With options ranging from boarding schools to alternative schools to preschools, the number of private educational facilities have been mushrooming to satisfy parents’ increasing demand and suit each and every child. Known as one of oldest and prestigious private schools in HCMC, Vietnam Australia International School (VAS) has opened eight facilities in districts 2,3 ,7 , 10, Phu Nhuan, and Go Vap after 15 years of operating in Vietnam. In the academic year 2018-2019, more than 8,500 preschoolers to 12 graders enrolled in the school. Similarly, Asian School will open one additional school in district 2 in next August bringing the total number of its facilities in HCMC to 13. Pathway private school also has had eight facilities with more than 2,000 students from preschool to junior high school after five years of operation in Vietnam. Ms. Nguyen Trinh in Thao Dien ward in District 2 couldn’t make up his mind about which school for her daughter who was about to enter the … [Read more...] about Private schools mushrooming in HCMC to meet parents’ demand
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Underwhelming international schools
The number of international education programmes has been increasing in Vietnam, but the quality of some is questionable Photo: Le Toan Vietnam Australia School, Hanoi (VAS Hanoi), which calls itself a prestigious international school offering Cambridge assessment international education, is a highlight example of bringing international education programmes to the capital. In the afternoon of April 2 at VAS Hanoi, the father of a first-grade boy, said, “With monthly tuition fees of VND15-20 million ($652-869), I expected better education standards, but in reality VAS is not much different from local private schools.” “Programmes for first-grade students are too dense and are not suitable for a six-year-old kid. Students also have to cram for an examination, similar to local public and private schools. I will take my son to study at another school next year.” Similarly, one parent said that his son, despite learning at the school for more than four years, … [Read more...] about Underwhelming international schools
Vietnam, Australia cooperate in human rights education
At the MoU signing ceremony (Photo: VNA) Sydney (VNA) – The Australian Human Rights Commission will help Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) integrate lessons on human rights into the public school curricula, per a memorandum of understanding inked between both sides in Sydney on February 26. Training for educational managers, developing the Vietnamese version of Rightsapp - the first mobile application that allows users to quickly access the United Nations’ human rights treaties and agreements, and building an interactive learning portal on human rights will be included in the programme. At the signing ceremony, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese Party Central Committee’s Theoretical Council and HCMA Director, described this as an important event as it marks bilateral cooperation in promoting and protecting human rights through education, consolidating the friendship between Vietnam and Australia. Thang … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Australia cooperate in human rights education
KinderWorld Vietnam A journey towards success
KinderWorld has grown into a leading education group in Vietnam. Could you share about the group’s major activities and development milestones? Ricky Tan KinderWorld has been in Vietnam since the commencement of our first KinderWorld International Kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City in 2000 and currently provides education services for students from 18 months to 18 years of age through three main brands –KinderWorld International Kindergarten, Singapore International School, and Singapore Vietnam International School. We offer three different programmes – International Programme, Integrated Programme, and Premium Vietnamese Education Programme – each providing different certifications, which gives us a competitive edge as we cater to the different needs of students. In April 2018, our subsidiary, KinderWorld Vietnam JSC was awarded the Bronze Award for Excellence in Provision of Literacy and Education Award (for companies with a market capitalisation of … [Read more...] about KinderWorld Vietnam A journey towards success
Vietnam’s education making the grade
The Vietnamese education system has been checking off target after target in recent years, Photo: ISHCMC In the afternoon of November 3, at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong met with 55 of the best performers of Vietnamese schools and universities in the 2017-2018 school year. According to the leader, although limitations do still exist in the education sector and the country keeps striving for more, Vietnamese education is on a level it has never reached before. A recent report by the Ministry of Education and Training’s (MoET) Continuing Education Department shows that the current rate of literate people between the ages of 15 and 60 is nearly 98 per cent, reaching the target set for 2020. This year was also the first year that Vietnam’s two major universities – Ho Chi Minh City National University and Hanoi National University – made the list of the top 1,000 most reputable … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s education making the grade