74 percent of high school candidates apply to universitiesVietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 74 per cent of the 925,961 candidates taking the upcoming national high school graduation examinations have applied to universities, according to the Ministry of Education and Training. The high school exam will be held from June 24 to 27, with the scores used for admission to universities, colleges and vocational schools. There are 500 colleges and intermediate schools providing two-year training programmes besides 1,974 vocational schools this year. Last year only 5-7 per cent of junior high school students applied to vocational and intermediate schools though usually 80-90 per cent of their students get jobs on graduation. To improve things, secondary school students need to be provided counselling on vocational training, the directorate said.

Source: VietNamNet News May 04, 2018 03:22 UTC