Posts Tagged ‘ Entrance Exams ’

A higher calling needs higher standards 

October 8, 2011
A higher calling needs higher standards 

  Anyone who cares about Vietnamese education must have been shocked by recent media reports about the quality and quantity of students who passed entrance exams at specialized universities that train future high school teachers. The number of students applying to these universities has decreased dramatically compared to previous years. Many universities are even at [...]

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61-year-old retired teacher tries to enter college 

July 5, 2011
61-year-old retired teacher tries to enter college 

Nguyen Van Minh studies for a test on Physics on Monday afternoon. A 61-year-old from the central province of Quang Tri is sitting for the college entrance exams on Monday and Tuesday, local news website VnExpress has reported.   Nguyen Van Minh is taking the exam for admission to the Physics Faculty at the School [...]

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Top 10 education issues for 2009

December 21, 2009
Top 10 education issues for 2009

LookAtVietnam – The increase of university tuition to 240,000 dong a month has been cited as two of the most outstanding education issues of 2009.  1. University tuition ceiling raised to 240,000 dong On August 21 the Prime Minister raised university tuitions from 180,000 dong to 240,000 dong per month. The tuition adjustment is part of [...]

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Postgraduate courses – learn now, meet the requirements later

November 28, 2009
Postgraduate courses – learn now, meet the requirements later

LookAtVietnam – Students just have to submit the necessary documents and pay tuition fees to be able to follow postgraduate courses – not pass entrance exams. Students of the HCM City University of TechnologyWhile, in principle, students must pass entrance exams to be able to follow postgraduate training courses to obtain a masters degree, that [...]

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Classes lost due to bad forecasting

October 8, 2009
Classes lost due to bad forecasting

LookAtVietnam – Educators say bad forecasting over demand for higher education has led to the growth of universities but the closure of classes. The Van Hien University in HCM City may have to close three options including studies about Vietnam, culture and English language as it had only 20 students keen to register. Japanese language, post-harvesting [...]

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Students learn that trades pay well

October 6, 2009
Students learn that trades pay well

LookAtVietnam – Vocational training in the fields of high-tech welding, electric mechanics and programming provide just as attractive job opportunities as a university degree, Trained high-tech welders at Dung Quat industrial zone. Skilled welders and mechanics are being hunted by foreign-invested companies and export processing zones.This comes as something of a surprise in Viet Nam [...]

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Low pay, few jobs hinder education sector

September 27, 2009
Low pay, few jobs hinder education sector

Students  of HCMC-based University of Technical Education are practicing electric circuit (Photo: SGGP)LookAtVietnam – Over the past tens year, the education sector attracted many good students, wiping out the idea that only low-quality students desired to become teachers. However, in recent years that idea has returned, with a drop in high school graduates sitting entrance [...]

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Last-chance universities losing out

September 24, 2009
Last-chance universities losing out

LookAtVietnam – No one wants to be second or third choice and it’s the same for universities. Now, with deadlines looming, many look set to suffer low sign-up rates. “We are expecting more students every day,” says Ly Ngoc Duc, deputy head of the Training Division of the HCM City Foreign Languages and Informatics University, [...]

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Bad career advice has too many kids chasing college diplomas

September 14, 2009
Bad career advice has too many kids chasing college diplomas

LookAtVietnam – Experts say Vietnam ought to guide more teenagers toward blue collar skills training, rather than see them waste years failing to gain admission to college. According to the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), 400,000 students fail high school final exams every year or pass the exams but do not continue to higher [...]

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Group classification-based education scheme at death’s door

September 3, 2009
Group classification-based education scheme at death’s door

LookAtVietnam – High schools have reported that very few students have registered to study under the natural-sciences or social-sciences major curriculums. In the first two school years after the group classification-based education scheme was put into operation on a trial basis, Mac Dinh Chi High School had 530 students who registered for natural sciences major [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...