VietNamNet Bridge – While the new online school enrollment system for the 2016 academic year is expected to help ease pressure on parents and students in Ha Noi, it also exposes obstacles.

While the new online school enrollment system for the 2016 academic year is expected to help ease pressure on parents and students in Ha Noi, it also exposes obstacles. – Photo caodangduochanoi.vn

Nguyen Kim Chi, a Hanoian, said she had succeeded in registering her daughter at Mai Dong Primary School at Hoang Mai District in just 10 minutes.

“Online enrollment proves to be simple, convenient. It helps save time and hardship for parents in comparison with going to the school for registration, especially on rainy days like today,” Chi told Ha Noi Moi (New Ha Noi) newspaper.

Many parents in the Ha Dong, Cau Giay, Dong Da, Hoan Kiem districts completed registration on the designated dates – from June 16-19, according to a Viet Nam News Agency reporter.

However, some parents complained that they failed to register due to network congestion. Many had to try many times until succeeding.

Lai Phu Kien, a Hanoian, said he could not complete the registration after spending half a day on it. He blamed the fact that too many people accessed the network at the same time on the first day of online enrollment.

Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh who registered her child for first grade at Hoang Hoa Tham Primary school in Ba Dinh District, said although registration can be done online, parents still have to bring original documents to the schools.

Hanh said she would go to school on enrollment day - July 1 - for registration because she lives nearby.

Meanwhile, many parents are still uneasy about the change.

Nguyen Trong Thuy, who lives on the city’s Thuy Khue Street, said if parents went to schools to register their kids, they would know immediately whether the registration had been accepted. But with the new system, they have to wait until all the procedures are done.

Dinh Thuy Duong, principal of Thanh Xuan Trung Primary School, said a lot of parents went to schools to get further information even though they got an enrollment code along with instructions.

Parents who are computer literate will have an advantage over those who aren’t, she added.

Some parents also fear that failure to register online would harm their childrens’ prospects of being accepted.

In response to parents’ complaints about mistakes in student information on the new system, Ngo Van Chat, head of Ha Noi Education Department’s Examination Quality Management Unit, said parents should register normally in accordance with the code provided. All the mistakes will be corrected after enrollment, he said.

VNS