Education

The silk-stocking students
05/03/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Students driving cars to university classes is not a rare thing anymore. Many students nowadays have their own cars and they have been dubbed ‘silk-stocking’ students. Nguyen Thi Huyen Trang and the car she drives everyday...
Country students revise for their exams at home to avoid ‘price storm’
04/03/2009 05:00
In the times of the ‘price storm’, when the extra classes’ fees and subsistence expenses are escalating, a lot of students have decided to revise for exams themselves, instead of going to extra classes. Manh has decided to revise for exams...
Concerns over talented students staying overseas
03/03/2009 05:00
The numbers of Vietnamese students receiving visas to study overseas has continued to increase over the years. Yet, 70 percent do not return after graduation. A workshop for students who want to study in UK (photo:SGGP). The numbers of...
Regional education quality assurance discussed in Hanoi
03/03/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The Asia-Pacific Quality Network and the Ministry of Education and Training is co-organizing an annual conference in Hanoi on March 4-5 to discuss balance between national needs and international aspirations in assuring higher education...
Solution for students’ dormitory
02/03/2009 05:00
Accommodation for students has been a problem for universities over the years. A model dormitory, however, has recently been built to gradually ease the situation. HCM City University of Technology is put in use in 2009. (Photo: SGGP) VietNamNet...
Schools fret as best teachers migrate to private schools
02/03/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge - Principals of public schools are worried at a steady exodus of their best teachers to private and international schools which is worsening a teacher shortage in HCM City. “We knew when we agreed to teachers’ requests...
Overseas study in crisis period: is the stream changing direction?
02/03/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – The economic crisis has changed the overseas study plans of many Vietnamese students. They are now going to study in Australia instead of the US as previously planned. The economic crisis has changed the overseas study plans of...