Posts Tagged ‘ Private Schools ’

Low pay chases teachers away from public kindergartens 

January 8, 2011
Low pay chases teachers away from public kindergartens 

  With thousands of public kindergarten teachers getting jobs in the private sector, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are experiencing a severe shortage of teachers. Statistics released by Hanoi government showed that the city lacks 2,898 kindergarten teachers. Investigations showed that many teachers have asked for a long-term leave without payment to run barber [...]

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Education fails the nation

October 3, 2009
Education fails the nation

Writing on the wall: A class in progress at the University of Science in Ho Chi Minh City Teacher friendly policies and more effective school management are urgent imperatives, experts say. Vietnam’s education sector is in a crisis, with universities not producing the educated workforce that the nation’s economy and society need.In an “opinionated analysis” [...]

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HCMC educators look to develop private schools

July 1, 2009
HCMC educators look to develop private schools

Students at the opening ceremony of the Renaissance International School Saigon (RISS) in Ho Chi Minh City.LookAtVietnam – Ho Chi Minh City needs more private schools to reduce the number of students per class and focus more on individual learning, according to the municipal Department of Education and Training.  Speaking at a recent conference, department [...]

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HCMC educators look to develop private schools

July 1, 2009
HCMC educators look to develop private schools

Students at the opening ceremony of the Renaissance International School Saigon (RISS) in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City needs more private schools to reduce the number of students per class and focus more on individual learning, according to the municipal Department of Education and Training. Speaking at a recent conference, department Director [...]

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Pre-school education socialisation: both teachers and classes lacking

June 26, 2009
Pre-school education socialisation: both teachers and classes lacking

VietNamNet Bridge – Operational state-owned nursery schools in HCM City can meet 30-50 percent of the demand only. Parents have been advised to send their children to private-run schools, but they don’t want to. Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh, Head of the Pre-school Education Division under the HCM City Education and Department, admits that the number [...]

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Parents flout law against pre-school push

May 19, 2009
Parents flout law against pre-school push

LookAtVietnam – Parents of five-year-olds are forcing their children to attend pre-school in order to give them a head start when entering Grade 1, despite the fact that it is illegal. First graders cheer-in the new school year of 2008-09. Children should enjoy their childhood instead of taking classes to learn subjects before they are [...]

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Facilities at private colleges not up to scratch

May 11, 2009
Facilities at private colleges not up to scratch

LookAtVietnam – Many profit-driven private universities and colleges in the country espouse noble causes but actually spend far less on their students than their public counterparts. Student designs are exhibited at HCM City’s Hong Bang Private University, one of the few private universities noted for providing students with good facilities.With their eye firmly on making [...]

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Student outrage forces private university to cancel fee rise

March 20, 2009
Student outrage forces private university to cancel fee rise

Students of Hong Bang University in Ho Chi Minh City at a meeting with school officials on Wednesday. A private university in Ho Chi Minh City has canceled a decision to increase its tuition fees following strong objections from the students. On Wednesday, more than 200 students of Hong Bang University gathered outside the gates [...]

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Ethnic highlands youth to get vocational training

March 18, 2009
Ethnic highlands youth to get vocational training

LookAtVietnam – Vocational training is now planned for the mostly Mong children in the secondary boarding schools of Ha Giang Province high in the mountains that border China north of Ha Noi. Studetns study at Thanh Van Primary School in Quan Ba District in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.The students will undergo training [...]

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Schools fret as best teachers migrate to private schools

March 3, 2009
Schools fret as best teachers migrate to private schools

VietNamNet Bridge – Principals of public schools are worried at a steady exodus of their best teachers to private and international schools which is worsening a teacher shortage in HCM City.“We knew when we agreed to teachers’ requests for further training that we may face a brain drain, but we have to help them improve [...]

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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...