Role of education
Education has always played a central role in Vietnam culture and society as it has been seen as the path of advancement and families routinely sacrifice much to ensure their children get the required education.
Vietnam as a country with close to 87 million people and with more than 60% under the age of 35(Source: General Department of Statistics of Vietnam, 2009), there is a huge education need for this young population.
Furthermore, as a developing country with booming economy, there is a need on high quality and better skilled workforce for future growth. Higher education and technical and specialised skills are very important to business as it provides the trained workers and also a system to transfer skills and train new employees needed in a modern business society.
Despite efforts put in by the government, only about 1.6 million (about 2%) actually are now at higher education institutions. Each year approximately 1.2 million students graduate from secondary education but the enrolment to higher education is only around 300 thousand (Source: Department of Higher Education, MOET).
University criteria
The process of qualifying for university in Vietnam has two steps. First, students must take and pass the Secondary School Leaving Examination (SSLE), which consists of a comprehensive achievement test in six subjects (math, literature, a foreign language, and three alternating subjects) each with a maximum value of ten points. In order to graduate, one needs to achieve at least a score of 30 points. The next step is to take the University Entrance Examination (UEE) which usually consists of an exam of 3 of 4 fixed groups of subjects.
Credit system
Education has always played a central role in Vietnam culture and society as it has been seen as the path of advancement and families routinely sacrifice much to ensure their children get the required education.
Vietnam as a country with close to 87 million people and with more than 60% under the age of 35(Source: General Department of Statistics of Vietnam, 2009), there is a huge education need for this young population.
Furthermore, as a developing country with booming economy, there is a need on high quality and better skilled workforce for future growth. Higher education and technical and specialised skills are very important to business as it provides the trained workers and also a system to transfer skills and train new employees needed in a modern business society.
Despite efforts put in by the government, only about 1.6 million (about 2%) actually are now at higher education institutions. Each year approximately 1.2 million students graduate from secondary education but the enrolment to higher education is only around 300 thousand (Source: Department of Higher Education, MOET).
University criteria
The process of qualifying for university in Vietnam has two steps. First, students must take and pass the Secondary School Leaving Examination (SSLE), which consists of a comprehensive achievement test in six subjects (math, literature, a foreign language, and three alternating subjects) each with a maximum value of ten points. In order to graduate, one needs to achieve at least a score of 30 points. The next step is to take the University Entrance Examination (UEE) which usually consists of an exam of 3 of 4 fixed groups of subjects.
Credit system
A new credit system is now in place at a number of Vietnamese Universities to replace the older subject based system. With that, each course is assigned a credit amount, whereby each credit represents one hour of theoretical lectures plus one hour of preparation per week over a 14-16 week semester. A four year program will normally require a total of 210 credits. Five-year programs require 270 credits and six-year programs require 320 credits.
Grading system
Vietnam follows a 10-point grading system. The normal passing level is a 5. The following is MOET’s published definition of grades at the tertiary level:
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· 9-10 - Excellent
· 8-9 - Very Good
· 7-8 Good - about 35% of the students are at this level
· 5-6 - average - about 50% of students at this level
· 4 or below - Fail
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