Education

Vu Minh Quang, father of a seventh grader at Trung Nhi Junior Secondary School, noticed a contradiction in his son's English.

Local universities which are using a large number of visiting lecturers and unwilling to enroll fewer students are racing to recruit lecturers and expand campuses.

According to a survey conducted at 50 high schools in HCM City, many students spend money wastefully, outside of parental supervision.

The Ministry of Education and Training has closed down unlicensed undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programmes at four HCM City schools.

Three local universities have publicly protested a ban on their July enrollment that was recently enacted by the Ministry of Education and Training.

Many universities opened new departments, despite failing to meet the requirements on the number of doctors and masters.

Education experts have asked the Education and Training Ministry to create conditions for universities to have more autonomy in recruitment and enrolment quotas.

Handicapped teacher Nguyen Tran Khiem has become an “idol” for people living in a mountainous commune of Binh Dinh Province.

Higher education institutions say they will have to reduce enrollments for the next academic year following instruction by the Ministry of Education and Training.

Physical education for students at many schools in HCM City remains out of reach.

Dantri/DTiNews has selected a top ten list of education events of Vietnam in 2011.

The lack of English proficiency is not uncommon among new graduates," said Dr Nguyen Ngoc Hung, head of National Foreign Language Project's management board.

While office and business workers have been anxious these days to know how much they will get for Tet bonuses, teachers say Tet bonus proves to be an “abstract dream” for them.

Hundreds of primary school students in Chu Van An Primary School in northern Haiphong City will no longer have to carry heavy bags to school this year.

Vietnam has recently won second prize in an international programming contest held in Japan.

Teachers colleges need to improve their training methods since students graduating from them lack skills, according to experts.

Strengthening international co-operation is one of the ways to develop the study of mathematics in countries like Vietnam, experts have said.

The demand for temporary workers for the coming Tet holiday in HCM City has picked up over the last fortnight.

Vietnam may not achieve its goal of churning out one million IT workers by 2020, experts said.