Education

A lot of high schools in Vinh Phuc province refused to receive the applications for attending university entrance exams from the student with weak learning ability.

As many as 845 primary schools with around 315,000 students in 36 provinces and cities have benefited from the School Education Quality Assurance Programme.

Parental avoidance of sex education has led to misunderstandings among young people, experts said.

A debate has been raised by readers about whether to give money to children to reward for children’s efforts.

The PM requested agencies to assist in lowering the rate of students who don't attend university for financial reasons.

The construction of a boarding school, a gift from the Vietnamese government, began in Phonsavan district, in Xieng Khouang province.

Sending children abroad to famous universities is now in fashion among well off families. However, in many cases, overseas study cannot bring the desire things.

HCM City vows to basically fulfill the task of universalising preschool education for five-year-old children by the end of 2012, but there are still too many things to be done by that time.

Phu Xuan University’s authorities in Hue City removed an official and dismissed a lecturer due to financial misconduct.

While life skills are a required element of the school curriculum, a lack of teaching materials for the subject is challenging teachers.

Hanoi needed to focus on a master plan to develop its education system and school network towards 2020 with a vision towards 2030.

The traditional teaching method, under which, teachers try to stuff students heads with knowledge, has been replaced by a new method to help students “learn by experiencing.”

The headmistress at a high school in Gia Lai Province may face dismissal for alleged embezzlement.

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.