Education

Hanoi authorities have issued an anti-illiteracy and educational development plan which aims to reach national standards on anti-illiteracy.

A new career guidance programme will help students between the 9th and 12th grades gain better access to information about career paths.

Vietnam has of late seen a mushrooming of international private preschools and kindergartens’ charging exorbitant tuition fees.

Universities with their own financial self-control schemes should have the same rights to set their own tuition fees, a conference heard.

Only one third of HIV infected children in HCM City are admitted to school due to social discrimination against them.

Twenty percent of teachers do not master the skills for using teaching aids, while only 49 percent of students can do experiments in groups sometimes.

Students at people founded schools admit that the material facilities of the schools are very poor while they do not have textbooks for study.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has recently signed a vocational training project with the German Reconstruction Bank.

The Taiwanese Higher Education Fair 2011 opened in Hanoi and is expected to attract more students to study in Taiwan.

Failing to get tenure at public schools, untenured teachers across Vietnam are suffering from low salaries and always obsessed with being sacked anytime.

Many universities in Ho Chi Minh City have been unable to recruit postgraduates for their doctoral degree courses.

Vietmam ranks eighth among countries sending students to the United States, according to the annual Open Doors report.

Children in the Mekong Delta are missing out on a proper education because of a shortage of kindergartens.

Teachers cast doubt on a scheme in which the Ministry of Education and Training require them to grade students based on “comments” or “remarks” instead of points.

State leaders greeted all teachers across the country on the occasion of Vietnam Teacher’s Day (November 20) and made special visits to homes of senior teachers.

Instead of choosing traditional gifts for teachers for Vietnamese Teachers’ Day, many people spend millions of VND on presents.

It is easy to buy theses these days. One just can search on the Internet and contact the sellers at the addresses given in the ad pieces.

Vocational schools in Vietnam should combine theoretical instruction with on-the-job training to improve the quality of their services, an overseas Vietnamese expert said.

Enrollments in Ho Chi Minh City vocational schools are in steep decline thanks to stiff competition from higher education institutions.