Family, children, and youth policy and administration
Access to education
Equity, quality and lifelong learning eyed as the heart of Education Development Strategic Plan 2011-2030
Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha chaired the meeting on September 17 with representatives from UNESCO Institute of Educational Strategies and UNICEF’s Education Program in Vietnam and members of the Editorial Team of the National Education Development Strategic Plan 2011-2030, with a vision ...
Linh Lan
High-school graduates turn away from higher education
Statistics from the ministry showed that over 886,000 students have registered for the national high school exam this year whose results will be used for high school graduation and university entrance consideration. Of the number, 279,001, or 27.8 per cent, did not register to apply ...
Project to improve ethnic minority children’s access to education
A project designed to help girls, especially those in ethnic minority areas, get access to education, was launched by UNESCO in Hanoi on April 25. Financed by the UNESCO Malala Fund for Girls’ Right to Education, the “We are able” project will focus on four key fields, including raising public ...
More ethnic children go to school
The number of out-of-school children aged from five to 14 has fallen significantly, particularly among five-year-old pre-primary children.Keep reading ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Gov’t proposes tuition-free elementary, secondary education
The Education Ministry has proposed free tuition for all public elementary and secondary schools as “an appropriate mechanism” for universalising access to education in the country.Keep reading ...
VietnamNet Reporter
Tuition hike could harm ethnic minority students
As universities become financially independent, ethnic minority students enrolled in special majors may suffer tuition fee increases when their instituions impose fee levels higher than the Government’s ceiling.Keep reading ...
VNS Reporter
