The education sector has exerted efforts in curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and fulfilling tasks in the 2020-2021 academic year, despite various difficulties, according to the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET).
English was yet again the subject with the lowest average score among nine subjects in the national high school exam (the first phase) this year, according to results released last week by the Ministry of Education and Training.
A number of schools in HCM City which were named national-standard schools - an honour given to units that meet criteria ranging from student performance to infrastructure - no longer meet that criteria because their classrooms are too crowded.
The Ministry of Education and Training organised a conference on January 22 to discuss a new initiative to improve the quality of primary English education.