The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has once again stirred up the public with the announcement that the information about training and graduation grades will be shown on high school diplomas.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly 40,000 students received a 0-1 score in math on the national high school final exam, shocking many teachers.

VietNamNet Bridge - It is unclear if teaching English to preschool children has been prohibited or permitted. The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) says ‘yes’ sometimes, and then says ‘no’ at other times.

Giving more ‘power’ to primary school students and changing the ways of criticizing and complimenting students are all measures the MOET has tried to implement to revolutionize education in the country. 

VietNamNet Bridge - Exam markers have warned that the average scores that students received after the national exam will be too high, thus making it difficult for schools to decide which students to enroll. 

VietNamNet Bridge - The national high school finals are not needed if 100 percent of examinees can pass the exams, many students believe.

Teachers have said that most students will pass the high school final exam because of the easy questions on the test. However, universities will find it difficult to choose excellent students because the questions were not difficult enough.

VietNamNet Bridge - Assessing the national exam which took place on July 1-4, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) said it was ‘safe and serious’. However, some educators disagreed.

VietNamNet Bridge - Numerous mistakes have been found in literature textbooks for general school students published by the national Education Publishing House.

VietNamNet Bridge - When asked who was chairing the textbook recompilation program, the Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan did not provide an answer.

VietNamNet Bridge - The math and literature questions raised at the high school entrance exam were viewed as being within students’ capacity to answer. Students said they could finish the tests before the deadline.

Vietnamese are divided on the existence of schools for the gifted and classes of selected students. Some believe schools for the gifted are not good for students, while others think the schools should be part of the educational system.

VietNamNet Bridge - Most primary school students received positive remarks from teachers at the end of the 2014-2015 academic year under a new marking system that assesses students with comments, not marks. 

The Ministry of Transport has sent a dispatch to the Ministry of Education and Training, requesting to examine the “doctor” title of Tran Dinh Ba, who became famous recently with his opposition against a plan to build Long Thanh Airport.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) must bear full responsibility for the increasingly high number of unemployed university graduates, experts say. 

VietNamNet Bridge - University entrance-exam preparation centers, which mushroomed in number some years ago, will be shut down because of a new exam regulation.

VietNamNet Bridge - The Hanoi Education and Training Department at the May 7 meeting officially instructed secondary schools to enroll students based on their records shown on school reports.

VietNamNet Bridge - Insiders believe that an unreasonable examination scheme and lack of transparency are the two reasons that led to many good candidates failing the Hanoi civil service exam.

VietNamNet Bridge – Concerned individuals and organisations are offering their comments on a draft of 45 criteria for evaluating the quality of English textbooks for primary to high school education nationwide. 

VietNamNet Bridge - A plan by the Hanoi Education and Training Department to set up telecom wave interfering equipment in some places to ensure security of high school finals has raised controversy.