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Thirty six high schools in New Zealand took part in the scholarship program in order to encourage Vietnamese talents to discover good education in New Zealand with the different scholarship levels of 100 percent, 50 percent, and 30 percent for the first school year. Vietnam is the only country to receive these scholarships, according to Education New Zealand (ENZ) aiming to strengthen the education relationship between the two countries. On the occasion, ENZ and Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training signed a Memorandum of Understanding on education cooperation. As per the Memorandum, there will be numerous cooperation programs including fresher courses and exchanges to develop skills and knowledge for Vietnamese students, teachers and education managers in New Zealand.By MINH QUAN – Translated by HAI SON … [Read more...] about Thirty six scholarships from New Zealand schools for Vietnamese high-schoolers

Nearly a third of students in HCM City suffer from stress, while 53% lack motivation. The municipal Department of Education and Training has conducted a survey on local students’ mental health, covering 150 schools of different levels.  Nearly a third of students in HCM City suffer from stress, while 53% lack motivation The survey reported that 7.8% of students left school; 21.1% on the verge of leaving school; meanwhile 31% said they were stressed and 53.8% lacked motivation. According to the survey, up to 41.5% of surveyed students admitted that they are addicted to the internet and games and 40.2% violate school regulations. Around 5.7% of students had violated the law and 2.8% girl students have abortions. In addition, 0.8% of students had self-harmed and 24.6% had been bullied. The problems have been partially attributed to the lack of care from families and schools. Schools need to have services to support students who face difficulties. The Ministry of Education and … [Read more...] about Nearly a third of HCM City students face stress

At the meeting on social work orientation in schools held by the Department, the Department’s idea politic ward yesterday announced a survey carried out from December 20, 2018 to January 10, 2019. The training course will be for teachers, medical workers and teachers for providing counselling. Learners will be given certificates after finishing the training courses. The survey done by the ward in 150 educational facilities in HCMC from kindergartens to colleges about some problems students facing in academic performance, revealed 7.8 percent students used to be dropouts whereas 21.1 percent of students are at risk of dropping out and 31 percent of students were suffering stress. Additionally, according to the survey, up to 53.8 percent of students have no learning motivation. Worse, 30 percent of students were abused while using social network while 24.6 percent of them were bullied and 20.8 percent are victims of spiritual abuse including insults and stigmatization. The survey … [Read more...] about Education sector increases social counseling in schools

“Although childhood is considered to be the best time in one’s life, many children have suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD due to sexual abuse. I always wanted to do something to prevent these crimes from happening so no child would have to suffer their consequences”, said Dinh Van Loc, a senior from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogy’s Education Management Faculty and the brain behind “We need protection”. The project with slogan “Try to protect kids until you can still do it” carried out by Dinh Van Loc and his friends won the third prize of the national contest “Students with scientific research” and the first prize of the 2018 Eureka Awards, aiming to encourage and honor local students’ scientific projects, organized by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union. “We need protection” consists of three contents. In addition to providing information on various body parts, the … [Read more...] about ‘We need protection” – A project from a blind student

Children at some kindergartens in the northern mountainous province of Son La have fires to keep warm in their classroom in these chilly cold days. The classrooms at Binh Minh Kindergarten’s branch in Pung Khoai Village, Yen Chau District are in bad condition as they are made from bamboo and could collapse at any time, but the pupils and teachers have no options but to light fires indoors to keep warm.  Children have fires to keep warm in the class All of the children at the Pung Khoai branch are from Mong ethnic minority and their families are very poor. The same situation is also seen at Binh Minh Kindergarten’s branch in Nam Un Village. Nguyen Thanh Ha, a teacher at Nam Un branch, said that the local school had been open for 20 years. The 25 square-metre classroom made from bamboo often leaks when it is rainy.  A classroom of Nam Un branch "The children are from poor families so they even do not have enough warm clothes. We have to have a fire to make … [Read more...] about Children struggle in chill mountains