Education in Vietnam

Vietnam is still a poor country. Its per capita income is also very low. Even after so many years in war, Vietnam has continuously recorded its great accomplishments in education. In the year 1997, more or less 22 million pupils were there in all over the country. Out of which 13.2 million were in primary schools and that accounted for 58%, 4.3 million were in secondary schools, and not less than 26,000 in colleges and other universities.

In Vietnam, the literacy rate is really high and it is almost 92% of the whole population. Nearly 8% are illiteracy. Out of this calculation 80% living in remote areas while 60% are female members of the society. In the last two years assigned state budget for education has been considerably increased. It takes about 10% of the total amount. 70% - 80% of the total amount was used for paying monthly salary to different teachers.

The private sector took not less than 40% of total direct expenses. The largest part was spent for the kindergarten education. For primary schools the basic expenditure took about 50%, some of the specialized secondary school took about 19% and some professional and vocational schools took 12% of the total expenses.

Vietnam has some skilled and well trained works. Besides that some world-wide renowned scientists are also present n Vietnam. The names can be mentioned as Nguyen Van Hieu, Mr. Ton That Tung, Mr. Tran Dai Nghia, etc. The communist party as well as Vietnamese government offered great attention to education.

But despite of all these factors, the Vietnamese Education System is still facing some unavoidable difficulties. Many of the schools are there where learning equipments are properly updated. Teachers are also not suitably educated in some cases. Millions of children are still out of school. It is advisable to give proper education training facility.