Education in Vietnam

The Vietnamese inherited a high respect for learning. Under Confucianism, education
was essential for admission to the ruling class of scholar-officials, the mandarin. Theschool
systemwasoriginallypatternedaftertheFrenchmodel,butthecurriculumwasrevisedtogive
moreemphasistoVietnamesehistory,language,andliteratureand,inHanoi,totheteachingof
revolutionaryethicsandMarxismLeninism.ThethreeprioritiesIwillbediscussingand
studyingaboutVietnamseducationalsystemisputeverychildinschool,thequalityoflearning,
and the fostering of global citizenship.
Vietnam is a country to really emphasizes this put every child in school priority, except
in some cases. In 2012, Vietnam was ranked 54 out of 187 countries for children not enrolled in
primary or secondary education schools. There were 121,992 students not being taken care of
academically during this period (Bergo, 2014). The statistics show that there are more males than
females being enrolled into classroom settings in Vietnam, which I find very interesting. Author
of Index Mundi said, The value for School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) in Vietnam
was 103.73 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a
maximum value of 112.73 in 1977 and a minimum value of 94.94 in 2005 where as the male,
The value for School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) in Vietnam was 106.03 as of 2013.
As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of
116.40 in 1978 and a minimum value of 99.50 in 2005 (Barrientos).
The quality of learning in Vietnam is astonishing, but they teach little about behavior and
all about books. As Vietnam's economy evolves, good basic numeracy and literacy skills will no
longer suffice. The labor market increasingly demands a mix of high-quality cognitive,
behavioral, and technical skillsskills employers say are rare among graduates. Vannesa from

Education Week said, The next step for Vietnam is to provide better quality schooling that
fosters higher-order cognitive and behavioral skills (such as creative and critical thinking) for
more young people. Accordingly, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is working
with K-12 educators on an ambitious reform to design coherent, focused, high-quality curricular
standards that optimize learning and promote the competencies needed to master content and
apply knowledge (Gersing, 2015). The amount of information a week a child is provided with is
an abundant, and the teachers are expecting a lot out of each student. The quantity of learning for
a child is there, but not quite quality just yet. The classrooms are ran predominantly by teachers
lecturing the students, and the students nodding acknowledging they understand which primarily
is not always the case. Vanessa said, While curricular reform is an important step, the resulting
change in classroom instruction is what matters. Ensuring policies and practices are aligned
across the education system will require close attention to how the new curriculum is taught (and
assessed) (Gersing, 2015).
Global Citizenship Education is to support learners in developing values, attitudes, skills
and knowledge that enable them to contribute to the world community. Global Citizen Program
A chance for young people to work in social projects abroad from 6 8 weeks With a network of
113 countries and territories, AIESEC offers more than 20,000 life-changing experiences for
young people every year. GCE is a chance for students to reach out into the community and even
gets involved on different campuses worldwide.
Vietnam highly enforces education and is seen as a stepladder into their future lives as a
citizen. Students are required to attend school to Monday thru Saturday and there is no time
spent for leisure activities outside the classroom. They are only required to practice gymnastics

during recess and that is it. The priorities in Vietnam are focused on putting every child in
school, the quality of learning, and the fostering of global citizenship education.

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Using Gap minder I found that the amount of children out of primary school in Vietnam in 2010
was 121,300. Which has certainly decreased from over the years!

References
Barrientos, M. (n.d.). Vietnam - School enrollment. Retrieved October 27, 2015, from
http://www.indexmundi.com/facts/vietnam/school-enrollment
Bergo, H. (2014). About Us. Retrieved October 27, 2015, from
http://www.nationmaster.com/about
Gersing, V. (n.d.). Learning From and With Vietnam's Schools. Retrieved October 27, 2015, from
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/global_learning/2015/07/learning_from_and_with_vietn
ams_schools.html