ROCK-N-BOWL-A-THON Fundraiser
Are you ready to Rock 'n' Bowl again?! Our organizing committee is getting ready for another fun afternoon of family fun and bowling! Just as last year, we will have goodies for sale, lots of prizes and trophies, rock-n-roll music on the jukebox and all the glory for the winning teams, of course.
Come one, come all!! We are taking team registration from NOW until July 11, 2009.
What policies for teachers? No answer yet
Finding reasonable policies to attract more teachers has become more necessary than ever, since concern about the lack of enthusiastic and qualified teachers has become bigger than ever...
World Bank Invests in Reforming Vietnam’s Education System
The World Bank today recognized Vietnam’s progress in modernizing governance, financing, quality assurance and public financial management in the higher education sector and approved US$ 177 million to support the further developmen...
More students going to vocational school than university
Failing his high school final exam two times, Tuan Minh in district 4 of HCM City decided not to continue studying anymore. After a period of staying idle, Minh got a job as a waiter at a restaurant. With the sum of money he earned from the job, he registered to follow a class on network management at a computer centre.
Students burdened by study fees
Fees for finals exams unexpectedly raised to 500,000, fines imposed if students pay tuition fees late – students are fed up with the spontaneous and high fees set by universities.
When returning to school to prepare for repeating the final exams, T and his friends at the HCM City Food Industry College were surprised when they read the college’s notice which stipulated a surprisingly high fee for the exams.
Vietnam Nuns provide free education to young battlefield scavengers
Many children in Buong Tam, a central Vietnamese village 30 kilometers from Hue, have dropped out of school to help support their families. Traditionally they have worked in the fields, tending crops and cattle, but more recently they have been scavenging scrap metal from the sites of pitched battles fought between 1966 and 1975, during the Vietnam War.
