Education

Educators disagree on enrolment mechanism for secondary schools
16/06/2011 05:00
The race to secondary schools proves to be less stiff than the races to primary schools and high schools. However, it is very difficult to obtain a seat at prestigious schools....
Going abroad to attend English summer camps in fashion
15/06/2011 05:00
In order to help children have attractive summer holidays, many Vietnamese parents are ready to spend hundreds of millions of dong to send their children abroad to English summer camps. While low and medium income workers queue up in front of...
Students getting miserable with exam season services
14/06/2011 05:00
The university entrance exam will come in one month, and it is now the time for examinees to spend money and time on exam preparation classes and rent rooms in big cities. The escalating service fees have made many students miserable. Exam preparation...
Race for high school heating up in June
14/06/2011 05:00
June is the highest peak time of the students, who take the entrance exam to high schools. The exam to the 10th grade is considered the toughest exam of general school students. Summer is the time to go to private tutoring classes “N”, a 9th...
Mind maps shine new light on school lessons
14/06/2011 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Fourteen-year-old high school student Nguyen Huyen Trang no longer dreads literature lessons. Far from it – her eyes light up at the mere mention of fiction, poetry, drama and criticism....
Illegal education centres to face $4,800 fines
14/06/2011 05:00
Violators will receive a fine of up to VND100 million (US$4,800) if they are found to illegally set up educational institutions, under a newly-issued decree from Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. * Education institutes that break law to be...
School accreditation making no headway
10/06/2011 05:00
Only 100 out of 150 universities, and 81 out of 226 junior colleges have completed the self-assessment work, a part of the procedure to have schools accredited. Many schools were recognized as meeting the education quality standards in 2009, but have not got...