Education

More teachers have been taking on multiple jobs, leaving them with tight schedules and affecting academic quality for students.

The Ministry of Education and Training has decided to cut lessons from the school curricula; however, the act does not have much significance.

To make up for lighter textbook content as required by the education ministry, schools in Hanoi are forcing students to take after-school classes.

The inner-city of Hanoi is running out of land for school construction, resulting in a serious shortage of classroom space.

Teachers complain that they have got confused with the programme to ease the overloading in curricula.

More than VND4.1 trillion will be spent on upgrading and building boarding schools in mountainous provinces during the 2011-15 period.

Study encouragement funds across the country have raised VND10 trillion in funding for students and teachers.

The tuitions set up by private grammar schools have increased dramatically; however, the state cannot make intervention in this case.

A variety of activities to promote the first Vietnam Study Encouragement Week will take place in 63 provinces and cities across the country from September 28 to October 2.

Just two weeks after the new school year started, many first-graders throughout the country say they want to quit school because of overload.

An inauguration ceremony of a high quality IT human resource centre between Vietnam and India was held in Hanoi on September 16.

The European Commission has selected 35 Vietnamese graduates for Erasmus Mundus scholarships for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Computer education was a must for people with disabilities, especially with visual handicaps, speakers said at a workshop.

The construction of many schools in Dong Nai has been delayed due to lack of funding, forcing students into makeshift classrooms.

HCM City plans to build more schools for students with disabilities during the 2011-12 school year, said the Department of Education and Training.

The Ministry of Education and Training is drafting a national plan to integrate the topic of HIV/AIDS prevention across several school subjects.

Primary schools are offering new English courses, but parents are confused over which to choose for their children.

Universities in Vietnam are set to discontinue many graduate courses this year after getting extremely small numbers of applications for them.

The new academic year has just begun, but in Vietnam’s southwestern region, many schools are on the verge of collapse.