Posts Tagged ‘ School Education ’

Compulsory preschooling threatens to abandon under-aged kids 

December 11, 2010
Compulsory preschooling threatens to abandon under-aged kids 

Students of Xuan La Kindergarten in Tu Liem District, Hanoi Without proper preparation, a recently-launched project to make pre-school education compulsory at the age of five may leave younger kids in the lurch.   The VND14.6 trillion (US$748.91 million) project, launched in August, will require all public kindergartens to admit five-year-old children.   The schools are only allowed to admit students under [...]

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MOET changes expected tuition levels

December 17, 2009
MOET changes expected tuition levels

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 setting tuition fees for state schools. It will be applied to the school years [...]

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IBM looks to boost creativity in children

October 5, 2009
IBM looks to boost creativity in children

LookAtVietnam – IBM Viet Nam announced the rolling out of its nationwide KIDSMART early learning sponsor programme for Vietnamese pre-school education this week. Thirty four schools from 22 provinces will benefit from 35 “Young Explorer” complexes. The mountainous northern provinces of Son La, Bac Can, Dien Bien, Lai Chau, Ha Giang and Cao Bang are [...]

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Foreign universities require a “$15m dollar plan” to open in Vietnam

September 24, 2009
Foreign universities require a “$15m dollar plan” to open in Vietnam

LookAtVietnam – The minimum investment capital required to set up a foreign university in Viet Nam is $15 million, MOET has proposed. The Ministry  is compiling a draft decree regulating cooperation with foreign partners.  It’s aiming to encourage investment in Vietnam’s education at all levels, from pre-school to higher education and vocational training. Fields especially encouraged include [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 25/8

August 25, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 25/8

Vietnam to ban smoking inside public places next year; Vietnam cops seize 100kg ivory; Fire destroys two HCMC factories, kills one; Ministry asked to reevalute poverty line Vietnam to ban smoking inside public places next year      Smoking will be banned at indoor public places in 2010 as part of a national plan to reduce [...]

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Disabled children get better access to pre-school education

August 22, 2009
Disabled children get better access to pre-school education

LookAtVietnam – More than 14,800 disabled children across the country now have access to kindergarten education, Disabled children at the Sao Mai Centre in central Khanh Hoa province. More than 14,800 disabled children have gained access to kindergartens across the country.Results from the State project launched three years ago on education integration for disabled kindergarteners [...]

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Parents scrambling for seats at kindergartens for their children

July 8, 2009
Parents scrambling for seats at kindergartens for their children

This summer is a difficult one for many parents of kindergarten-age children as they have to run the gauntlet to secure seats for their children for the coming school year. The parents wait to purchase application forms to register their children for the kindergartenIn the evening on July 6, nearly 100 parents were seen standing [...]

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City kids suffer lack of daycare options

June 30, 2009
City kids suffer lack of daycare options

LookAtVietnam – Many children in HCM City will not get admission to public preschool and kindergarten classes next year and will have to opt for private schools and family-run facilities. Many children in HCM City will not get admission to public preschool and kindergarten classes next year.Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh, head of the city Department [...]

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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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Vietnam to privatise additional kinds of schools

May 20, 2009
Vietnam to privatise additional kinds of schools

Semi-state-owned and people-founded primary, secondary and high schools will have to shift to operate under the mode of private schools, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has decided. Under the newly released decision by MOET on May 19, Vietnam will only maintain the model of people-founded education establishments at the pre-school education level. Meanwhile, [...]

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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...