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VN Education Ministry wants to recruit 23,000 teachers
When opening the new academic year, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) emphasized that this is an important year to prepare for application of the new general education program and textbooks for next year.
New academic year begins, but teacher and classroom shortages still exist
The Ministry of Education and Training have asked the Prime Minister and the Politburo to approve a plan to increase the teaching workforce in 22 provinces.
Schools in Hanoi, HCM City feel pressure from overcrowding
As the number of students is increasing sharply, many schools in HCMC are refusing to accept day-boarding students. And in Hanoi, the number of students in many classes is double what is permitted.
Hanoi still lacks classrooms after spending US$320 million
VietNamNet Bridge - More than 22,000 new classrooms have been built in the last year, but Hanoi still lacks classrooms. Classes with 70 students still exist.
HCM City primary schools hold one period per day amid population increase
VietNamNet Bridge - Many primary schools in HCMC have stopped the day-boarding regime and can only organize one class each day as there are not enough classrooms.
Residents in new apartment buildings have few school choices for children
VietNamNet Bridge - The number of apartment buildings has been increasing in new urban areas, but there are no clinics and schools in some of these areas.
Teacher’s innovative approach
VietNamNet Bridge – In the late 1980s, when Le Quang Truc taught literature at a secondary school in HCM City’s rural Hoc Mon District, he was searching for ways to keep his students interested – and awake.
Students study in old warehouses in Hanoi as planned schools still not built
VietNamNet Bridge - Many preschool children stay in classrooms located in dilapidated warehouses while local authorities’ plans for bigger schools remain on paper.
Slums of highland students
The homes of students of the Thuan Mang junior secondary school in Ngan Son district, Bac Kan province, are far from the school so their parents built tents near the school to facilitate the studies.
