VietNamNet Bridge – A lot of university students cannot finish school and obtain the university degree, though they are very good at their majors, because they cannot meet the required standards in English.

The HCM City Law University requires its students to acquire TOEIC 450-600 English level. However, only 634 out of the 1,099 students, or 57.68 percent of the 2008-2012 students met the required English standards to receive the law school degree in the first phase, while the other 456 students did not get the degrees they expected and they needed further training in English.
Ngo Duc Tuan, Head of the Training Division, said the students of the school must have 450-600 points at least, depending on their training majors, in TOEIC to be able to graduate the school. However, the students’ English skills are at different levels, and many of them still cannot meet the standards.

Tuan said that 10 percent more students have got degrees after they attended extra training to improve their English skills. However, he admitted that 30 percent of students have not graduated is a relatively high and worrying figure.

The HCM City Economics University also requires its students to obtain TOEIC 450. Meanwhile, according to Vo Dinh Phuoc, Head of the Foreign Language Division, only 70 percent of students can meet the requirement ... Xem thêm