VietNamNet Bridge - The time when students had to search for information about schools and study opportunities is over. It is schools that now have to try every possible way to attract students.

According to Nguyen Phong Dien from the Hanoi University of Technology, the school had planned new activities for this year’s enrolment season. There will be ‘days of experience’ which candidates can spend as full-time students of the Hanoi University of Technology.

“They will be able to listen to the rector’s presentation about the impact of the fourth industry revolution on human resources development in Vietnam, work in teams at the school, have meals at the school’s canteen and participate in experiments,” he said.

The time when students had to search for information about schools and study opportunities is over. It is schools that now have to try every possible way to attract students.

Also according to Dien, there will be three days of experience to be held on March 26, April 2 and April 19, each of which will host 700 students. The first day would be reserved for students from 20 high schools in Hanoi.

Le Ngoc Hoan from the Forestry University said he has been visiting many high schools in recent days to give advice to students about future careers.

“We provide students with information about the training majors at Vietnam’s universities and give advice to them so that they can choose majors and schools based on their abilities and passions,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Hanoi University of Water Resources connects students via associations of compatriots and students’ clubs. The school plans to send lecturers to 100 high schools to talk about the training regime at the Hanoi University of Water Resources, the school’s scholarship policy and future job opportunities. 

An analyst commented that schools nowadays find it difficult to enroll students because 
the number of unemployed bachelor’s degree graduates is on the rise, which makes many students rethink their plan to follow higher education. More and more Vietnamese high-school graduates want to study abroad instead of domestic schools.

“Only the most prestigious schools can be sure they will enroll enough students. Meanwhile, others all face a shortage of students,” he commented.

An MOET study showed that after the first enrolment campaign in 2016, about 100,000 students eligible for studying at universities did not enroll in any school in Vietnam (eligible students are those who had exam scores equal to, or higher than, the floor mark).

The representative of a polytechnic school in Hanoi admitted that it was more and more difficult to enroll students. 

“In the past, we could enroll 700 students a year for in-service training from Thai Nguyen province. But now, we cannot find anyone. All of them prefer working at Samsung’s factory to going to university,” he said.

RELATED NEWS

Belgian university backs Vietnam’s family medical practice training

Universities lose money, staff when sending lecturers abroad

Xuan Lich