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VietNamNet Bridge – The school upgrading has been taking place everywhere in Vietnam: intermediate schools (2-year training) have been upgraded into junior colleges (3-year training), while junior colleges have been upgraded into universities (4 or 5-year training). Is this the reasonable development orientation for Vietnam’s education? The wave of provincial universities In 2006, the Binh [...]
Since March 1, a program on prohibiting high school students from riding motorbikes to school and using mobile phones has been implemented in Hanoi in a trial basis. A debate has been raised on economic forum about whether to allow high school students to use motorbikes and mobile phones. The decision by the Hanoi’s authorities [...]
Many universities complain that they are overloaded with students. The schools are lacking functional rooms, and the pedagogical environment is not good. According to the Ministry of Education and Training, there are 46 universities and 17 junior colleges in Hanoi. Besides, there are also nearly 40 vocational high schools with the …
Many universities in Vietnam do not have libraries. Others have libraries, but there, 21 students have to share one seat. Students of Bac Ha Junior College, who study at the campus No 2 in Dong Ngac Commune in Tu Liem district in Hanoi are called the “students with many no’s”” no library, no …
Many schools get puzzled when implementing the pilot English teaching programme for first graders. The problem is that the demand far exceeds the teaching ability. The HCM City Education and Training Department has decided that students will not have to sit the exam to be able to enroll in intensive English …
John Nielsen, the newly appointed Danish Ambassador to Vietnam, says the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) will focus on Danish cooperation within the educational sector to ensure prosperity during the period until 2016 where Denmark will stop its development assistance to Vietnam. The economy is growing in Vietnam. But the …
The Ministry of Education and Training has asked the departments of Education and Training in cities and provinces to crack down on fights among high-school students nationwide that have reached an alarming level. The ministry asked its departments to raise students’ awareness of these wrongdoings as well as implement measures …
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan told the online paper Dan Tri that if Vietnam establishes a ‘new model’ higher mathematics institute, Fields Medalist Dr. Ngo Bao Chau may be its first director. Dan tri: How did you feel when you heard that Professor Chau had won the Fields [...]
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 [...]