Education

Seeking suitable models for university cities
23/02/2009 05:00
A national workshop took place on February 20, 2009, during which 50 participants, education managers, university leaders and urban programmers discussed the development of university areas. In fact, several projects on university areas have been...
Two new items in final exams may lead to new risks
23/02/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – MOET has decided that the 2009 final exams will have two new features. However, educators and schools have warned that the two new points may lead to new risks. With the new decision, every province and city under the central...
Schools fail to offer enough job guidance
23/02/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Secondary-school and high school students and teachers have not paid enough attention to the subject of career orientation, despite the fact that the programme has been part of the curriculum for more than three years. Career...
New school programme not all fun and games
22/02/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – While a new programme to bring folk games into schools, part of a larger Ministry of Education and Training initiative called Friendly School, Active Students, is being welcomed by teachers and administrators, schools are facing difficulties...
Problems plague new teacher rotation plan for poor rural areas
22/02/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – A new teacher rotation project is facing some controversy. Director of the Institute for Educational Studies Prof Dinh Quang Bao spoke to Nong Thon Ngay Nay (Countryside Today) newspaper on the issue. Living conditions for these...
Government lends $453mil to poor
22/02/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The Government has earmarked VND8 trillion (US$453 million) for loans to poor students in the 2008-09 schoolyear, the Viet Nam Bank for Social Policies, the channeling agency, said on Thursday. Deputy PM Nguyen Thien Nhan said...
Germany helps develop Vietnam-Germany university
20/02/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – A supporting association consisting of 30 German universities has recently been established to assist the development of the Ho Chi Minh City-based Vietnam-Germany university. Hessen state’s Minister of Sciences and Art, Eva...