Education

Registering for university entrance exams: local universities favoured
05/05/2009 05:00
Enrolment experts said on May 5 after they had preliminary statistics about students’ registrations that the number of students registering to take university entrance exams in the north has decreased in comparison with last year. The number of...
University education will cost VND800,000 at maximum
05/05/2009 05:00
The tuition fee for university education will be VND800,000 at maximum, while the tuition fee for general education will not be higher than 6% of a family’s average income. Under the plan, in the first years of implementing the plan, the tuition...
Should Vietnam turn schools into joint-stock companies?
04/05/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – “Is business the purpose of Vietnam’s education system?” This question, which was raised a long time ago, is being asked again these days, as the Ministry of Finance has finished compiling the draft mechanism on turning schools into...
Experts call for controls on tuition charges at private universities
04/05/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – If the state management agencies continue to relax controls over the tuition collection by non-state universities, poor students will never escape from the heavy burden they must bear, experts say. Privately-run universities and...
Equitisation will help untie education: expert
04/05/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – School equitisation will help create a driving force for education, according to Dr Nguyen Duc Thanh, Director of the Centre for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR). Dr Nguyen Duc Thanh I know there is a prolonged...
School system to be given wake-up test
04/05/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – An international testing programme is set to “wake up” the country’s education system by 2012, according to an official from the Ministry of Education and Training. An international testing programme is set to “wake up” the...
First-grade English students need a proper learning environment
03/05/2009 05:00
Only if schools are equipped with sufficient facilities and manned with capable teachers can first-grade children be taught English effectively, according to a policymaker with the Ministry of Education and Training. Only if schools are...