Education

The Ministry of Education and Training has called on schools to colleges and universities to consider reducing and exempting tuition fees for students from flood-hit areas.

Bangladesh opened its first Islamic school for transgender Muslims on Friday with clerics calling it a first step towards integrating the discriminated minority into society.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has sent more assistance to central provinces which have been hit hard by the recent record floods and storms.

Dozens of schools in the central province of Nghe An remain inundated after being affected by Storm Molave.

Pawsitive of the University of Engineering and Technology under the Vietnam National University, Hanoi excellently surpassed rivals to gain the first place at the ASEAN Student Contest on Information Security 2020’s qualifier on October 31.

Vietnamese students will have given the chance to test their intelligence at the International Online Mathematics (BRICSMATH) competition, which is scheduled to get underway from November 16 to November 22.

Ton Duc Thang University of Vietnam has made the list of top 700 Best University Rankings 2021 by the website usnews.com.

Colleges and universities in HCM City have announced financial support plans for students from the central region to help them overcome difficult times.

Japanese PM Suga Yoshihide on October 19 had a meeting with students of the Vietnam-Japan University under the Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

A total of 121 teams from 31 Vietnamese colleges and universities and 37 teams from those in six other ASEAN member states will kick off the starting round of the 2020 ASEAN Student Contest on Information Security on October 17.

The EU has contributed 2.4 million EUR (2.8 million USD) to Cambodia for the safe re-opening of its schools, as part of support for COVID-19 response and recovery.

Teachers and students in the central province of Quang Tri are tidying up their schools after the flooding disaster which has caused damage estimated at VND9.5 billion to the province's education sector.

Hue University and Danang University have been given permission to extend the confirmation of new student admissions due to the on-going flood.

The Ministry of Education and Training has issued a new circular about online affiliate programmes with foreign universities for bachelor, doctorate and master degrees.

A medical university has offered free training to a student in Thanh Hoa Province after his moving story of helping a disabled friend at school was shared.

University admission scores this year increased compared to 2019, with information technology, computer science, international economics and marketing attracting a large number of candidates.

The Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics earlier this week launched the Institute of Smart Cities and Management (ISCM), whose mission will be to mobilise international cooperation in addressing urban issues globally.

Students at teacher training universities will get financial support of VND3.63m (USD156) a month from the government from November 15.

A number of international schools and English teaching centres nationwide are facing the prospect of a shortage of foreign teachers caused by the negative impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.