The 14th National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday weighed in on the amended draft Law on Education during its seventh session. Textbooks and national exam were the topic of a heated debate.

VietNamNet Bridge - Nearly VND1 trillion is spent to organize national high-school final exams every year, a relatively high amount of money for Vietnam. 

 Nearly one million pupils across Vietnam have finished the most important test of their lives so far, the national exam, which will decide whether they are admitted to their dream university.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The new national high school examination this year was a failure, forcing students to gamble on their futures, a veteran educator said.

VietNamNet Bridge - While educators repeatedly complain that students do not like learning history, parents say there is nothing to worry about.

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 - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) now can sigh with relief as teachers all highly appreciate the way national exam questions were designed. 

VietNamNet Bridge – A preliminary survey has found that most students chose physics and chemistry for the 2015 finals, and that very few students chose history and geography.

New policies and reform programs developed by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) have caused controversy, including a recent decision to combine the annual national high school exam and university entrance exam.

Contrary to all predictions, only 15 percent of those polled by VietNamNet say they agree with the Ministry of Education and Training’s plan to organize a single national exam instead of the current high school finals and university entrance exam.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has decided to apply a lot of measures to rescue non-state owned schools, which are on the verge of dissolution because of the lack of students.