Mode of Education

Just like many other countries, education is done through schools. Education is of great importance to the Vietnam society as it is seen as an opportunity for advancement in life. Very often, families make sacrifices to ensure that the children get the education they need.

Vietnam has about 86 million people and 60 percent are under the age of 35. This shows how much education is needed by the young population. Every year, about 1.2 million students graduate from secondary education however, only 25 percent of these graduates enrolled for higher education. In fact, only 2 percent of the population, about 1.6 million, are in higher education institutions.

(Runckel, C., 2009)

Education system in Vietnam

There are a few possible reasons as to why the demand for higher education is very low. Firstly, only 28 percent of the population, approximately 24 million, live in the urban areas. Education is not as important as farming and agriculture are in the rural villages and mountainous areas. Secondly, it could be that families in the cities are unable to afford. As there are about four children per couple, not every child would have the opportunity to go to school. Most children, out of filial, would work to support their family instead of going to school. Lastly, it is also possible that children are unable to further their studies as it is generally tough to attain higher education.

Children would usually prefer playing to studying. We shall learn about their leisure activities in the next section.