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Overworked and underpaid – that’s why too few people are choosing to be nursery teachers leaving a serious shortage. Tuoi Tre’s reporters, who arrived in Tan Binh district’s nursery school in HCM City at 6 am, were surprised when they saw classrooms already lit. They were even more surprised when teachers, many of them with [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – As debate rages over communications between students and teachers one University is hoping to set a good example. But is it enough? Established in 2005, the president’s online office of the Hanoi University is the place where students can raise questions directly with the president and talk directly about all issues, from exams and marks [...]
VietNamNet Bridge – A couple of American professors have minced no words in their analysis of “the crisis” in Vietnam’s higher education system, stirring up debate among the nation’s educators. Though some believe the criticisms are too heavy and too pointed, most everyone will admit that reforms are needed. Tuan Vietnam, the weekly magazine of VietNamNet, has summarized [...]
Should teachers and parents be able to beat children who misbehave? Sixty seven percent of Vietnamese people say “yes”. The question was raised when, one month ago, a primary school student in HCM City was beaten by his teacher after repeatedly not doing home work and not taking part in lessons. As a result 1,000 [...]
The minimum investment capital required to set up a foreign university in Viet Nam is $15 million, the Ministry of Education and Training has proposed. The Ministry is compiling a draft decree regulating cooperation with foreign partners. It’s aiming to encourage investment in Vietnam’s education at all levels, from pre-school to higher education and …
Experts say Vietnam ought to guide more teenagers toward blue collar skills training, rather than see them waste years failing to gain admission to college. Tien Phong Daily explains why. According to the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), 400,000 students fail high school final exams every year or pass the exams but do not [...]
Most universities and junior colleges in Vietnam do not meet current national standards on land area. Urban sites for training establishments in Vietnam remain very limited in contrast to the growing student population and the rapidly increasing number of educational institutions, especially in Hanoi. 2.04 square meters per student Hanoi has the highest concentration of [...]
They passed the university entrance exams and have arrived in Hanoi to follow their dream of higher education. Even before they register, however, a sizeable number of students are facing serious financial problems. Many have no idea how they will pay for their education over the next four years, according to this report from Dan [...]
School leaders have been threatened by the Hanoi Education and Training Department that they will be strictly punished if they collect fees and charges that do not comply with current regulations. Meanwhile, schools have complained that they do not have enough money to upgrade material facilities and improve teaching quality. How much is enough to [...]
HCM City Education and Training Department has organized recruitment campaigns twice to seek teachers for area schools. Yet some schools are rejecting teachers while others plead for more. “When we came to the education office in Binh Thanh district, we were told that district schools did not need teachers of ‘industrial techniques,’ but lacked teachers [...]