Education

Education and human resource training were among the hot-button issues raised during today's online dialogue with Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has told university educators that continued socioeconomic development would depend on improved scientific research at the tertiary level.

Many students, who think they can make quick cash, have fallen into the trap of lotto betting addiction.

“Connect a School, Connect a Community” is a public-private partnership launched by ITU to promote broadband Internet connectivity for schools in developing countries.

“Cohabiting” has become the familiar concept to many students nowadays. Therefore, the existence of a “pregnant student hamlet” in the university village does not surprise anyone.

Hanoi has decided to relocate universities and junior colleges to the suburbs, but several schools still got trillions of VND from the State budget to construct more buildings at the campuses in the inner city.

Educators in HCM City are making efforts to persuade parents to stop sending children to privately-run pre-first grade classes.

Private schools in Hanoi are facing bankruptcy due to their overpriced tuition fees and inability to attract pupils.

Some people-founded universities and junior colleges have been trying to lure learners by declaring low tuitions, but then collect more than declared.

Tri Viet-First News Company is suing HCM City's Australia International Language School and Viet Nam Australia Society English Centre for their illegal copies of 11 English-language titles and CDs.

Vietnam will start imposing European language requirements on PhD candidates beginning from April 2.

Pre-schools in the Mekong Delta are in serious need of major investments to improve their poor facilities and deal with a severe teacher shortage.

The large number of students enrolling in finance and banking courses will cause job scarcity in the field, experts said.

The Guol communal house of the Co Tu ethnic people in Quang Nam Province has been used as a preschool class.

Organisers and teachers of tutoring classes would be required to pay personal income tax on their earnings, according to the draft circular by the Ministry of Education and Training.

Universities and junior colleges complained that the rigid enrollment regulations would put big difficulties for them; but the Ministry of Education and Training said it “wont’s make concessions.”

Western schoolchildren are up to three years behind those in China's Shanghai and success in Asian education is not just the product of pushy "tiger" parents, an Australian report said.

Going studying abroad has been described as a kind of “betting on the future.” In many cases, the “investment deals” bring fat profits, while in others, the “gambles” end with tragedies.

Most of the students asked to write about their thoughts about the learning shift changes have expressed their disagreement to the decision about the new school hours.