Education

As the public paid much attention to the shutdown of the center in Hanoi   because it was operated without permission. The center was asked to close after Nguyen Thi Kim Tuyen, who is teacher of the center, insulted a students. Tuyen was filmed engaging in an intense argument with one of the learners in the MST center, during which she used insulting word to the learner. MST Education System JSC received an administrative fine of VND20 million ($880) for operating the center without permission from local authorities. Tuyen was also fined VND5 million ($220) for insulting others’ honor. She was asked not to teach anymore. In its document, the Ministry requested to increase supervision to foreign language and IT teaching center; therefore, the departments and universities were assigned to review centers under their management. Related agencies have to check license, facilities and teaching staff quality in these centers to have timely punishment on teachers’ … [Read more...] about Education Ministry to inspect foreign language teaching centers after scandal

Teachers, students and staffs in private and public preschools, primary, junior and senior high schools, colleges in Ho Chi Minh City were encouraged to help for their peers in mountainous, distant and disadvantaged districts. Teachers and students are also encouraged to support their peers in these regions. Teachers and students can contribute to the call for to May 31, 2018. By THANH THU – Translated by UYEN PHUONG Tags: Education sector calls for help disadvantaged districts … [Read more...] about Education sector calls for help for disadvantaged districts

To further develop its multi-level educational system, FPT Corporation announced yesterday that it has just finished buying a school with the surface area of over 4,000m2 and will begin accepting grade-sixth students this year. This has made FPT Education the first organization in Vietnam to have all units of training from primary school to junior-high school, high school, undergraduate, and postgraduate educational institutes. The new primary and junior-high school of FPT Education is located at the center of Cau Giay District in Hanoi, with three 5-to-7-floor blocks to accommodate 2,000 students. In addition, to apply contemporary teaching methods, besides 100 modern classrooms, the new school has many multi-function rooms for innovative experience, library, music, information technology, laboratory, foreign language learning, physical education field, basketball field, badminton course, biological garden. Along with the expansion of infrastructure, in the academic year of 2018 … [Read more...] about FPT offering primary to postgraduate education in Vietnam

The minister expressed his admiration towards effort of second grader Nguyen Thanh Dat and his English fluency. He wrote in the letter that he was touched when knowing that Dat and his mother travel 120 kilometers from Dong Son commune to a foreign language center in Ha Long city every weekend. Dat sets an inspiring example for his peers to overcome difficulties in the pursuit of studying for the country’s development, wrote Mr. Nha. In his letter, the minister also encouraged the boy to make great effort to fulfill his ambitious, yet achievable dream of studying in the UK. He hoped that in addition to English, Dat would study well other subjects as well as be a good child to his parents and good student to his teachers. Minister Nha thanked Dat’s parents who have nurtured his eager for learning at early age, believing that he will realize his dream. Before, social network users were moved when Dat’s mother Le Thi Nam posted a video for an English contest … [Read more...] about Education Minister praises little boy travelling 120 kilometers to study English

Vietnam Ambassador to Mexico Le Linh Lan was one of 1,500 delegates that gathered in Monterrey, Mexico on October 15-18 for an international early childhood education conference. “Research reveals that later success, both in their personal lives and in terms of academic achievement, is highly dependent on children receiving quality education at an early age,” Lan said in a speech at the event. That’s why politicians and educators in Vietnam place heavy emphasis and prioritize beginning education earlier in life, particularly for the young children in the disadvantaged, mountainous and remote areas. While at the conference, Linh Lan met with many leading global experts in early childhood education including Mexican General Director of the Centres for Child Education (CENDI) María Guadalupe Rodríguez. … [Read more...] about Experts shed light on importance of early education