Posts Tagged ‘ Universities And Colleges ’

38 universities, colleges to admit fewer students

January 11, 2010
38 universities, colleges to admit fewer students

Thirty-eight universities and colleges will have their admission quotas cut for the next school year and have to pay fines for violations committed during this year’s enrollment, the education ministry said.  LookAtVietnam – Thirty-eight universities and colleges will have their admission quotas cut for the next school year and have to pay fines for violations [...]

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38 universities, colleges to admit fewer students

January 10, 2010
38 universities, colleges to admit fewer students

Thirty-eight universities and colleges will have their admission quotas cut for the next school year and have to pay fines for violations committed during this year’s enrollment, the education ministry said Friday. An inspection conducted last November by the Ministry of Education and Training showed most schools admitted more students than allowed for the 2009-2010 [...]

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Tooling up for the future

November 23, 2009
Tooling up for the future

LookAtVietnam – Last year, the Vietnamese mechanical industry exported US$2 billion in goods – a big step, but still far behind other regional countries. A worker at Machinery Joint-stock Company No 1 checks a rice harvesting machine. The Vietnamese mechanical industry is lagging behind other countries in the region as the sector needs more investment [...]

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Universities call for more academic autonomy

November 17, 2009
Universities call for more academic autonomy

Educational experts have urged the Ministry of Education and Training to strengthen the administrative autonomy of universities and colleges in order to improve training quality. Students at Ha Noi General University separate out enzymes using a centrifuge. Strengthening the administrative autonomy of universities will help to improve training quality, say education experts.Tran Minh Hung, lecturer [...]

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Students to evaluate lecturers: education ministry

November 15, 2009
Students to evaluate lecturers: education ministry

Students study on the campus of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Ho Chi Minh City University students will assess their lecturers as part of moves to improve higher education quality, the education ministry has said. The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) will issue regulations on related standards so that students can [...]

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Knowledge tree is not bearing fruit

November 10, 2009
Knowledge tree is not bearing fruit

Local educators need to go back to the drawing board and chalk-up a more innovative approach.LookAtVietnam – Vietnam’s socio-economic development has resulted in booming demand for university and college places. However, poor education standards are handicapping the nation’s economic outlook. Vietnam’s tertiary education has provided strong evidence that more is not always necessarily the merrier. [...]

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Scattered campuses force students to criss-cross city

November 2, 2009
Scattered campuses force students to criss-cross city

The plethora of new facilities and branches opened by HCM City universities and colleges has only made life more difficult for them, students say. Many students have to travel several kilometres between different branches to attend classes and are stuck sometimes in traffic jams for long periods, forcing them to miss classes. With the number [...]

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Universities under microscope

October 26, 2009
Universities under microscope

LookAtVietnam – The Standing Committee of the National Assembly will propose that the assembly keep a closer watch over universities. Students at the University of Pharmacy attend a lecture. The National Assembly’s Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children said universities should be closely monitored to improve standards of education.The proposal was made in response [...]

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New universities will be clean, green

September 25, 2009
New universities will be clean, green

LookAtVietnam – Seven huge campuses covering up to 1,000ha will consolidate many of the capital city’s tertiary training institutions in satellite urban areas within 15 years. Seven large campuses that group separate training institutions together will be established in satellite urban areas of Ha Noi, which has the highest density of universities and colleges in [...]

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Ha Noi tackles student housing problems

August 29, 2009
Ha Noi tackles student housing problems

The capital will launch projects to build such dormitories for some 100,000 students next month.LookAtVietnam – The capital will launch projects to build dormitories for 100,000 students next month, according to Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Phi Thai Binh.More than VND600 billion (US$33 million) has been earmarked by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung [...]

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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...