VietNamNet
Bridge – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has told Ha Noi and HCM City
authorities that relocating universities and colleges from inner-city districts
to zoned areas in suburban districts was critically important for educational
quality.
A meeting was held on Thursday to collect
opinions from ministries and related agencies on a draft plan on these issues.
“The relocation is necessary because the
current locations in the inner city do not ensure high quality in education,”
Nhan said.
Bui Van Ga, deputy minister for Education and
Training (MoET), said the high density of these schools in inner districts and
the lack of facility space for each student prevented healthy development of
these universities and colleges.
In addition, the degrading infrastructure at
the schools and the inadequate environmental conditions in inner districts were
not favourable for education, said Ga.
The relocation plan aims to reduce the number
of students at colleges and universities located in the city centres by
two-thirds.
At least 30 universities and colleges with
about 200,000 students in Ha Noi would be moved to outlying areas, lowering the
number of students in downtown Ha Noi to 150,000 by 2025.
Over the same period, 40 schools with about
350,000 students in HCM City would be moved to outlying areas, lowering the
number of students from inner districts of HCM City to 170,000.
The plan aims to benefit students and teaching
staff and at the same time achieve sustainable development of these
universities and colleges.
“The approval of the zoning areas for
universities and colleges by the two cities’ authorities is vitally important
to the plan,” said Nhan.
The draft plan for relocation of universities
and colleges in the outskirts of HCM City and Ha Noi will be submitted to the
Prime Minister in November of this year.
Between 2011 and 2015, each city would
implement a pilot programme to move five universities and colleges to the
outlying areas, Nhan told an online workshop on university relocation on June
7.
Deputy Minister Ga said MoET would not accept
more applications to build or upgrade new universities and colleges in Ha Noi
and HCM City’s inner districts.
However, Nhan agreed to keep large
universities with beautiful architecture and those that display specific traits
of the two cities in inner districts.
During the workshop, Phi Thai Binh, deputy
chairman of the Ha Noi People’s
Committee, said the capital city would need at
least 3,500 ha for the relocated schools.
Hua Ngoc Thuan, deputy chairman of HCM City,
said the southern city would need 1,750 ha in outlying areas to move the
universities and colleges.
MoET estimates that VND$91 trillion (US$4.41
billion) is needed to move 80 colleges and universities in the inner districts
of Ha Noi and HCM City.
Of that amount, VND44.8 trillion ($2.17
billion) is needed for relocating 40 schools in Ha Noi, and the remaining would
be used to relocate schools in HCM City.
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