Vocational schools told to get practical
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.
Vocational schools confronted by falling numbers
Enrollments in Ho Chi Minh City vocational schools are in steep decline thanks to stiff competition from higher education institutions.
Universities do everything they can to retain young lecturers
Training postgraduates themselves to create lecturers is the way many universities are following to upgrade their lecturing staff.
Teachers complain about overwork
Many teachers are saying they don’t have time to improve their teaching skills because of time consuming but unnecessary tasks.
Experts clamor for better sex education in schools
Sex education should be introduced earlier in elementary school since more and more children are reaching puberty early, experts said.
Vietnam in top ten of Asian programming contest
Two teams from Vietnam’s FPT University entered the top ten of the ACM/ICPC qualifying round for the Asian region, which took place in Thailand.
Poor pay, conditions make teachers resign
Overloaded kindergartens, teacher shortages, industrial parks without kindergartens in HCM City were highlighted during a recent TV talkshow.
Rigid requirements may make the 20,000 PhD programme fail
Vietnam has set up an ambitious plan to have 20,000 PhDs by 2020. However, it will have to go a very thorny path to reach that end.
Highlands eye better education standards
Provinces in Central Highlands and 28 districts in six neighboring provinces have outlined a plan that calls for changes to the educational system.
Government to invest more in education in central highland region
The government has decided to uplift the living standards of the people of ethnic minority groups in the central highland region by providing more educational facilities from 2011-2015.
The school, where all students “sit in wrong classes”
A lot of students of Dip Village’s School in Kon Tum Province still go to school every day, but they do not know why they should do that.
Low pay leads to lack of qualified professors
Many universities have found it difficult to recruit competent professors, as the best and brightest can make better money elsewhere.
Agriculture enlivens primary schools
A number of primary schools in HCM City have designed a “farm corner” to their campuses.
Schools force students to buy ‘optional’ books
Students of all classes in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City schools are forced to buy reference books though they are nominally optional.
Universities cry about the lack of lecturers
Universities cannot persuade graduates to stay at the schools to work as lecturers, while it is very difficult to “hunt for heads”.
Deputy PM: Tertiary education centres must be better managed
The country should boost management over the establishment of new tertiary education centres, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan.
HCM City struggles to meet preschool education target
HCM 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 degrees
Many 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 floods
Students in An Phu District, in the Mekong province of An Giang, have been struggling with floods.
Ministry reduces working hours of preschool teachers
The Ministry of Education and Training rescheduled the working curriculum of preschool teachers, reducing their working hours to 42 weeks per year.
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