VietNamNet Bridge
The Ministry of Education and Training’s report that Vietnam lacks 27,000 teachers is believed not to truly reflect the real situation.
Photo from VietNamNet Bridge.
Pedagogical school bachelors … cut grass
Hoang Duc Minh, a senior official of the education ministry, affirmed at a press conference on the occasion of the new academic year opening in late August that Vietnam lacks 27,554 teachers nationwide. The most serious shortage can be seen in the provinces of Nghe An, Thai Binh, Thanh Hoa and Bac Giang.
As soon as the report was released, thousands of people expressed their disagreement with the MOET, affirming that teachers have been in “superabundance.” Many of them are from Thanh Hoa and Nghe An, the localities which MOET says seriously lack teachers.
“Is the MOET sure that 27,000 teachers are lacking?” wrote Trinh Thanh from Dong Thap province.
Thanh said that the province has been “abundant in pedagogical bachelors.” “A lot of education school graduates have been staying redundant. Those, who want to get a job, need to pay VND20 million to get in through the back door,” she wrote.
Other young people have agreed with Thanh, saying that in their localities, pedagogical bachelors do not go to school to teach students, but to the rice fields to cut grass.
Read the full story from the VietNamNet Bridge.
