Education

Aptitude development centres: attractive advertisements, hefty fees
08/06/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Private-run aptitude development centres have been mushrooming recently, trying to lure children with attractive advertisements and interesting subjects; but they have set exorbitant fees. The dance class While the Hanoi...
Students burdened by study fees
08/06/2009 05:00
Fees for finals exams unexpectedly raised to 500,000, fines imposed if students pay tuition fees late – students are fed up with the spontaneous and high fees set by universities. Students of Pham Ngoc Thach Medical University When...
University entrance examination preparation centres heating up
07/06/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bride – Right after students finished their high school finals, they began flocking to cities to attend intensive university entrance examination preparation classes. Students register to attend examination preparation classes at the HCM...
Overcoming ‘firewall’ to reach top schools
07/06/2009 05:00
Parents are now sprinting down the home stretch to get seats for their children at the best schools. Students of Giang Vo Secondary School in Hanoi (Photo: Bao Anh) Parents whisper in each other’s ears that in order to be enrolled into these...
Blind school teaches kids through song
06/06/2009 05:00
Teacher Nguyen Van Thanh travels 100km each day to bring the joy of music to blind children at a school in HCM City. Van Dat attends a class and learns from the master. Thanh trains his students in class with Braille scores, the students then sing...
HCM City to establish low density zones for universities
05/06/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has assigned the Ministry of Construction to create a special zoning plan for universities and colleges to 2025 with a vision to 2050. Students study industrial electricity at Nhan Dao Vocational...
Teacher gets drop-outs back to school
05/06/2009 05:00
Teachers at Thanh Cong Secondary School in Nguyen Binh District, Cao Bang Province, have managed to get all drop-outs back to class. A teacher in a province where one fifth of the population are illiterate is on a mission to get young drop-outs...