Education

Too much homework and lack of practice are the common problems students complained about at a forum with educators.

Schools in big cities complain that there are not enough swimming pools to teach swimming to students as requested by the Ministry of Education and Training.

A groundbreaking ceremony to build the Vietnam-Korea Friendship Technology College was held in the northern province of Bac Giang on March 27.

Psychologists said that the increasing number of students committing suicides show the lack of life skills among Vietnamese students and the improper attention by schools.

While the students from well-off families can go to universities with their parents’ money, many others have to work hard to get money for their studies.

Officials from South Korea and Asian nations, including Vietnam, met in Hanoi to launch the ASEAN Cyber University project.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved an $85-million new education model in primary schools.

Students and parents denounced Raffles International School for not reimbursing tuition fees as they promised.

While public universities offer more majors, private institutions are trying to attract new students by offering various incentives.

While the majority of teachers complain that the income is not high enough to cover their basic needs, some “branded teachers” can earn billions of dong a year.

Ten is the highest level in the Vietnamese grade scale, which is given to excellent pieces of school works; but students now have become tired of receiving 10 grades from teachers.

Hundreds of poor students struggling to pay school fees in Nghe An Province have yet to receive their allowances.

Fifteen universities nationwide have received a dispatch from the Ministry of Education and Training, which requests the schools to cancel the recognition for matriculation of thousands of MA course students.

Work on universalising pre-school education across the country during the past two years has reaped encouraging results, especially in the development of kindergartens.

The question has been left unanswered for the last 20 years, since the first industrial zone was set up in HCM City.

The British Council and some related agencies held a seminar on Vietnamese education in London on March 13.

Many children are developing language problems after being forced to study several foreign languages at the same time.

Vietnam will teach Chinese to elementary and middle school students in classes to be run four times a week, the Ministry of Education and Training has said in a recent proposal.

China has long been known for its highly disciplined approach to education, but parents and lawmakers alike are beginning to question the wisdom of putting so much pressure on young children.