Tuition fees overwhelm revenue, universities need to expand revenue from research
Many universities in Vietnam will achieve a revenue of thousands of billions of VND in 2024, but most of them still depend on tuition fees. For example, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Technology (VNU-HCM), Ton Duc Thang University or Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education all have a very small source of revenue from scientific research and technology transfer compared to tuition fees. This shows an imbalance in financial structure, when research activities have not become a sustainable source of income.
According to Dr. Hoang Ngoc Vinh, former Director of the Department of Vocational Education (Ministry of Education and Training), the reason partly comes from the policy of leaving the rank also due to the number of scientific publications instead of encouraging applied research. At the same time, Vietnamese enterprises are mainly small and medium-sized, with limited technology capacity, so there is little need to cooperate with universities. Therefore, research activities are still far from practice and have not met market requirements.
He said that schools need to proactively reach out to businesses, the State needs to provide financial support to reduce risks for research groups, and university financial management must be transparent and have a reinvestment strategy for research. See more...
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School speaks out about the case of a pillar collapsing, killing two children in Lao Cai
Before the collapse of the gate of Nam Muoi Boarding Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities (Son Luong Commune, Lao Cai) that killed two children, the school said that this pillar had been broken by a material truck and had been repaired. However, when checking again, the school did not detect any signs of abnormality, so it did not include it in the renovation program at the beginning of the new school year. The school gate was built in the early 2010s and is now old and degraded.
The scene showed the collapsed column with scraps, no concrete or steel, built between old and new bricks. After the incident, the school held a review meeting, initially provided the victim's family with 10 million VND and coordinated with the authorities to investigate. The local government said that it is difficult to assess the level of deterioration with the naked eye because the gate has been painted and lined with tarpaulins.
The Department of Construction and the Department of Education and Training of Lao Cai have begun inspections, and at the same time requested schools across the province to review and repair degraded items to ensure safety. Previously, at around 6:20 p.m. on September 19, two children were playing and climbing onto the school gate when suddenly a gate collapsed, crushing them both to death. At this time, the gate is not locked because it serves the pumping of water and watering of plants. See more...
Can Tho directs to overcome the local shortage of teachers
The Chairman of the City People's Committee directed the education sector to perform well the tasks of the 2025 - 2026 school year with the theme "discipline - Creativity - Breakthrough - Development", focusing on improving the quality of preschool and general education and implementing teaching 2 sessions/day at educational institutions in the area. The City People's Committee will issue a specific plan in the spirit of "6 clear" to ensure synchronous and effective implementation.
The Director of the Department of Education and Training is assigned to proactively review, arrange and rotate teachers to overcome local surplus and shortage; recruit enough teachers according to the payroll; at the same time, mobilize artisans, artists, athletes, and international volunteers to participate in educational activities on culture, arts, sports and life skills.
The People's Committees of communes and wards are responsible for recruiting, managing, assigning and using the teaching staff in accordance with regulations, with flexible solutions such as inter-school teaching assignments or teacher secondment to overcome shortages. At the same time, it is necessary to pay attention to training, fostering, and creating conditions for teachers to improve their qualifications and teaching efficiency. See more...
