Education

Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan discussed with HCM City leaders and academics strategies for education reform.

Many universities have spent tens of billions of dong to purchase expensive equipment for technique majors, but still fail to attract more students.

The Centre for Research and Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing , the first of its kind in the country, was launched in HCM City on October 2.

A “Week in response to lifelong learning” was launched in Hanoi on October 2 by the Ministry of Education and Training in coordination with the United Nations.

Universities are really thirsty for the lecturers with high academic titles. Therefore, many bogus and false PhDs have appeared.

District People's Committees in Hanoi have been asked to report on the situation regarding school shortages.

Many schools in Tien Giang Province are in such a poor condition that they can collapse anytime in these rainy days.

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.