VietNamNet Bridge – The application for leaving school written by a 10th grader has become the hot topic on education forums. It is believed to truly reflect the current situation of the Vietnamese education.

The student who wrote the application is Tran Van M, a 10th grader. The student seemed to try to follow all necessary steps when writing an application. There were the country name, epigram, heading, dates and the content.

M wrote that he thought he should write the application to ask for the permission to leave school, because he always plays during lessons and he has weak learning ability. His bad learning record has badly affected the scholastic achievements of the whole class and made teachers heavy hearted. He thinks that he does not deserve to be a student of the school any more.

This is for the first time a student writes an application for leaving school. He has honestly admitted that he learned badly and made a lot of mistakes, therefore, it would be better if he leave school, so as to avoid creating adverse effects to the classmates and the school. The sense of shame has prompted the student to do something to escape the situation.

However, the most noteworthy thing in the application of M was that there were too many spelling mistakes. There were 14 spelling mistakes in a short paragraph, not ... Xem thêm

VietNamNet Bridge – It’s very difficult for English teachers to meet the international standards, and it would be not easy for the Ministry of Education and Training to standardize the English teaching staff. Meanwhile, experts believe that meeting international standards should not be an imperative requirement.

English teachers also have to learn English

Hong Hanh, an English teacher of the Cat Linh Primary School in Hanoi, has been recognized as meeting the B2 standard after following the 3-month intensive training course organized by the Hanoi Education and Training Department (HETD).

Hanh said she is one of the luckiest teachers who passed the English skill test. She attended a lot of training courses to improve the knowledge, including overseas ones.

Therefore, Hanh had met B1 standard before going to the HETD’s training course. After the course, where she made a lot of exertion, Hanh and some other colleagues have met the B2 standard.

An English teacher at a high school in HCM City said that it would be not too difficult for primary and secondary school teachers to obtain FCE (First Certificate in English) of the Cambridge University, which is equal to 6.0 IELTS. However, it would be a difficult task for high school teachers, especially the old ones, to obtain 7.5 IELTS.

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About 300 universities nationwide have made public the exam marks. However, according to the Ministry of Education and Training, only 30 percent of examinees pass the university entrance exams, while the other 70 percent do not have the opportunities to follow university education.

According to Tri Thuc Tre journal, Vietnam is the country which has the highest percentage of students failing the university entrance exams. In the thoughts of many Vietnamese parents and students, following university education is the best way to make their way in the world. Therefore, they feel shameful when they fail the exams or even commit suicide when the doors to universities close before them.

In early July 2010, NTH, 18, in Lam Ha district of Lam Dong province, drank herbicide to commit suicide, because she did not receive the notification about the university entrance exams.

Prior to that, in late 2009, Nguyen Thi V in Con Cuong district of Nghe An province, committed suicide by eating la ngon (Gelsemium elegans) because she was too disappointed about the exam result.

In 2006, Nguyen Thi Dieu T in Nam Dinh province, hung herself after realizin ... Xem thêm