Education

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.

The Ministry of Education and Training has requested universities to report the enrollment target for 2012 based on the schools’ training capability.

Vietnam has taken the lead on a global list of countries hosting international university campuses, according to a recent report in Britain.

The Ministry of Education and Training has shown its strong determination to cut down the quotas of in-service students of universities, in an effort to improve the training quality.

NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung called upon scientists, experts and teachers to contribute to completing the draft law on higher education that will assure stability within the country's educational sector.

Broader scientific and technological cooperation between Vietnam and the US is one of the best ways to promote the dynamism of Vietnamese economy and people.

Many schools in Hanoi have yet to conform the new regulation on school hours because of teacher and student schedules.

A lot of parents now need someone to help them pick up children from schools after office and school hours have been amended. The demand has brought new job opportunities to university students.

Vietnam has too many institutions that train scientists but few are capable of pursuing a career after graduation, said an expert.

While education experts urge to carry out an education reform and learn modern educational thoughts, pedagogical school students still do not know about education technology.

By the end of 2012, about VND130 billion would be funneled to the pilot program on making teaching aids for nursery and general schools nationwide.