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Pre-school classes in Hanoi overloaded

July 18th, 2009

With the current number of children, Hanoi is lacking 700,000 square metres for pre-school classes. The lack of classes has led to the fact that 65-70 children have to share the same class, while the current regulations stipulate that a class must not have more than 35 children. The report by the Hanoi People’s Committee [...]

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Yearning for higher education

July 18th, 2009

Nguyen Thanh Tinh (L) studies for his university entrance exams with his friend Le Lanh at their boarding house in Thu Duc District, HCM City. Not everybody who sat this year’s university entrance exams came straight from school. For some who failed last year’s exams, the key to a better education is to never give [...]

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600,000 students sitting for second university entrance exams

July 9th, 2009

Nearly 600,000 students across the country today, July 9, are sitting for the second round of the university entrance exams. The first exams were for A group (mathematics, physics, chemistry) students; the second exams are for B (mathematics, chemistry, biology), C (literature, history, geography), D (mathematics, literature and foreign languages) and V groups (3 …

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Examinees, who are they?

July 2nd, 2009

National university entrance exams are not the exams of examinees only, but of the whole country. A lot of parents have decided to stop vending for several days to bring their children to exams. Other parents have put aside busy works in rural areas and left for big cities together with their children, who will [...]

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Many students spend excess time gossiping and sleeping

May 23rd, 2009

Students always complain about lack of time, but spending most of their time chatting and sleeping – these are the problems of students nowadays, dubbed ‘students diseases’. The old gossip At 4 pm every day, university campuses are full of students in groups of five or seven. They are students taking advantage of ‘good weather’ [...]

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Why does Vietnam lack teachers of informatics?

May 23rd, 2009

Students do not want to become computer science teachers, while teachers of informatics feel discouraged with their jobs because of low pay and the lack of promotion opportunities. “It has really been difficult for the last few years to recruit informatics teachers. HCM City is still lacking teachers,” said Van Cong Sang, Head of the [...]

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Parents flout law against pre-school push

May 19th, 2009

Parents of five-year-olds are forcing their children to attend pre-school in order to give them a head start when entering Grade 1, despite the fact that it is illegal. Ha Noi’s Department of Education and Training last week issued an instruction, banning pre-school classes for five-year-olds who are entering Grade 1 in September. But parents, [...]

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1st year primary enrollments expected to rise sharply this year

May 19th, 2009

It is quite normal to have more children entering school every year. However, the increase in the number of 1st year primary school students this year is believed to be the highest ever. Predictably, there will be negative impacts on education quality. 15 to 25 percent increase foreseen Experts are warning that a record high [...]

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Non-state universities too expensive for students

May 14th, 2009

The high tuition fee levels announced by non-state universities prove to have influenced decisions by students on which universities to register to enter. Students seek information about universities The Ministry of Education and Training has reported a decrease in the number of registrations for non-state universities. The Thang Long People Founded University received approximately …

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University fees to increase, general schools’ to remain same?

May 14th, 2009

Facing opposition from the Standing Committee of the National Assembly when submitting the project on renovating the tuition fee scheme on May 13, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thien Nhan proposed keeping the same tuition level for general education but raising university tuition fees by 50%. Deputy Prime Minister and [...]

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