Education

University entrance-exam preparation centers, which mushroomed in number some years ago, will be shut down because of a new exam regulation.

Vietnamese students rank high at international competitions, but in the eyes of parents, the Vietnamese educational system has problems.

The number of good candidates who have failed civil service exams has been increasing year after year.

The Lilama 2 Vocational Training College, the first Vietnamese school to be accredited as a member of the European Association of Institutes for Vocational Training, is providing free three-year trainings for students in the southern province of Dong Nai.

Secondary school graduates in Nghe An province who have learning capacity below average have been told to go to vocational schools instead of high schools. As a result, many newly built high schools are seriously thirsty for students.

The Hanoi Education and Training Department at the May 7 meeting officially instructed secondary schools to enroll students based on their records shown on school reports.

The chairwoman of the HCM City's People's Council said the city would build more kindergartens for children of workers at industrial parks and export processing zones.

Insiders believe that an unreasonable examination scheme and lack of transparency are the two reasons that led to many good candidates failing the Hanoi civil service exam.

Hanoi had few parks and playgrounds because many earmarked for this purpose were being used for parking, business or other projects.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked vocational training centres nationwide to find jobs for rural labourers and improve their income, before organising vocational classes for them.

While schools wait for a final enrollment scheme, the race among parents to find a place for their children at a top junior high school in Hanoi has started to heat up.

Concerned individuals and organisations are offering their comments on a draft of 45 criteria for evaluating the quality of English textbooks for primary to high school education nationwide.

Many general school teachers and university lecturers were recently found as not having education degrees required for their jobs, while they have been working on posts for many years.

More than 200 teachers in Ky Anh district, central Ha Tinh province, are set to lose their jobs this month as the district authority has introduced new contract rules.

Thirty out of 63 special candidates, who came first at the domestic schools’ finals and graduated from foreign schools with “distinction” or at an “excellent” level, did not pass the test to join Hanoi agencies’ staff.

The growth rate of new schools in HCM City has not matched the rise in population in recent years, according to Le Hong Son, head of the city Department of Education and Training.

The chair of Yen Lap District, a poor locality in the northern province of Phu Tho, has refused 100 scholarships offered to local poor students to avoid possible disputes.

Under current laws, female workers can enjoy six-month maternity leave, but state-owned nursery schools only accept children older than 12 months.

The Ministry of Education and Training’s (MOET) decision on banning entrance exams to select sixth graders translates into a declaration of death for schools for the gifted at the secondary level.