Education

Going to school in flu season
16/08/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – At many schools in big urban areas, protecting themselves against the flu is the first lesson teachers are giving to their students. Thanh Binh People Founded High School in HCM City has just purchased a...
New high schools and classrooms to counter shortage
16/08/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Two new high schools and 632 new classrooms for 51 other schools will be built in the coming school year, according to Huynh Cong Minh, HCM City has 1,504 schools including kindergartens, primary, secondary and high schools. Minh...
Vietnamese universities ignore brand building, say experts
15/08/2009 05:00
Vietnamese universities are reluctant to build brands, said an expert, arguing that the resistance could be the kiss of death in an increasingly globalized world. Students enter HCMC’s University of Natural Sciences. Vietnamese universities...
Schools remain overcrowded as new academic year approaches
14/08/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – As the new school year fast approaches, the pressure of crowded classes in state-run schools in HCM City has mounted. Although the new school year is fast approaching, construction of Chau Van Liem Primary School is still incomplete....
School violence rising, students not given adequate counseling
14/08/2009 05:00
Violence at Vietnamese schools has been on the rise, say educators who argue that a lack of on-campus counseling could be part of the problem. Violence at Vietnamese schools has been on the rise, say educators who argue that a lack of on-campus...
Finance, science, literature losing favor with freshmen
13/08/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The required university entrance exam scores are being lowered for once-popular majors. This year, a lot of formerly popular majors are attracting fewer top students, and schools have been force to lower the passing grade. At...
HCM City lacks 600 primary school teachers
13/08/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Primary schools in HCM City are complaining that their schools are overloaded with overly high numbers of first-grade students. Primary schools in Tan Binh district have had to halve the number of day-boarding classes (students...