VietNamNet
Bridge – The 2011-2012 academic year would
only finish in two months, but non-state owned schools now have to prepare for
the enrolment plan for the next school year 2012-2013.
Parents turn their backs to non-state primary
schools
“Utterly
tragic” was the word that headmaster of a non-state owned school in district 5
of HCM City used to say about the 2011 enrolment season. The headmaster said he
had not seen such a terrible result before. As there were few students,
teachers became redundant and the school took losses. The school has been resigned
to keeping unprofitable operation, because he does not want to shut down the
school after many years of operation.
Headmaster
of another non-state owned school in HCM City said that in general, it’s easier
to enroll students for high schools, while it’s very difficult to find students
for primary education.
The
supply of students for high schools proves to be more profuse. It is estimated
that there are 20,000 secondary school graduates who fail the entrance exams to
state owned schools every year and would continue studying at non-state owned
schools. Besides, students from other provinces now tend flock to HCM City to
study at non-state schools, because they believe that they would have better
opportunities and receive better education in big cities.
Vo Ngoc
Thu, Head of the Education and Training Sub-department in district 5, said that
since Vietnam is implementing the program on primary education
universalization, all children at the age of six, are called up to state owned
schools.
State
owned primary schools, which do not require tuitions and have good material
facilities invested by the State, have always been the top choice of parents.
As a result, non-state owned schools find it very difficult to attract
students.
A lot
of primary schools in HCM City had to shut down or operated at a moderate level
in the 2011-2012 school year. The Phuong Nam School in Tan Binh district, for
example, shut down after 13 years of operation. Khai Tri School in district 5
has stopped primary education because it cannot enroll students. The Tan Nam
School only has six students for every grade of the primary education.
Though
the 2011-2012 academic year would finish only in two months, headmasters of
non-state owned schools now feel anxious about the enrolment for the next
school year.
More marketing campaigns would help?
Anticipating
that 2012-2013 would be another difficult year, non-state owned schools have
kicked off marketing campaigns already to find students for the new academic
year.
Headmaster
of Tan Nam My Secondary School said that in the last four years, the school
always has to send staff to Mekong Delta and the Central Highlands to do
marketing. The school also tries to look for students in HCM City by providing
information about the enrolment at nursery schools.
The
school also plans to post ad pieces on newspapers together with marketing
campaigns at nursery schools, hoping that more parents could obtain the
information and send their children to the school.
An
educator has also said that coming to schools to advertise about schools proves
to be the best way for the newly established schools. After that, the quality
of the education would decide the enrolment results.
According
to the HCM City Education and Training Department, there are 82 non-state owned
schools operational in HCM City. Meanwhile, the number of schools which have
primary education is not high. Since it’s very difficult to enroll students for
the education level, investors would not inject money in the schools as they
anticipate loss.
Source:
NLD
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