State President Nguyen Minh Triet on August 30 expressed wishes that the entire educational sector "says no" to negative phenomena in examinations and over-optimistic reports in his open letter on the occasion of the new school year. The 2006-07 academic year is slated to open nationwide in early September. The State leader wrote, "I strongly support the educational service's on-going campaign against negative phenomena in examinations and craziness for achievements among schools and colleges. I also anticipate that the educational service will strictly follow this policy. Every teacher should set up an example in ethics and self-study, be honest teachers and students, and be honest in examinations, thus making students really get ready for a new life". Triet also called on local Party committees and administrations, social organisations, mass media, parents and the entire society to take care of the educational cause and enter close cooperation with the educational service in … [Read more...] about State President wishes new school year success
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Scholarships flow in new school year
The Odon Vallet Scholarship Programme on August 27 granted 410 scholarships to the best students of Ho Chi Minh City and other southern localities as the new school year is just a week away. The total amount of the scholarships are 1.2 billion VND in total with each high school student receiving 2.5 million and each teriary student 3.8 million VND. French professor Odon Vallet set up the programme for outstanding Vietnamese students in 2001. The funding is drawn from the wealth the professor inherited from his father, a poor labourer, who studied hard enough to make his fortune from insurance. Prior to his death, he bequeathed his poccession to his son requesting him that he help poor students, according to the Programme's website. Also on August 27, the radio and television station in the southern province of Dong Nai held a cerenomy to hand over scholarships for 219 poor, gifted students from ethnic minority groups in six southeastern provinces. The scholarships donate each … [Read more...] about Scholarships flow in new school year
Starting a new school-year in flood-hit provinces
On August 25th, teachers and students in many localities nationwide were eager to start a new school-year . More than 100,000 pupils in the Northern Mountain Province of Lao Cai started the new school-year despite heavy flood damage. The Provincial Ministry of Education and Training proposed measures to help victims affected by the flood overcome difficulties and let children go to school. During the flood, 28 students died or disappeared, 2 students were injured, more than 60 schools were damaged, and more than 200 classrooms were affected. 24 classrooms were destroyed and 77 were heavily damaged. The flood damaged 495 sets of desks and benches, more than 100 blackboards, 1,057 teaching and learning aids, and 1,838 sets of textbooks. The educational sector will coordinate with localities to ensure student’s education according to regulations. In the Northern Mountain Province of Yen Bai, more than 200 houses belonging to educational workers and teachers were … [Read more...] about Starting a new school-year in flood-hit provinces
State President kicks off new school-year
State President Nguyen Minh Triet joined the teaching staff and students of the Hanoi-Amsterdam high school in Dong Da precinct, Hanoi to open the new school-year on Sept. 3. President Triet praised the school’s teachers and students’ outstanding achievements over the past 23 years, noting their triumph at various national and international Olympiads. In the 2007-2008 school year, students of the Hanoi-Amsterdam high school bagged 43 prizes at national contests, two golds, one silvers and four bronzes at int’l Olympic contests. President Triet asked the education sector to phase in advanced technology in teaching and management, improve curricular, contents as well as teaching methods, and boost comprehensive. The education sector needs a drastic change to meet the human resource development demand for the on-going national industrialisation and international integration process, he said. Source: VNA … [Read more...] about State President kicks off new school-year
Millions of pupils enter new school year
More than two millions of students of general schools in Hanoi and HCM City returned to school after nearly three summer-vacation months on August 15. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc beat the drum to open the new academic year 2011-2012, at the international primary school of Wellspring in Hanoi. at the international primary school of Wellspring in Hanoi. From the early morning, hundreds of pupils of the Wellspring primary school in uniforms, held balloons in their hands to attend the start of the school year ceremony. This is the first school in Hanoi organizing the term beginning ceremony. On behalf of the Party and the State, Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered greeting to the school’s teachers and students. “The Party and the State attach special importance to education in general and develop talent in particular. Improving the people’s intellectual standards, developing human resources and fostering talents are the focus of the Strategy for … [Read more...] about Millions of pupils enter new school year