Tran Thi Kim Yen
Tokyo International University
Problems in Vietnam Education
Is rote learning as being spoken bluntly “studying like a parrot” a fault of student or problem of education system? Beside some achievements, this issue is still remaining at the alarming level in Vietnam education. According to Ministry of Education, in 2011 the unemployment rate of graduated students from university was up to 63%. This percentage would highly increase if include the ratios of graduated students from junior college and college. Why Vietnamese students study all day and night but are still incapable of actual practical work and less of the communication skills to express their thoughts and unemployment rate is still high. There are some issues should be considered as faults in Vietnam education such as teaching quality, student’s capability of perceiving knowledge and ability of thinking and expressing opinion.
Recently, Vietnam are known as an developing country, but education system is still facing some limitations in which poor teaching quality is the most prominent subject. First, teaching staffs’ competence does not meet the educational qualifications. There are a lot of new teachers lacking of teaching experiences and also struggling to explain or convey knowledge for students. Second, even living in the new period of time but the changes to innovating teaching manuals is very narrow, most of teachers in Vietnam are using traditional and obsolete methods in classes where the instructors present as a speaker and students play a role as a listener. These methods cause passive classes.
As matter of fact, unqualified education system will strongly affect students’ capability to perceiving knowledge. School time differs from country to country. Following laws of Vietnam, exception for Sunday, school hours from primary to high school start at 6:30am finish at 5:30 pm. Furthermore, according to announcement of Ministry of Health and United Nations Children 's Fund (UNICEF) in 2005, after regular class 70% of students among the age 14-21 participate in tutor lessons which occupied their time until 8 or 9pm. With this long time of studying, most of students get exhaust after school. They almost gain less knowledge from class and there seem to be nothing is retained in their memory.
Consequently, even the contents and courses in school has been altered and renewed, it also reveal many weaknesses. Student’s initial ability of thinking and expressing opinion is not promoted and encouraged by the educational programs. There are too many theories without practices in class, less both inside classroom activities and extracurricular lessons. Another point, teaching methods also take a very vital part in this situation. The backward teaching methods in Vietnam lead to a boredom in learners and passive study trend for students. Therefore, students may face difficulties in their future because of these programs. Most of Vietnamese students feel timid and unconfident to communicate or convey their thoughts and ideas effectively. They even also lack essential experiences and skills for teamwork which is necessary for their future career.
From all mentioned faults above, Vietnam education is lagging far behind to compare with others countries. In my opinion, there is an urgent need to reforming and innovating education systems in Vietnam. Moreover, I think schools must be places where students can find inspiration to learn and develop their potential and abilities instead of passive and boring classes.
References
Xuan, V. (2012, September 14). Rate of employment after graduation: Measuring the quality of education. Retrieved October 8, 2014, from http://www.vxc.vn/tin-tuc-su-kien/ty-le-viec-lam-sau-tot-nghiep-thuoc-do-chat-luong-dao-tao-news-524.html
Le, H. (2005, August 27). Percentage of students joint tutor classes is very high. Retrieved October 8, 2014, from http://vietbao.vn/Giao-duc/Ty-le-hoc-sinh-hoc-them-o-Viet-Nam-rat-cao/20483556/202/
References: Xuan, V. (2012, September 14). Rate of employment after graduation: Measuring the quality of education. Retrieved October 8, 2014, from http://www.vxc.vn/tin-tuc-su-kien/ty-le-viec-lam-sau-tot-nghiep-thuoc-do-chat-luong-dao-tao-news-524.html Le, H. (2005, August 27). Percentage of students joint tutor classes is very high. Retrieved October 8, 2014, from http://vietbao.vn/Giao-duc/Ty-le-hoc-sinh-hoc-them-o-Viet-Nam-rat-cao/20483556/202/
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