HCM city raise tuition fees

HCM City schools to raise tuition fees

May 25, 2012

LookAtVietnam – Tuition fees at primary and secondary schools in HCM City will increase by at least 10 per cent the next academic year, according to the city’s Department of Education and Training.

The department has completed its new scheme on tuition fees, which is based on Government Degree No.46 that focuses on tuition fees at State-owned schools between 2010 and 2015, according to the department’s deputy director Le Hoai Nam.
Under the scheme, tuition fees will be no more than 5 per cent of average household income, or VND40,000 (US$2) to VND200,000 (nearly $10) a month per student.
Students living in remote areas will receive preferential fees.
The fees will be adjusted every year, according to the department.
“The city government is working to complete the department’s tuition scheme before it is applied,” said Nam.
The department reported that local private schools would increase tuition fees by 10-50 per cent in 2012 and 2013.
Most schools will charge about VND1.5 million ($75) or VND2 million ($100) a month per student.
The tuition at some schools with better facilities will be between VND3.8 million ($190) and VND7.4 million ($360) a month.
The department has asked private schools to announce any of their increased tuition fees at earlier dates than usual, and to keep their new school fees stable.
Tuition fees at many private colleges in the country will also increase by between VND500,000 and VND2 million the next academic year. The colleges have said the new fees will only be applied to new students.
The tuition for first-year students at Ha Noi’s Business and Technology College will be VND9 million (nearly $450) a year, an increase of VND600,000 ($30) compared to the 2011–12 academic year.
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Vietnam stresses need to reform education | Look At Vietnam

Vietnam stresses need to reform education

May 10, 2012

The
Ministry of Education and Training announced on May 7 an action
programme for the 2011-2016 period with a focus on education reform.

The programme aims at comprehensively reforming the entire education system based on modern criteria.
As a result, eleven major tasks have
been laid out, including reforming education management, improving the
quality of teachers and education managers; and renovating curriculum
and teacher training methods.
Other tasks include intensifying
scientific research and training, adopting new technology, IT training;
increasing support for education and training in disadvantaged areas and
places which are home to ethnic minority people; and enhancing the
efficiency of international co-operation in education.
By 2015, the country intends to reduce the malnutrition rate among preschool students to less than 10%.
The country will strive to bring
full-day education to 70% of primary students nationwide and bring the
number of tertiary students to 300 per 10,000 residents during the
period.
The number of trained workers is expected to account for 50% of the country’s labor force by 2015.
Tertiary training program mes will also
be reformed in light of the market demand while universities and
colleges will be granted more autonomy in developing their training
program mes.
Under the plan, all university will have to switch to credit-based programmes by 2015.

Dan Tri

Vietnam plans to train 10,000 doctors overseas | Look At Vietnam

Vietnam is putting in place plans to train over 10,000 doctors overseas.
Participants at the workshop
To this end the Ministry of Education and Training is setting up a cooperative education program with a number of foreign countries according to Deputy Minister Pham Vu Luan.



Luan stressed at a two-day workshop on building partnership relations in university education, the opportunities and challenges involved and that training doctors overseas is one of the future priorities of the ministry.



The workshop has gathered more than 500 participants, made up of education experts and representatives from businesses and education organizations in the US and Vietnam.



In 2010, under Government Project 322 it is expected that 1,000 doctors will be sent abroad to study using state money.



Luan said that his ministry plans to work with large organizations such as the World Bank and Asia Development Bank on loans to build excellent universities.



Also under the program they intend to build on international cooperation and the ministry is compiling a project on attracting overseas Vietnamese and foreign scientists to give lecturers and carry out research at universities and junior colleges in Vietnam



The ministry plans to increase university education quality assessment and accreditation. It has decided that, by the end of 2010, at least 30 percent of universities will complete the self-assessment reports, while other universities must complete this work no later than 2011.



Luan said that in the next three years, Vietnam will see at least one independent education quality accreditation organization set up every year



On the sidelines of the workshop, the US Ambassador to Vietnam Michael Michalak told the press that education quality accreditation is one of the two most important issues that Vietnam’s education needs to pay attention to. The other issue is giving more self-control to universities.



He said that these are the important issues which can help Vietnam’s higher education come closer to the world standards. He added that the US can help Vietnam in university education assessment.



A range of topics were discussed in teams at the workshop, including the enhancement of the development of universities in Vietnam, the building up of US style universities in Vietnam and the increasing the numbers of Vietnamese students in the US.



These three topics are also the key issues in the cooperation at Government level between the US and Vietnam in university education.



Mr Michalak said that the US advocates plans to build a US-style university in Vietnam, while offering to help recruit managers and lecturers as well as mobilize financial sources.



Also according to the ambassador, the number of Vietnamese students studying in the US has increased by 2.5 times over the last two years.



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US-Vietnam education forum opens in HCMC

two-day forum to discuss partnerships between the US and Vietnam in higher education kicked off on January 15 in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Higher Education in Vietnam: American-Vietnamese Partnerships conference aims to further boost cooperation between universities, NGOs and other institutions engaged in higher education, and map out strategies for more linkages and joint educational programs.
Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thien Nhan told the ceremony via a videotaped clip that he hoped the forum, with the participation of more than 400 representatives from the educational institutions and businesses of both nations will come up with practical and achievable plans for further cooperation in the field.
Addressing the conference’s opening ceremony, US Ambassador to Vietnam, Michael Michalak, said the forum will improve the understanding between American and Vietnamese educational institutions and agencies, and facilitate the implementation of ongoing programs and initiatives.
The conference includes a presentation of preliminary recommendations by the US-Vietnam Education Task Force established during the trip by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung to the US last year.
Currently, around 80 American universities have formed partnerships in Vietnam and about 10,000 Vietnamese students are studying in the US, according to Nhan.
Over the past years, the US government has launched many higher education projects in Vietnam including the Fulbright Program and the Vietnam Education Foundation which have helped hundreds of Vietnamese students gain advanced degrees in the US.
The conference is organized by the US Embassy in Hanoi, the Ministry of Education and Training and the Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City.
Reported by Tuong Nhi