Vietnam Education System

National Foreign Languages 2020 Project

Teaching Math and Sciences in English

I. Vietnam Education System

1. GENERAL EDUCATION SYSTEM

Pre-school
Nursery
Age: 3 4

URL: http://english.vietnamnet.vn/

Kindergarten
Age: 5

URL: http://thainguyen.edu.vn/

Primary education
Age: 6 10
Grade: 1 - 5

URL: http://mayphuongthao.com/

URL:

Secondary education
Lower
Secondary
Age: 11 14

URL: http://www.xaluan.com/

Upper
Secondary
Age: 15 - 17

URL: http://thptphandinhphung.edu.vn/

2.

Types of educational
establishments

Public

Non-public

-Semi-public
-People-founded
-Private

How many gifted high schools

are there in Vietnam?
A. 63
B. 64
C. 78
D. 79

Which province has 2 gifted

schools?

Which province has 2

gifted schools?
Binh Phuoc

When was the National

Foreign Languages 2020
Project approved by the Prime
Minister?
On September 30, 2008
By Nguyen Tan Dung (Prime Minister)
(Signed by Nguyen Thien Nhan - Deputy Prime
Minister)

II. The National Foreign Languages 2020 Project

1. CHALLENGES:

http://laodong.com.vn/giao-duc/

http://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc-khuyen-hoc/

http://www.thanhnien.com.vn/giao-duc/

CHALLENGES:

http://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc-khuyen-hoc/

http://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc-khuyen-hoc/

Challenges:

March, 2013
By Hung Nguyen Executive
Manager

2. GOALS:

... BY 2020

URL: http://kenhtuyensinh.vn

URL: http://dantri.com.vn/tin-tuyen-sinh

3. TASKS:

English language proficiency framework

URL: http://english99.ru/cefr-levels/

Students

Primary

Lower
Secondar
y

Upper
Secondar
y

A1

A2

B1

3. TASKS:

http://www.inclusive-education-in-action.org/

Pre-service teacher training curricula

TASKS
:
- Language Testing Center
- New Intensive English programs
- Math and Sciences in English
- ICT

http://baoninhbinh.org.vn/

4. PROJECT SCHEDULE
Phase 1: 2008
2010

C1

All advanced
programs at

PROJECT SCHEDULE
Phase 2: 2011 2015
- Training, upgrading language
proficiency
- Ten-year language program for schools
- Teaching Math and Sciences in English
- Parts of courses will be offered in
English, 20% students.

PROJECT SCHEDULE
Phase 3: 2015 2020
Ten-year language program

4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11

HA GIANG

Academic year 2014-2015

227 primary schools
101 primary schools, students study
English

III. Teaching Math and Sciences

in English
(Optional)
1.
Goal
- Provide English language input
- Access the reading sources in English
- Prepare for the International
Olympiads and study abroad

2. Implementation
- One/ two classes in a semester
- Both English and Vietnamese

3.
Difficultie
s- Teachers English proficiency: low
- No syllabus in English
- No assessment criteria
- Unclear salary policies

Thank you for your

listening.