Acute shortage of special schools for handicapped in VietnamHCMC has 15 special schools for the hearing-impaired, where 2,000 students are already enrolled.
Pupils spiral into debtA large number of high school students are getting in debt from borrowing money to buy consumer goods or through gambling.
Only a few of general schools in Vietnam can meet standardsThe new standards for general education accreditation applied as of January 2013 have made schools puzzled, as they don’t know what to do to become standardised.
Business to be taught in high schoolsA pilot programme for business courses in high schools will start during the 2013-2014 school year, said the MoET.
Teacher shortage paradox in highlands areasWhile hundreds of teachers continue to wait for a job, several areas in Thanh Hoa Province have a serious lack of teachers.
HCM City schools lease playgrounds to earn profitsSeveral schools in HCM City have leased their land for shops and parking, facing protests from parents.
Vietnam to train more vocational teachersVietnam will have about 3,000 vocational teachers who meet the quality standards set by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations by 2015.
Firms exploit or ignore students on probationMany students complain that they learn little more than how to clean offices and make tea during their probation with companies.
MOET determined to stop “university bubble”The Ministry of Education and Training has stated that it would restructure the training establishment network and stop the “university bubble.”
MOET admits problems with textbooks, needs more time for reconsiderationThe Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has admitted that big problems exist in the textbooks for the national education system.
Hanoi preschools use improper commendations for studentsStudents' parents at a Hanoi’s preschool were angered after seeing their children were given pictures of a half-naked mermaid.