Education

Primary schools get overloaded because of “golden pigs”
29/03/2013 03:44
Primary schools will only begin enrolling first graders for the 2013-2014 academic year in June. However, urban parents have been moving heaven and earth for the last several months to scramble for the seats for their children at schools. Educators have anticipated that primary schools would...
General school students keep indifferent to apprentice training
28/03/2013 08:39
The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) believes that students not only need academic lessons to have disciplinary knowledge, but also apprentice training in order to have practice skills. However, the apprentice training at school does not have much significance for students....
The rich send their children to foreign universities to avoid military service
27/03/2013 02:59
Nguyen Huong Giang, an officer of an overseas study consultancy firm, yesterday received a special client. NMT, a housewife in Cau Giay district in Hanoi, asked Giang about the procedures to enroll in a foreign school. The mother seemed to be not too demanding. She just wanted her son...
MOET vows to protect students, teachers from getting outraged
25/03/2013 04:49
Mr Nguyen Tung Lam from Dinh Tien Hoang High School On March 20, Truong Viet Dong, a parent in Phu Vang district of Hue city City reported that his son, Truong Viet Dang Khoa, a third grader of the Thuan An Primary School No. 1, was beaten black and blue by the informatics teacher, just...
Ministry concerned over use of poor quality educational books
25/03/2013 04:41
The Ministry of Education and Training said it will take harsh steps to clean up the educational books market. Representatives from the ministry said that parents and students should raise awareness of selecting good quality reference books. In case they discover any poor quality books in...
Bachelors remain redundant, unskilled workers much in demand
22/03/2013 12:16
Unemployment rates high The latest report of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) showed that 70 percent of the graduates from state owned schools can find jobs within one year after the graduation, while the percentage is lower for non-state owned schools.� Meanwhile, schools...
Young intellectuals don’t want to return to Vietnam
20/03/2013 11:52
he total monthly income of Nguyen Huu Hoa, a young lecturer of the Hanoi University of Civil Engineering was VND1.2 million, or $60.� During the four years working as a lecturer at the school, Hoa was a member of the teams conducting 5-6 ministry-level research works, 3-4 university-level...