Vietnam’s new education policy to take inspiration from Finland, Denmark

[Viet]

Study International Staff
Sep 14, 2017

Tuoi Tre News.

Finnish students have consistently performed among the world’s best in the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) rankings in recent years.

Vietnam’s performance in PISA has improved immensely, already outperforming many western countries, with the government investing a huge portion of government expenditure into its education system.

In 2015, Vietnamese students were ranked 12th in the world for maths and science, compared with Finland at number 6.

Students in their classroom in Helsinki, Finland. Source: Shutterstock

Some 18 memoranda of understanding were signed between Vietnamese and Finnish schools during the course of the ministerial visit regarding teacher training and online education, while in Denmark 17 were signed on medical and geological teaching and research.

Tuoi Tre reports that Vietnam’s 2019 education reforms will “empower teachers and students with more freedom and autonomy, while emphasising experimental and creative activities at school.”

Minister Phung is reportedly in talks with his counterparts around acquiring rights to publish Finnish educational materials for a variety of subjects.

According to VN Express, Finnish high schools will be opening for students in the major urban centres of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in the near future.

Earlier this year, the Vietnamese ministry made English a compulsory subject from grade three onwards, starting in 2018.

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[Tshering22]

Finland and Denmark have one of the finest primary and secondary education systems in the world. They truly aim to teach skills to the students rather than making them memorise like idiots the way our schools in the sub-continent do.

 

[Viet]

Finland and Denmark have one of the finest primary and secondary education systems in the world. They truly aim to teach skills to the students rather than making them memorise like idiots the way our schools in the sub-continent do.

true. not much different to VN, stupid memorizing. but that will be changed. the education ministry purchases the rights and wants to clone the success of the scandinavians in VN. in addition Finland and other western northern countries are encouraged to open universities.