Education

Blind teacher lights up childrens’ lives
19/12/2009 05:00
Thien and his students made paper lanterns, while celebrating the Mid Autumn Festival. VietNamNet Bridge - No table, no chair, no blackboard, no chalk. It is hard to imagine how it could be a class. But it was – a class of a...
MOET changes expected tuition levels
16/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The Ministry of Education and Training has unexpectedly changed the tuition fees it set for state owned schools two weeks ago. The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) on December 16 revealed the second draft of a document on...
Hiring men to write thesis: the service is ready
15/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – A lot of students nowadays are so lazy that they do not want to spend time on preparing their thesis, but instead rely on a ‘service’ for their bachelor thesis. According to Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper students spend five or six...
History called a “school killer”
14/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – History is referred to by students as a “school killer” since the worst grades of students are always in this subject. Students want to watch historical films and drama that illustrate the content of the lessons. If so, history...
Teaching regulations violate labor laws?
13/12/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Under the new regulations, the working hours of teachers only includes the time they spend in front of a classroom. Currently, a high school teacher is assigned 17 teaching hours per week, while the figure is 23 hours for...
Hanoi boy becomes Oxford man
13/12/2009 05:00
VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Hoang Long, the boy from Hanoi, has become the first Vietnamese lecturer at Oxford University. Nguyen Hoang Long, first right, has become lecturer at Oxford University Dr. Nguyen Hoang Long, born in 1983, always...
Schools ponder policy on mobile phones
11/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Some educators believe that it is impossible to ban mobile phones from schools, while others say mobile phones distract students from their lessons. A lot of schools have banned the use of mobile phones at school. They argue that...