Vietnam Education At A Glance

Vietnam Education @ A Glance According to The World Bank, Vietnam has accomplished great progress in the field of education during the past decade. The primary net enrollment rate has increased from 86 percent in 1990 to 91 percent in 2003 and the dropout rate has declined from 12 percent to about 3 percent. Vietnam has also significantly developed lower secondary education opportunities and expanded access to more students. The transition rate from primary to lower secondary has increased from 78 percent to 88 percent and a majority of young Vietnamese have gained access to nine years of basic education. The Ninth Congress of Vietnam Communist Party has affirmed the overall goals of the socioeconomic strategic plan for 2001-2010 as follows: "To bring our country out of an underdeveloped situation, to increase significantly the level of material, cultural and spiritual life of people, to lay down the foundation for our country to become basically an industrialized, modernized nation by 2020".To achieve these goals, the role of education and science and technology has to become decisive and the requirements for the development of education must become urgent.

VIETNAMESE EDUCATION STATS: Number of schools of general education (as of 30 September 2007) 2002 - 2003 2004 200520062003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Number of schools (School)

25825

26352

26817

27227

27593

14163

14346

14518

14688

14834

Lower secondary school

8396

8745

9041

9383

9635

Upper secondary school Primary and lower secondary school Lower and upper secondary school Number of classes (Thous.classes)

1532

1664

1828

1952

2044

1197

1143

1034

889

773

537

454

396

315

307

522.2

520.9

519.7

508.7

501.2

Primary

308.8

299.4

288.9

276.6

270.2

Lower secondary

161.3

165.7

170.9

167.5

163.8

Upper secondary

52.1

55.8

59.9

64.6

67.2

Primary school

No. of Schools in Vietnam 30000 25825

26352

26817

27227

27593

25000 20000

Number of schools (School)

15000 Number of classes (Thousands of classes)

10000 5000

522.2

520.9

519.7

508.7

501.2

2002 2003

2003 2004

2004 2005

20052006

20062007

0

Period Source: General Statistics Office of Vietnam University and college education 2002

Number of schools (School) Public Non-public Number of teachers (Thous. pers.) Public

2003

2004

2005

2006

202

214

230

255

299

179

187

201

220

253

23

27

29

35

46

38.7

40.0

47.6

48.6

53.4

33.4

34.9

40.0

42.0

45.6

Non-public Number of students (Thous. students)

5.3

5.1

7.6

6.6

7.7

1020.7

1131.0

1319.8

1387.1

1666.2

Public

908.8

993.9

1182.0

1226.7

1456.7

Non-public

111.9

137.1

137.8

160.4

209.5

604.4

653.7

729.4

836.7

917.2

Public

493.8

529.6

601.8

698.4

754.9

Non-public Number of graduates (Thous. students)

110.6

124.1

127.6

138.3

162.3

166.8

165.7

195.6

210.9

230.0

152.6

152.6

180.8

195.0

214.0

14.2

13.1

14.8

16.0

16.0

Of which:Full-time training

Public Non-public

Number of Colleges and Universities in Vietnam 1800

1666.2

1600 1319.8

1400 1200

1387.1

1131.0

Number of schools (Schools) Number of students (Thousands of students)

1020.7

1000 800 600 400

202

214

2002

2003

230

255

299

2005

2006

200 0 2004 Year

Source: General Statistics Office of Vietnam In the school year 2006-2007, in the whole country, there were 907 thousand pupils attending senior secondary school graduating exam and 158.3 thousand pupils attending supplementary secondary school graduating exam. The rate of graduated senior secondary schooling pupils achieved 66.7% and the rate of pupils graduating supplementary secondary school was 26.6%. Both of these rates decreased strongly as compared with the rates of last school year. There were 111.3 thousand official enrolling indicators for 88 universities and colleges under Ministry of Education and Training in the school year 2007-2008, increasing by 8% over last school year. Of which university were 96,000 indicators, colleges were 15,300 indicators and professional high school: 12,900 indicators. Of the total, indicators for non-state universities rose by 18%. There were 1.9 million official files registering to university and college exam, of which 71% for university and 29% for college.

Enrolment ratio > Secondary 62.5% [75th of 135] level Grade 1 intake rate

78.1

School life expectancy > Male

10.8 years

School life expectancy > Total

[38th of 114]

[64th of 97]

10.4 [72nd of 110] years

Spending on teaching materials

6

[6th of 30]

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; UNESCO; World Bank; CIA World Factbook; UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Spending on teaching materials by country: DEFINITION: Public expenditure on teaching materials, primary level is the amount spent on teaching materials expressed as a percentage of total public current spending on primary education. Countries

Amount

#1

Czech Republic:

26

#2

Mali:

15.1

#3

Malaysia:

13.6

#4

Chad:

8.4

#5

Peru:

8.3

#6

Vietnam:

6

Rank

SOURCE: UNESCO According to Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), the UNDP Human Development Index (HDI) of Vietnam has raised considerably in the last 10 years, from 0.456 and ranked at position 121 out of 174 to 101 out of 174 due to the achievements of education and other social sectors. Compared to the economic development index (GDP/Capita), the HDI has gone up by 19 positions. Funding for education from the state budget and from other sources is increasing. The state budget for education increased from 8% in 1990 to 15% in 2000. Many programs and large projects have mobilized various resources for the development of education, especially general education. Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI (Gross National Income) DEFINITION: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment.

Educational Expenditure in Vietnam 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 1994199519961997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Year

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database In addition, the political stability, the achievements in economic development, the improvement of people’s life in the renovation period created conditions for a favorable environment for education to develop.