VietNamNet Bridge – The number of students registering to attend the university entrance
exams this year is lower than the last year, which is believed to be proof
showing that Vietnamese students nowadays don’t try to follow university
education at any cost.
Do Thanh Duy from the Ministry of Education and
Training (MOET) said the ministry has received about 1.7 million registrations
to attend the 2013 exams, or 100,000 registrations lower than the last year. Of
this amount, 79 percent were the registrations to attend the exams to
universities (4-5 year training) and 21 percent to junior colleges (3-year
training).
Duy affirmed that the decrease of 100,000
registrations was “understandable,” and that the problem would be serious only
if the decrease reaches 20 or 30 percent.
Also according to Duy, the reduction in the number of
students to attend university entrance exams is the result of the local
authorities’ efforts to give career advices to students.
Vinh Phuc provincial authorities, for example, promise
to give financial support to the students who go to vocational schools.
Therefore, a lot of students decided to give up the dream of studying at
university.
The central province of Thanh Hoa has also seen the
sharp fall of 16,000 applications for the applications for attending exams.
However, Nguyen Van Long, Deputy Head of the
provincial education and training department, believes that this is good news
rather than a worry. This means that students nowadays understand what they
want to do in their lives and choose the careers suitable to their capability
and hobbies. It would be a great waste of money and time, if the students with
weak learning capability still try to attend the exams, though they are sure of
failure.
“People may see that a lot of university graduates
still cannot find good jobs. Therefore, they would rather let their children to
go to vocational school, or go working for money right after the high school
graduation,” Long commented.
Duy has also noted that the biggest decrease has been
reported from continuation education centers, which were believed to have the
weaker learning capability than full-time high schools.
Previously, high school graduates automatically
registered to attend university entrance exams. But many of them have given up
the dream of studying at university.
Some analysts have warned that the reduction in the
number of examinees may badly affect the schools’ enrolment plans, especially
people-founded schools which keep complaining about the lack of students to
enroll.
While Duy affirmed that schools should not be too
worried about this, Tran Hong Quan, former Minister of Education and Training
affirmed that people-founded schools and state owned schools would find it
difficult to seek students for the training majors, which are not “hot”
nowadays.
Nguyen Xuan Binh, Chief Secretariat of the Ministry of
Interior Affairs, believes that the reduction in the number of registrations to
attend the university entrance exams shows the imbalance between the supply and
demand.
Vietnamese believe that having higher education is the
best way for them to succeed in their lives. Meanwhile, there has been no
effective solution for the career training and attract high school students to
vocational schools.
Binh went on to say that high quantity does not mean
high quality. The number of professors and PhDs at Vietnamese universities is
not too low if compared with the regional countries. However, Vietnam has very
few experts who can give lectures at international schools.
Tien Phong
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