RE: [Y' KIE^'N BA.N NGHE DA`I] Giu'p do*~ Vie^.t nam

[Tuan Pham <tuan.pham@unsw.edu.au>]

"Huy Quang Nguyen (Global Trends)" <v-huynq@microsoft.com> wrote

>We need to help government universities first. I do agree with anh Phung
>Ho Hai: it is the case in Vietnam, at this moment of time (or may be
>several years to come) no talent will go to "Dai hoc Dan lap" :-( so why
>do we need to waste our money for "Dai hoc Dan lap". In addition, money
>never means good solution in this case.
>

Hi

We should try to help whenever the occasion arises, but I
think there are grounds to help the private sector.
First, the VN government itself admits they can't adequately
cater for the country's educational needs and must partly
rely on the private sector. Secondly, government universities
are terribly top heavy and inefficient (I heard this from a
long-time professor who is now teaching part-time at a private
University). Because they are poorly paid, professors often
spend hardly any time at the (government) university, turning
up only for lectures.

IMO private universities are not the best way to solve VN's
educational problems, and ideally more of the national budget
should go into education. However, this is not happening
and we all know how difficult it is for private citizens
to change government policies or institutions in VN,
so we can understand why well meaning professors and
others have to go the private way. A bit of responsiveness
is what is greatly needed in VN at the moment and somehow
I don't think the public sector has it.

I greatly admire people who stick their neck out and try to
etablish private "universities". It shows that the self-reliant
spirit is still alive among Vietnam's intellectuals
and not everyone is simply looking up to the government to do 
everything for them.

The word "Dda.i ho.c" is used very loosely in VN, but what
does a name matter - it is what they achieve.

Cheers
Tuan Pham