Merging universities, need to classify clearly and avoid localization
The information was announced by Minister Nguyen Kim Son at the 2025 Higher Education Conference. Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son said that he will reorganize and merge universities, including about 140 public schools subject to adjustment. This is to streamline the system, improve operational efficiency and reduce spreading and fracking. Non-public schools will arrange themselves, while the police and military will be managed by the vertical sector.
According to Dr. Le Viet Khuyen - former Deputy Director of the Department of Higher Education, merger is an inevitable trend, it is necessary to move towards a multi-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary university model instead of letting single-disciplinary schools develop separately. However, this process must be cautious, there are principles and avoid mechanical integration. He proposed to clearly classify it into three levels: national universities playing an elite role; regional universities serving large areas; and local universities responsible for training human resources for provinces and cities.
Mr. Khuyen emphasized that the merger must go hand in hand with unified management and a reasonable roadmap for granting autonomy. If the merger is to form units strong enough, then the right to self-reliance and self-reliance will be promoted in true nature. On the contrary, if the school does not have enough potential and gives autonomy too soon, it will easily lead to commercialization of education. See more...
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Secondary school in Hai Phong returns parents money for equipment purchases at the beginning of the year
The school has received information reflecting that the school has collected money from parents to buy some classroom equipment. Through verification, the incident was reported to have occurred in class 6D6. The school said that currently, the school has not held a parent meeting at the beginning of the 2025 - 2026 school year. In all meetings, the Board of Directors has clearly instructed teachers about not mobilizing parents to contribute to purchasing classroom equipment, not causing trouble, harassment or waste for parents.
Upon receiving the information, the school's Board of Directors worked with homeroom teachers and related parents, and directed the immediate suspension of advertising and shopping. At the same time, the parents were required to return the money they had received. Homeroom teachers are responsible for instructing parents on strict compliance with regulations on funding for education. See more...
Seizing dangerous toys, a teacher in Hanoi was grabbed by a 7th grade student and knocked down
During the changing hours at Dai Kim Secondary School (Dinh Cong Ward, Hanoi), the homeroom teacher of class 7A14 discovered the class monitor carrying sharp toys, so she asked him to return them because of danger and violated the rules. When the teacher was determined to confiscate the evidence, a 7th grade student named L.G.B reacted, grabbed the teacher's hair and knocked her down. The entire incident was recorded by a layered camera.
Immediately afterwards, the school's Board of Directors and the teacher worked directly with the students, and reported to the People's Committee of Dinh Cong Ward. The ward police also participated in verifying the incident. The students involved and the witnesses wrote a report.
At the meeting with the family, the student and his relatives apologized to the teacher. The family also gave their children a temporary break from school for psychological check-ups. The representative of the Ward People's Committee said that the school's viewpoint is to prioritize education, create opportunities for students to admit mistakes and correct mistakes; the case is continuing to be handled according to regulations. See more...
