VietNamNet Bridge - Schools have been built and handed over in only 25 of the 252 new urban areas in Hanoi. 

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Only 10 percent of investors have fulfilled their commitments on developing schools in urban areas.

Ha Dong, a new district of Hanoi, which previously belonged to Ha Tay province, is one of the localities which has many new urban areas. New schools have been built, but Pham Thi Le Hang, head of the district’s education sub-department, said the number of schools remain too modest to satisfy the demand.

In Xa La new urban area, for example, nearly 10 multi-storey buildings have been built recently, but there is no school built by the investors. As a result, most residents have to send their children to private schools. 

Only 10 percent of investors have fulfilled their commitments on developing schools in urban areas.
All 5-year-old children can go to state-owned preschools under the national preschool education universalization program, but there are not enough seats for children under five years old.

According to Pham Ngoc Anh, head of the Cau Giay district education sub-department, under the current regulations, there must not be more than 35 students in every class, but in fact, every class has 50-60 students.

With new apartment blocks built in the locality recently, the local population has been increasing rapidly by 10 percent every year. The number of newly built schools still cannot help ease overloading.

According to the Nam Tu Liem district education sub-department, housing projects have been developed in the locality in recent years, but investors have not handed over any school to the local authorities.

In July 2009, the Hanoi People’s Committee released a decision to mobilize different resources from society to improve education and healthcare.

Under the program, VND7.572trillion was mobilized from many different sources to develop schools and healthcare centers, including VND2.235 trillion from the state and VND5.337 trillion from other sources.

The city’s authorities hoped that by 2015, Hanoi would have 3 percent of primary school students going to non-state owned schools, while the figures would be 5 percent for secondary schools and 40 percent for high schools.  

However, the latest survey conducted by the Hanoi Education Department showed that only 56 schools in 25 new urban areas out of 252 licensed areas have been handed over to the local authorities so far.

In principle, in every commune or ward with 10,000 people, there must be at least one state-owned primary school, 1 state-owned preschool and 1 people-founded school. 

However, according to Nguyen The Son from the Hanoi Education Department, in Thanh Cong, Giang Vo, Lang Ha and Minh Khai wards, where the population has increased by 30,000-40,000, the number of schools remains unchanged.
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