Earlier this month, I took the news of the massive investment in the talent of Vietnamese High School.
The article reported that the Vietnamese Ministry of Education announced a 10-year investment program worth 2.3 billion VND (about $ 118 million).
A let's just take a while to get this into perspective.
The communist country, is home to about 86 million, and per capita GDP is $ 2.942, planned to spend one and a half times more than a year in the United States (population 311 000 000 A per capita GDP of $ 47,701 ) now Javits Fund (assuming it survives the current efforts to stop it completely).
The government would like Vietnam to ensure that by 2020 will be a high school talent in every major city and province, which can then 2% of high school students to attend. Currently there are 73 such schools spread across Vietnam.
The money will be spent to upgrade buildings and equipment, so that each student is well equipped study area of 30 square meters, and the quality of teaching, curriculum development and improvement of research support. Approximately $ 32,000,000 and it is all reserved for the development of teacher training and attending courses at universities abroad. The Department is an intermediate target that every school is capable of achieving high common standards nationally by 2015.
Fifteen high schools to opt for the initial investment, making the standards of comparable institutions in other parts of South Asia and worldwide. There are 17 schools located in poor provinces, as well as a priority.
When the statement was some doubt as to whether the principles of talented high school to take into account the conditions existing in their institutions. One of the students he said, currently enjoyed only by square meters of research space, the other person that the 14 classes containing a total of 401 students currently in one computer room. The article was a recent study by the Ministry of the schools that lack most of the laboratories of high talent and even a good washing and toilet facilities.
Within Vietnam talented high school
Wikipedia has a short article in the school for gifted students in Hanoi University of Education, called the PSC, established for talented young mathematicians in 1966 during the Vietnam War and is one of the oldest high school talent. It is suitable for students gifted in science, technology and literature, as well.
Admission is competitive and students continue to study the accelerated program in their field of specialization. In the school board and used in the laboratory of University facilities and athletic. The student has a proud tradition in International Mathematics and Science Olympics.
Evidence of the network, the high school gifted education in Vietnam is very demanding:
"As a gifted student at school, each of us 55,000 dong per month, and we need to study at it. Before the university entrance exams, our teacher said that we need at least 9, 5 .. important .. If the university entrance exams allowed gifted students. but failed, and I had to ask another university. I was so depressed I thought I had to stop my life. "
Another student wrote:
"I wake up early at 04:30 every day, even if I did not need an alarm clock. Getting up early to exercise has become the normal thing, because I was talented in school. When to Stop I exercise, I quickly changed clothes at school, where I spent all morning until five in learning. After graduating five period, I will rush back home, lunch, and then learn again.
I still attend two schools to participate in physical education and national defense and some special materials. After I go home to get food and then more classes. I gotta go for extra classes, because without school hours, I am able to understand the doctrine that good.
I returned home late at 21:00 daily. After that, I am going through the lessons until 11 or 12 hours, then go to bed.
Since I have gifted school, I had to say farewell to the TV, my closest friend time, because I do not have time.
At school the teachers always set high standards and high expectations for us, so we have to work all that hard. Sometimes I think we are like machines, because we do one thing, learning, and learning.
If I did not learn too fast, I will eliminate the gifted classes, and I need to learn in the normal range.
I do not want to be sick, because I have to stay home. If this is the case, I can not take part in lessons, and then can not understand I teach, so I continued with my class.
I am now 11 categories. I cherished the hope of a good student in school, when I was a little child. My brother was also a school of talent and I wanted to follow him. Honestly speaking, meet gifted students, and my mother is proud of us. He spent his time and money to feed talented students.
I learned so much when I'm ready for a gifted school entry exam, I lost 5 pounds in weight.
We all learned a lot. But I feel luckier than my friends, because I have good health. My friend lost consciousness due to overwork. "Stress" is a word of knowledge for all gifted students, because we all learn very happy with our parents and teachers
It is clear that gifted students learn well. However, it seems that we have many bad things to others. We do not know how to communicate with people. Some of my friends the same age to call us "battery hens. At first I was angry, but I think are right. I would have moments of relaxation and entertainment. We are not machines."
The stress and is an annual competition for teachers in secondary schools for the most talented students at leading universities:
"There are all well aware, the Hong Phong School With talented, a leading school in Ho Chi Minh City. So when you're a teacher, you will need to maintain, and their traditions contributes to school. We are under high pressure, and we moved against their will are pushing for students. "
There are signs that the necessary amendments in place, but many students and teachers in the system in Vietnam is likely to be a daunting task on their counterparts in the West, can only marvel at what level of commitment and to sacrifice themselves.
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