School supply sponsors sought for Work Camp 2008
Sunflower Mission is looking for donors interested in sponsoring school supply packages for students. The Work Camp volunteers will be personally giving the packages to students whose family is poor and cannot shoulder the cost of obtaining school supplies. Students often do not have basic school supplies such as pencils, pens, notebooks, or school bags.
Students collecting books to send to Vietnam
While many university students complain about the high cost of textbooks, Tu Pham is thankful for the books lining the shelves of local bookstores and libraries.
Pham, a chemistry doctoral candidate at the University of Oklahoma, got her undergraduate degree in Vietnam, where she is from.
‘Advanced syllabuses’ disappointing Vietnamese students
The ‘advanced syllabuses’ being implemented in 13 key universities in Vietnam are expected to become models for Vietnam’s education. However, students have said, after only three years, that they are disappointed with the project.
Minority kids struggle to finish school
In northernmost Ha Giang Province just 30.26% of students complete the universal education programme.
In Cao Bang Province, the graduates total just 39.9%. Ethnic students accounted for only 18, 14 and 10% of all at primary, junior secondary and senior secondary schools in the 2006-2007 academic year, says Ethnic Affairs Committee deputy chairman Ha Hung.
Price increases burdening teachers
