HCM City struggles to meet preschool education targetHCM City is speeding up the implementation of a plan to ensure all five year-olds attend school by June 2012.
Lecturers, officials opt for unauthorised degreesMany university lecturers and officials in HCM City have been found enrolling for unapproved master’s degrees and PhD programmes.
Students in Mekong Delta struggle to school through floodsStudents in An Phu District, in the Mekong province of An Giang, have been struggling with floods.
Ministry reduces working hours of preschool teachersThe Ministry of Education and Training rescheduled the working curriculum of preschool teachers, reducing their working hours to 42 weeks per year.
Vietnam-Russia technology university set upVietnam and Russia have signed a minute on the establishment of the Vietnam-Russia University of Technology in Hanoi.
MOET admits it’s difficult to find English teachersThe shortage of English teachers for the programme on teaching English to primary school students has become more serious.
Students escape nearly collapsed classroomsHundreds of students fled classrooms at a middle school in Quang Ngai Province when they were on the verge of collapse.
Obesity rates among urban students double in decadeThe obesity rate among elementary school students in Ho Chi Minh City has doubled to 38.5 percent in the past decade, a survey said.
Vietnamese graduates to be bilingualWithin nine years, most graduates from Vietnam's colleges and universities will be expected to speak English or another foreign language.
Vietnamese parents trying to produce child prodigiesVietnamese parents nowadays all want their children to become geniuses by forcing their children to study and do arithmetic soon.
State agencies refuse bachelors of private schoolsNam Dinh provincial authorities said that they will not accept the bachelors who graduate from non-state schools as the officers in state agencies.
Vietnam's pre-education system in crisisPreschools are facing many obstacles, including over-worked, undertrained teachers, affecting education quality.
Better education is key to Central Highlands progressEducation and training are among top measures to improve ethnic minorities' living conditions in the Central Highlands, NA Chairman said.
Low pay at HCM City pre-schools prompts shortageSo far this year, hundreds of pre-school teachers in HCMC have quit their jobs due to heavy workloads and low pay.
No jobs but production line churns out teachersExperts blame the education sector for failing to foresee demand and churning out too many teachers.
HCM City hastens tardy school swimming lesson projectsAuthorities in HCM City are speeding the implementation of projects to provide swimming lessons for school children.
Language festival to open in HanoiVisitors have a chance to sample different language courses and learn their first words in a new language at a Goethe Institute Hanoi event.
World Bank urges East Asia to make education responsiveVietnam and other countries in East Asia need to make their higher education systems more responsive to labour market demands, says the World Bank.
Vietnam warned over low quality of MBAsThe curriculum for masters degrees in business administration in Vietnam are unpractical, many educators said.
Vietnam, Switzerland seek to boost higher education tiesThe two countries are seeking to heighten their cooperation in higher education by setting up more joint training programmes.
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