Well Begun, but Aiming Higher: A Review of Vietnam's Education Trends in the past 20 Years and Emerging Challenges
Forthcoming, Journal of Development Studies
43 Pages Posted: 30 Aug 2017
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Well Begun, but Aiming Higher: A Review of Vietnam's Education Trends in the past 20 Years and Emerging Challenges
Well Begun, But Aiming Higher: A Review of Vietnam's Education Trends in the Past 20 Years and Emerging Challenges
Date Written: August 27, 2017
Abstract
Given its modest position as a lower-middle income country, Vietnam stands out from the rest of the world with its remarkable performance on standardized test scores, school enrollment, and completed years of schooling. We provide an overview of the factors behind this exemplary performance both from an institutional viewpoint and by analyzing several different data sources, some of which have rarely been used. Some of the highlights are universal primary school enrollment, higher girls’ net enrollment rates, and the role of within-commune individual factors. We further discuss a host of challenges for the country — most of which have received insufficient attention to date.
Keywords: Education, Assessment, Enrollment, Years of Schooling, Survey, Census, Vietnam
JEL Classification: H0, I2, O1, P3
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