Education

A number of higher education scams have been revealed recently which pose potential dangers for the education system.

Disappointed with the Ministry of Education and Training’s swimming teaching program, parents now bring their children to swimming practice classes themselves.

A recent inspection revealed a number of misconducts in affiliated programmes of Vietnam National University, branch in Hanoi.

Writing compositions proves to be a very easy work for Vietnamese students, because they just need learn the sample essays by heart and then write down.

The Ministry of Education and Training issued a circular giving incentives to private kindergartens.

Many bookstores in HCM City have become ideal places for students to read books without having to pay for books.

The number of applications for the 2012 university and college entrance examinations has reduced by 7.7%, according to the MoET.

Many provinces and cities have drawn up plans to improve the quality of local English teachers after discovering that most achieved very low scores on international English tests.

Training centres for university entrance exams have been losing ground to online courses.

The online forum, called "Speak English like natives", was held on Dantri and DTiNews, and provided guidance to English learners who were interested in perfecting their speaking and listening skills.

A large international kindergarten with two branches in HCM City has been been operating without license for nearly a year.

Universities will not be allowed to provide vocational training courses, according to a revised circular.

Going to school to fulfill contractual obligations prove to be a risky job for students. However, they can bring the sums of money big enough to help students live and continue studying.

Up to 50% of university lecturers in Vietnam do not have post-graduate degrees, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Every year, Vietnam has thousands of students finishing universities, and many become redundant. The race for jobs become stiffer when a lot of businesses got bankrupted.

Over 1,160 Vietnamese students had to sacrifice university and college study due to financial difficulties, statistics showed.

A mathematics book for students in the first grade has recently aroused fury among many people due to its violent content.

DTiNews will hold an online forum in which experts will answer readers’ questions about methods to speak English confidently.

Many parents have been signing up their children for summer schools, some of which have an even more rigorous schedule than the normal school year.