VietNamNet Bridge – Though the Ministry of Education and
Training (MOET) has set up the minimum requirements for students to apply for
studying at universities, a lot of schools have ignored the regulations,
enrolling incapable students.
Dying for thirst for learners
Over the last two years, the Tan
Tao University in Long An province has been struggling to look for students,
though the school can enroll 500 students a year only.
Only 73 students attended the
entrance exams to the school last summer, who applied for studying in nine
majors. However, only 56 students got the exam marks equal or higher than the
floor mark stipulated by the Ministry of Education and Training.
The ministry sets up the floor
mark every year after considering the learning demand and the results of the
national university entrance exams. Only the students, who get the floor marks
or higher, would have the opportunities to enroll in one or another school.
However, since the number of
students meeting the requirements set up by the ministry is modest, while there
are many schools that need students to train, many schools, especially local
ones, have no students to enroll. Therefore, schools have to try every possible
method to lure more students.
In an effort to find enough
students, the Tan Tao University has offered attractive scholarships for
excellent students. Especially, the school has promised to enroll students by
considering the learning records of students instead of the university entrance
exam marks.
Those, who have the average
learning record of 7.0 in the three years at high schools, would be eligible
for enrolling in the school.
Besides, the school has also
offered preferences to the students from the provinces, where the Tan Tao Group
has investment projects, such as Long An, Kien Giang, Binh Duong, Quang Nam, Ha
Nam and Hai Phong. The students just need to have 6.5 points to be able to
study at the school.
The Ha Hoa Tien University plans
to enroll 900 students this year, but this is really a very difficult task.
In 2011, the school could only
find 120 students. The student, who came first at the A-group entrance exams to
the school only got 12.5/30 marks, while the students, coming first at
other-group exams got 14.
256 students registered to attend
the latest entrance exams to the school, but only 50 percent of them got the
marks equal or higher than the floor marks. This means that the other 50
percent would not have the opportunities to enter the school, or any other
school nationwide.
In order to attract students, the
school has organized a lot of marketing campaigns in localities and has stated
to exempt tuition for one month for the students, who agree to study at the
school.
Bigger schools do not lack
students for the university education system (4-5-year training), but lack
students for the junior college education (3-year training). Therefore, they
have decided to seek students for the junior college education among those, who
failed the exams to the university classes.
The An Giang University has sent
notices to the students who pass the exams to the husbandry, informatics
education, biology education majors, asking them to register other majors,
because the number of learners is not big enough to organize training courses.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of
Education and Training Bui Van Ga has threatened to impose heavy fine on the
schools which break the laws to enroll sub-standard students.
Source: Dan Viet
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