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Students can have no more than 18 periods of private tutoring a week. They can also choose their private tutors with classes of no more than 45 students in each.
Exam preparation industry killing students’ creativity
Vietnamese students have to take many standardized tests, which has led to the creation of a giant exam preparation industry. However, the industry is killing students’ creativity, experts say.
90 percent of university students take extra English classes
Eleven percent of university students say they study English only at school, while nearly 90 percent of students take extra English lessons at foreign language centers or via the internet, because lessons at school are not sufficient to pass exams.
Parents deprive children of play by sending them to school before six
VietNamNet Bridge - Many Vietnamese who describe themselves as ‘progressive parents’ have criticized those who send their children to school before aged six.
New academic year begins, students rush to private classes
VietNamNet Bridge - Though the new academic year only began several days ago, students are as busy as bees with overloaded learning schedules.
Vietnamese students need harmonious curriculum
Nguyen Minh Thuyet, editor in chief of the curriculum for comprehensive education reform, tells the Kinh te & Do thi newspaper that the reform must ensure harmonisation throughout the curriculum.
Kids have no space or time to enjoy their vacation
The lack of adequately equipped playgrounds and healthy entertainment activities has become a concern in rural areas, especially during the long summer vacation.
Extra classes deprive Vietnamese children of a real summer
Immediately after announcing information about summer classes early in May, the 218 Ly Tu Trong extra education centre in HCM City was packed with hundreds of parents queuing till early in morning to sign their children up.
Urban kids not getting enough exercise in Vietnam
VietNamNet Bridge – It is accepted by everyone that children need plenty
of regular physical exercise, but parents in major cities are not doing
enough to ensure this,
Private tutoring discouraged
VietNamNet Bridge – Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha
spoke with the Nhan Dan (People) weekly about private tutoring and
education reform plans.
HCM City to ease ban on extra classes
VietNamNet Bridge – Vo Van Hoan, chief of staff and spokesperson for the
HCM City People’s Committee, said the ban on extra classes would be
reviewed.
Ban on after-school lessons a step in right direction
VietNamNet Bridge – At a meeting with HCM City People’s Council last
week, a principal of a local public primary school burst into tears
while talking about a harsh prohibition in which schools are no longer
permitted to operate extra classes.
Despite the ban, HCM City schools open extra classes during summer
VietNamNet Bridge - While many HCM City schools have stopped giving extra lessons to students in the summer holiday, following the city authorities’ ban, many others still maintain classes, citing many reasons.
HCM City ends extra classes outside school in school year 2016-2017
VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee asked the
Department of Education and Training and the Department of Culture and
Sports to end extra classes outside the schools except for foreign
training centers and studying centers.
Teachers promise not to open private classes if salary high enough
Analysts say they don’t believe the Ministry of Education and Training can prohibit private teaching unless the wage policy is adjusted and teachers’ salaries are high enough to cover their basic needs.
Role reversal lets young students take charge
The academic year is coming to an end. Phoenix flowers shed their bright
orange red blooms on the boulevards of Ha Noi, Hai Phong, Da Nang and
Ho Chi Minh City.
Is it time to retire the school uniform?
School should be fun and encouraging to students,
though some find it hard getting through the entire day, particularly
while they're locked into a tight, constraining set of clothing called a
"school uniform".
Parents want extra classes for their kids despite ban
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Parents want extra classes for their kids despite ban
VietNamNet Bridge – Parents and teachers are continuing the practice
of double-shift classes for primary school students in spite of a ban by
the Ministry of Education and Training.
Vietnamese students rank 5th worldwide in extra learning time
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese students rank fifth in the world in
spending time at extra classes, according to the Ministry of Education
and Training.
