Education

Private schools drain public staff
15/03/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Low salaries are driving experienced teachers from public to private and international schools, while the enrolment at universities of pedagogy continues to fall. An eighth-grade chemistry teacher shows her students an experiment at...
Plan to reorganise tertiary facilities to meet demand
14/03/2009 05:00
The Hanoi Teacher Training University. The Ministry of Construction has proposed the re-organisation of tertiary education institutions in Ha Noi and neighbouring provinces. The proposal – signed by Deputy Construction Minister Tran Ngoc...
‘Super Memory’ praises Vietnamese students
13/03/2009 05:00
Eran Katz, an Israeli with an entry in the Guinness Book of Records for best memory, talked with students in Hacinco student village in Hanoi March 10. He praised the intelligence and the studiousness of Vietnamese students. Eran Katz, an...
VN student takes first prize in Swedish School Maths Competition
12/03/2009 05:00
A 15 year-old Vietnamese student, Tran Le Hong Lien, has defeated 50 other candidates to win first prize in the Swedish Secondary School Mathematics Competition, according to the Vietnamese embassy in Sweden. Tran Le Hong Lien moved to...
First boarding school for ethnic students built in Mekong Delta
11/03/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Construction of a vocational boarding school for ethnic students, the first of its kind in the Mekong Delta, has commenced in Nui To Commune, Tri Ton District in An Giang Province. Construction of a vocational boarding school...
Room rent skyrocketing, students seeking friends to share rooms
11/03/2009 05:00
A lot of students have placed advertisements on the Internet seeking someone to share rented rooms as they cannot afford the rent, which has been skyrocketing in the high-inflation period. The hired rooms where students live Nguyen Thi...
Adults underestimate 5-year-old children?
10/03/2009 05:00
The authors of the draft standards for 5-year-old children say that adults underestimate 5-year-old children when they say children will not be able to meet the standards. The authors of the draft standards say that it is really worrying that...