HCM City to ease ban on extra classes

Võ Văn Hoan, chief of staff and spokesperson for the HCM City People’s Committee, said the ban on extra classes would be reviewed.

Private tutoring discouraged

Minister of Education and Training Phùng Xuân Nhạ spoke with the Nhân Dân (People) weekly about private tutoring and education reform plans.

Ban on after-school lessons a step in right direction2

At a meeting with HCM City People’s Council last week, a principal of a local public primary school burst into tears while talking about a harsh prohibition in which schools are no longer permitted to operate extra classes.

Question asked about too many extra lessons Many parents in Viet Nam want their children to do lots of extra lessons after school. Now, people are asking the question: does it help? A study has shown that the students who do best do only two hours' studying. It has also found that too many extra lessons can turn children into unhappy people.

A tiring push for success seen as doomed to fail3 It is just after seven in the evening when Nguyen Minh Trung gets home. It's been a long day, more than 12 hours, in fact, and he's exhausted.

Entrance exam ban poses tough questions Summer, the examination season for Vietnamese students, is coming. This means lots of pressure are waiting for students; but not for fifth graders because they don't have to take lower secondary school entrance exams any more.

S Korea, Malaysia offer education tips South Korea was able to reform its higher-education system by tying tuition to family income, giving schools more autonomy and enhancing instructional quality, the country's former Minister of Education, Science and Technology told a workshop held in HCM City yesterday.

How to survive on English Viet Nam is one of the top global destina-tions for foreigners seeking English-teaching jobs.

Crackdown on extra classes The recent draft decree on administrative punishment in education compiled by the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has once again stirred public concern over the situation that children will have to attend many private tutoring classes.

Teachers feel underpaid, overworked My younger sister recently graduated from university with an English teaching diploma. She is in the process of looking for a job, but my advice to her is don't become a teacher if she wants to buy a house and a car in Ha Noi.