Education

Celebrating 10 years of ‘Way to Olympia Peak’
20/05/2010 05:00
2009 Way to Olympia Peak winner Ho Ngoc Han. With the 2010 ‘Way to Olympia Peak’ competition winner soon to be crowned, finalists will get a glimpse of what their future might look like if they win the coveted title....
Efforts to recruit rural teachers unrewarded
19/05/2010 05:00
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training said it is offering incentives to teachers who offer to work in remote areas, but they’ve got no recruits. Merit teachers and people’s teachers: who are they?...
Universities will collect highest tuitions allowed
18/05/2010 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Many universities will begin collecting tuitions at the highest possible levels stipulated in Decree 49 for the next academic year. Many universities will begin collecting tuitions at the highest possible levels stipulated in Decree 49...
Graduation rate at high schools tops 80% target
17/05/2010 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Nearly 83 per cent of people between the age of 18 and 21 in HCM City completed the 12th grade last year, . . . Nearly 83 per cent of people between the age of 18 and 21 in HCM City completed the 12th grade last year, which...
Uni faculty members accused of plagiarism
17/05/2010 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Numerous textbooks for university courses are copied from foreign sources. The authors of the copied works simply translated the originals into Vietnamese. VietNamNet Bridge – Numerous textbooks for university courses are...
Time to overhaul Hanoi universities
17/05/2010 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – 260 out of 272 universities have announced a plan to overhaul and upgrade training quality. VietNamNet Bridge – 260 out of 272 universities have announced a plan to overhaul and upgrade training quality, according to Deputy...
How much is too much in primary school?
16/05/2010 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Students of prestigious primary schools must do 20 mathematics exercises and memorize seven poems every evening. Students of prestigious primary schools must do 20 mathematics exercises and memorize seven poems every evening. These...