The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) is preparing to submit a long-awaited decree on university autonomy to the government in an attempt to assist the country’s universities, especially in terms of finance. The proposal also aims at removing the current “management function” mechanism, by which each university has its own State agency as the “parent owner” without actual or effective authority. “Universities will operate independently without a ministry above their heads,” Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha said. He raised the proposal at a meeting with the Ho Chi Minh City Pedagogical University on June 7, adding that MoET will be the “line manager” in the education and training sector without interfering in universities’ operations. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam also touched on the matter during a working visit to Can Tho University on March 31. He stressed that the notion of “parent … [Read more...] about Decree on university autonomy in final stages
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Francophone University Association opens new campus in Ho Chi Minh City
The Francophone University Association (AUF) opened its Ho Chi Minh City Campus on Friday to offer distance learning courses and consultations on the development plans of member universities. The campus, located at 49 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, District 1, aims to improve pedagogic approaches and teaching efficiency by filming lectures, utilizing online media, and providing Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC), an open Web-based distance learning program that is designed for the participation of large numbers of geographically dispersed students, according to AUF. The Ho Chi Minh City Campus also runs distance training courses as well as offering consultations on the development plans of member universities, the AUF said, adding that French-speaking lecturers, researchers, and university students in southern Vietnam thus have a new destination for diverse academic activities such as group work, access to international scientific data and reports, reading articles in French, opening … [Read more...] about Francophone University Association opens new campus in Ho Chi Minh City
Japanese film festival to open in Ho Chi Minh City
PANO - A Japanese Film Festival will be held from November 13th to 18th at BHD Cinema in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, announced the Japanese Consul General in the city and the Department of Japanese Culture and Japan Image Council, at a press conference on November 5th. Thirty-five films, including 11 long and 24 short ones, highlighting Japan's history and life of Japanese people, will be screened during the festival. … [Read more...] about Japanese film festival to open in Ho Chi Minh City
Real situation of time management skills of students at some Universities in Ho Chi Minh City nowadays.
The theme performed by the author Huynh Van Son - University of Pedagogy, in Ho Chi Minh City to help students to adjust their negative habits, time management skills, awareness, corrected attitude for their behavior resulted in right works. The author surveyed the real status of time management skills of 1.021 students at University of Pedagogy of Ho Chi Minh city; University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh city; Polytechnic University of Ho Chi Minh City; National University of Ho Chi Minh city; University of Economics and Law, Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh city. Research results showed that almost students correctly understood the conception of time management, but the expression, specific action in time management skills of students were only moderately. This suggested that it is needed to have specific ways to enhance the time management skills of students in order to adjust negative habits, practical actions when using … [Read more...] about Real situation of time management skills of students at some Universities in Ho Chi Minh City nowadays.
Some Universities and Colleges to Be Moved out of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
The Ministry of Education and Training has sent a document to the People's Committees of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, government ministries, committees, agencies and associations asking them to provide information to help draw up a plan for moving several universities and colleges out of those two big cities. Accordingly, government agencies need to collect information about the land footprint of universities and colleges as of October, 2008, statistics on the number students, lecturers and professors, and the demand for land use by 2020, and after 2025. The Ministry of Education and Training also asked government ministries, committees and agencies to offer suggestions on what criteria should be used for determining which universities and colleges should be moved out of the inner cities of Hanoi and HCMC. As a result, a list will be drawn up of universities and colleges that will have to move, and one for those that will not have to move. Earlier, in October, 2008, the Prime Minister … [Read more...] about Some Universities and Colleges to Be Moved out of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City