VietNamNet Bridge – While leading universities have been spoilt for choice because a lot of students dream of studying at the renowned schools, other universities, especially people founded and local universities, fear they may not enroll enough students.

Nguyen Tien Dung, Head of the Training Division of the HCM City University of Technical Education, said the most of the candidates attending the entrance exams to the school got the marks from 13 to 17, while the school plans to enroll 3500 students this year.

948 students of the school got 17 marks and higher, 3640 students got 14 marks and higher, while 4884 got 13 and higher. Dung said that the school would think carefully to set up reasonable required benchmarks (the minimum marks students must get from the university entrance exams to be able to study at the schools they want).

However, he said that the school would reserve some seats for the students who register to study at the school as their second choice. Under the current regulations, the students who do not have the marks high enough to be able to study at the schools they want, may register to study at other schools as their second or third choices.

The HCM City University of Technology has decided that examinees must have at least 16 marks to register to study at the school. If so, 4000 students would fail to study at the school.

Nguyen Thanh Nam, Head of the Training Division of the school, said that the 4000 students would be a profuse supply source for other schools. The HCM City University of Technology itself would also look for 150 students for the junior college training system (3-year training) from the source.

According to Hua Minh Tuan, Head of the Training Division of the HCM City Finance -Marketing University, 10,322 students got 13 marks and higher out of the 27,000 examinees. Therefore, the minimum required mark would be no less than 16. As such, the school would refuse a high number of students, who got 13-15.5 marks and would be able to study at other schools.

13 is expected to be the minimum required marks students must have to be able to register study at any university in Vietnam, called the “floor mark.” The floor mark is announced every year by the Ministry of Education and Training to which schools refer to enroll students.

Similarly, the Saigon University also said a lot of students would not be eligible for studying at the school, which could be the targeted students for other schools.

Schools worried stiff

Though less prestigious schools understand that they can find students from the ones who failed the exams to reputable schools, they still fear they cannot find enough students.

The HCM City Culture University plans to enroll 1330 students, while only 1359 students attended the entrance exams. Meanwhile, it is expected that only 700 students pass the exams to the school, which means that the school still needs to find the other 50 percent of quota from other sources.

Pham Thai Son, Deputy Head of the Training Division of the HCM City Food Industry University, also said that 3758 out of the 19,000 students got the marks equal or higher than the 2011’s floor marks. Therefore, the required benchmarks are believed to be low, just equal to the floor marks. However, even with the low requirements, the school still fears it would lack students for some majors.

People founded schools prove to be the ones which most worry about the lack of students. The Hong Bang International University plans to receive 2200 students, but only 1188 students attended the entrance exams. Meanwhile, only 100 students can meet the requirements to be able to study there. This means that the school would have to seek students from other sources.

Source: NLD