Kindergartens and primary schools havebeen set up in every commune in the country as part to the Government’sNational Programme of Education For All for the 2003-15 period.
Pham Ngoc Dinh, deputy head of the Ministry of Education and Training’sPrimary Education Department, said that about 80 percent of childrenunder five years old now attended kindergartens, while more than 96percent of children aged six now attended primary schools.
Dinh said that more ethnic minority children now had the chance to attend a primary school.
He also said the quality of pre-education had improved.
According to the ministry, in the 2008-09 school year, 13 percent of kindergartens met national education standards.
He said next year the target was 15 percent.
Meanwhile, he said 94 percent of kindergarten teachers had received help with boosting education standards.
Under the programame, 2.585 billion USD is being spent on boostingpre-and primary education and on popularising life skills for childrenabove 15 years old. The money is also being spent on tackling genderinequality in primary and secondary schools and on improving standards.
Officials from the ministry said 16.82 percent of primary schools didnot have a library, 3.37 percent of six-year-olds did not have accessto school, while 2 percent of students dropped out of school.
Dinh added that the country was aiming to have 70 percent of disabledchildren attend school this year. He also said 100 percent of schoolswould have a computer laboratory and receive free text books by 2015.
However, the ministry said that there was still a teacher shortage and a lack of equipment, particularly in rural areas.
He added that teacher salaries were also too low, while teachers at ethnic minority kindergartens lacked language skills.
Dinh said representatives from local education and training departmentshad suggested that the Government and the ministry use money from theInitiative Fund to improve the quality of pre-school education and topopularise the Vietnamese language among ethnic minority children./.
Pham Ngoc Dinh, deputy head of the Ministry of Education and Training’sPrimary Education Department, said that about 80 percent of childrenunder five years old now attended kindergartens, while more than 96percent of children aged six now attended primary schools.
Dinh said that more ethnic minority children now had the chance to attend a primary school.
He also said the quality of pre-education had improved.
According to the ministry, in the 2008-09 school year, 13 percent of kindergartens met national education standards.
He said next year the target was 15 percent.
Meanwhile, he said 94 percent of kindergarten teachers had received help with boosting education standards.
Under the programame, 2.585 billion USD is being spent on boostingpre-and primary education and on popularising life skills for childrenabove 15 years old. The money is also being spent on tackling genderinequality in primary and secondary schools and on improving standards.
Officials from the ministry said 16.82 percent of primary schools didnot have a library, 3.37 percent of six-year-olds did not have accessto school, while 2 percent of students dropped out of school.
Dinh added that the country was aiming to have 70 percent of disabledchildren attend school this year. He also said 100 percent of schoolswould have a computer laboratory and receive free text books by 2015.
However, the ministry said that there was still a teacher shortage and a lack of equipment, particularly in rural areas.
He added that teacher salaries were also too low, while teachers at ethnic minority kindergartens lacked language skills.
Dinh said representatives from local education and training departmentshad suggested that the Government and the ministry use money from theInitiative Fund to improve the quality of pre-school education and topopularise the Vietnamese language among ethnic minority children./.
