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Teachers still shy of sex education

Many parents have left sex education to teachers despite education authorities struggling on how to discuss the topic.Detail

English teaching in Vietnam: Teacher ‘re-education’

English learning and teaching have been a bone of contention for years in Vietnam as teacher qualifications and assessment methodologies are blamed for students’ failure to use the language in real life. These two issues are a major problem.Detail

SEAMEO launches bid to close regional education gap

Members of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) hope to narrow the education gap by creating regional standards that set out the qualifications and degrees educators need, Viet Nam's Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan said...Detail

Students' indifference to literature concerns educators

While many students show little interest in studying literature, educators have shown a discouragement and a lack of creativity in teaching the subject.Detail

Bachelors remain redundant, unskilled workers much in demand

While universities and junior colleges report the high percentages of graduates who can find jobs, job centers and local labor departments have reported the increasingly high unemployment rate. Unemployment rates highDetail

Vietnam pledges all-out effort to reduce disparity in education

Vietnam will do its utmost to increase the quality of education to a level available to people from other Southeast Asian nations.Detail