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63-year-old Dao Thi Thu prepared enough necessary document to register at a piano class and French class of the university. She admitted that though she is teaching organ classes in preschools, she knows little about piano. She has bought books for self-studying piano but she is still weak at playing the musical instrument. She shared that she wants to learn piano to teach preschoolers. Moreover, those over sixties are eligible for tuition fee exemption in Van Hien; therefore, it is a good chance for her to pursue her passion for piano. She remembered while studying in the Natural Science University in 1974, the country was liberated. Her family went into difficulties later, so she stopped studying and got married. She came back to studying in 2007 when her children have all grown up. She was 51 in 2007. She decided to learn English in Pedagogy University and gained 600 marks to take TOEIC degree after three-year studying. In 2011, she continued registering online course of Hanoi … [Read more...] about 63-year-old woman enrolls in university to pursue study path

More than 100 teachers, librarians and managers from primary, junior and senior high schools in the city attended the training course “ How to develop students’ reading habit in schools” Course participants received training how to access to students scientifically and actively and cultivate book reading love into students and gradually develop it into habit. Deputy Head of the Vietnam Publisher Association Le Hoang said that the association will work with bureaus of education and training in districts and schools to open more training courses.By HO SON - Translated by DAN THUY Tags: Training course teachers and librarians reading habit students’ reading habit in schools … [Read more...] about Training course held for teachers and librarians

Speaking at the event, Director of the municipal Department of Education and Training Le Hong Son said in the school year, four primary students won gold medals from the international applied science competition. Moreover, 119 students captured the national good prize and 49 others won prizes from national technology competitions in the South held by the Ministry of Education and Training. Some 3,890 schoolers got prizes from city-level competitions. Especially, students in the city have good score in the national graduation examination. Appraising the city’s education sector in reforming teaching and learning, deputy Education Minister Nguyen Huu Do said that the sector renovation will focus on learners’ ability development and ethic and its curriculum changes aim to meet labor market. As said by Standing Deputy Chairman of People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem, city authorities have poured more investment in education as a way to invest in the city’s development. … [Read more...] about HCMC hails 618 outstanding students

Fifth grader Nguyen Quang Dung discovered that Nguyen Duc Minh fell into the nearby river and nearly drowned on May 8. Soon, he ran as quickly as possible to the river and jumped into it to rescue the kid. Five-year-old boy turned pale when being rescued. Luckily, local adults were arriving at the scene to give first aid and rushed the boy to a medical facility for further treatment. BY DUY CUONG - Translated by UYEN PHUONG Tags: Boy saving drowning toddler Brave Youth Badge … [Read more...] about Boy saving drowning kid awarded with Brave Youth Badge

Various renowned high schools such as Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, Chu Van An High School (Hanoi), Vinschool High School, Tran Phu High School (Hai Phong Province), Ha Tinh Province High School for the Gifted, Tran Dai Nghia High School for the Gifted (Ho Chi Minh City), Nguyen Thuong Hien High School (HCMC) introduced their own STEM projected. These include a model to help high schoolers reduce waste disposal, a model for hydroponic vegetables in urban apartments, a tool to monitor dust pollution in cities, smart seaweed growth to reduce the CO2 amount in the environment. The projects display a true concern of the young toward environmental problems and their innovative solutions for those issues. From the twenty STEME teams of all high schools in Vietnam, the five most outstanding ones entered the debate round in order to win the prize of a free 4-day tour to Singaporean Scientific Center, Google Company, and Nanyang Technological University, along with a cash prize of … [Read more...] about First STEM Festival for highschoolers launched

The portal will publicize all educational facilities’ services licensed by the Department in the city to facilitate people in searching information and service providers. The move also helps local administrations, unions and residents to supervise and inspect educational facilities’ activities. Presently the Department provides information of 407 foreign language and IT centers, 261 extra classes out of teachers’ homes, 55 private-owned educational institutions to teach life skills and 249 units to provide information of study abroad. The portal also publicize the address, telephone number and email and hot line of inspectors in the education sector and synchronize 1,663 schools’ portals.By THU TAM - Translated by ANH QUAN Tags: HCMC education authority educational service portal smart city administrative reform plan … [Read more...] about HCMC education authority launches educational service portal

Invested by Nguyen Hoang Group, IEC is the country’s first education ecosystem including Saigon Academy international kindergarten, iSchool international integration education, International bilingual program and International School of North America to provide teaching from kindergarten through 12th grade “Building a center of excellence with a mission to share and demonstrate the best practices in teaching and learning,” noted Deputy Education Minister Nguyen Thi Nghia, “makes this school an invaluable asset for upgrading the quality of education across Vietnam.” Head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Communications and Education Vo Van Thuong, Chairman of People’s Committee of Quang Ngai Province Tran Ngoc Cang and representatives from education departments attended the inauguration ceremony.By NGUYEN TRANG - Translated by UYEN PHUONG Tags: International Education City Quang Ngai Province … [Read more...] about International Education City opened in Quang Ngai

Contestants came to the exam venues to make necessary procedures for the exam yesterday and today, they sat for a the first subject, Vietnamese literature Some 71,000 candidates in Ho Chi Minh City took the examination in 111 exam venues. According to the municipal Department of Education and Training, more than 10,000 teaching staffs were mobilized to do their work as supervisors. The weather was favorable for students in schools where volunteers were willing to help candidates while their peers in the central provinces were suffering hot weather. Candidates in the Mekong delta were eager to enter the first day of their important examination. Education managers in Soc Trang province where Khmer students live most requested schools to provide timely assistance to ethnic minority students in disadvantaged districts. This year, 8,761 high schoolers registered for the examination in Soc Trang Province. Education Minister Phung Xuan Nha yesterday visited a school in Hoai Duc District in … [Read more...] about First day of school exit exams of senior high schoolers

Participants of the seminar with the theme “ Improving the quality of care practice” and nursing schooling delivered nine scientific reports to update progress in the nursing field. One of the outstanding reports were “Improving practical quality of care” and “Valuing dehydration in senior elderly patients” of Dr. Bui Thi Thu Thuy of Thong Nhat Hospital. The seminar reports showed substantial progress in nursing and nursing lecturing for past years. For undergraduates of nursing major, the event was an opportunity to get more in-depth knowledge to help orient their studying goal and research in the future.By PHUONG LOAN - Translated by DAN THUY Tags: Seminar on improving nursing education practice quality of care practice … [Read more...] about Seminar on improving nursing education, practice

The Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City has large-scale postgraduate courses with 105 Masters and 79 PhD courses. Statistically, some 1,108 students registered for PhD courses and 7,152 for Masters till January 1, 2017. However, there has been a huge drop of graduates enrolled for postgraduate courses from 2012 to date. For instance, in 2012, some 10,000 graduates registered for the courses whereas just 2,912 in 2017. Worse, comparison of registered students in each school has shown clearly the alarming fall. The number of registered graduates for PhD courses and Masters in University of Technology in Ho Chi Minh City slid from 57 and 3,464 in 2012 to 50 and 592 respectively now. Even admission quota of each institutions has also seen a decline especially Mater courses in Vietnam National University’s school members. In 2012, the quota was 3,550 for Master courses but it was 3,320 in 2017. Universities of Economics, Technology and Education, Transport, Law, Industry … [Read more...] about Why postgraduate enrolment falls ?