National university entrance exams begin in Vietnam
As many as 800,000 hopefuls sit for their university entrance exams today, July 4 2005, vying for a spot in Vietnam’s competitive postsecondary education system.
Math and Physics are the examinations on the first day of exams for the students, hosted at 40,000 examination centers throughout the country.
As usual this year, the university entrance exams have two sessions. The first session on July 4 and 5 is for A section science students, and the second on July 9 and 10 for B, C, D sections, covering Medicine, Linguistics, and English studies respectively.
With the exams, many supervisors must once again tackle the major issues at exam time, confirming student identities taking part in the exams, and monitoring the exams in process to discourage cheating.
The exams are considered a tuning point in a students’ life, as society in Vietnam has a long tradition of excellence in education, and holds a university degree highly, above all other education.
This has partly contributed to the lack of blue-collar workers in the economy, as many students chase a seat in post-secondary education, rather than opt for the more employable vocational training, or a job parallel to their ability.
By Mai Phuong -Thanh Nien - July 04, 2005.
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