Education

Mekong Delta gov’ts, teachers manage to coax dropouts back to school
08/12/2009 05:00
Around 80% of students who dropped out of school in the Mekong delta have returned this academic year. Students in Ca Mau go to school on ferries. Ca Mau Province pay ferry charges for poor students to coax dropouts back to school. Around...
Tension builds between students and teachers
07/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The stories of teachers punishing students, creating deep psychological and physical wounds, have been reported by Vietnamese media recently. Students of Thai Binh private run school in HCM City DTT, who teaches living...
HCM City vocational colleges thrive
07/12/2009 05:00
While most vocational training schools in the country are struggling to reach their enrolment targets, many in HCM City have seen an increase . . . Students in the Electromechanics Department of the HCM City Vocational College carry out an experiment...
Intrepid teacher refuses to be silenced
04/12/2009 05:00
After losing her ability to talk, Le Thi Thu Xuong remained strong and worked hard to become a teacher for deaf students. Le Thi Thu Xuong (second) left) teaches sign language at the club. After losing her ability to talk, Le Thi Thu Xuong...
Educators warn of worsening English test results
03/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Student grades in postgraduate entrance English exams are dropping according to HCM City National University reports. The conclusion has been made after the centre compared results of the exams conducted in 2007, 2008 and 2009....
Foreign teachers still recruited without work permits
03/12/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – It is so difficult to find foreign teachers who meet requirements to work in Vietnam that schools claim they are forced to recruit part time teachers without work permits. Only 30 percent of foreign teachers at the foreign language...
Lacking teachers, vocational school students learn three days a week
02/12/2009 05:00
Students at many two-year training vocational schools complain do not know from week to week what their timetable will be due to lack of teachers. At the Dong Nai Technology, Informatics and Telecommunication School they have been learning...