TUOI TRE NEWS Updated : 05/02/2017 16:13 GMT + 7

While homeschooling is still foreign to most Vietnamese parents, two brothers in Ho Chi Minh City have been undergoing the educational method for years with flying colors.

The brothers, Dang Thai Anh, 14, and Dang Nhat Anh, 19, have dropped out of formal classes after finding their school curricula too stressful and the traditional schooling environment unsuitable for their development.

They are now taught at home by their father Dang Quoc Anh, a former university professor who has given up his job to be a full-time dad.

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 vietnamnet Last update 07:35 | 15/02/2017

VietNamNet Bridge – Educators who are owners of education establishments in Hanoi and HCMC have complained about irrational behavior and attitudes of parents. The following are some of their concerns:

 

1.Vietnamese parents educate children as they are pets. They want fish to climb trees and monkey to swim underwater. And they tend to get angry when their children cannot do things which can be done by other children.

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Guardian – Footage of children happily playing in rain has inspired ‘longing for simple childhoods’, says childcare manager in New Zealand

A still from the video showing children gleefully leaping down the slide into a muddy puddle in the middle of a rainstorm. Photograph: Pukekos Educare/Facebook

Last update 07:30 | 19/01/2017

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam has vowed to improve students’ English skills by pouring trillions of dong into English teaching programs, but the majority of university graduates cannot communicate in English.

The high percentage of students lacking basic and professional English skills is one of the biggest problems of Vietnam’s university education.

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Last update 07:35 | 11/01/2017

VietNamNet Bridge – The educational sector has been blamed for the unemployment of 200,000 university graduates, among other issues. 

Insecurity at school

A report released by MOET and UNICEF shows that 80 percent of students suffered from gender-based violence at least once, while 71 percent suffered from school violence in the last six months.

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