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In the late nineteenth century to mid the twentieth century
Vietnam was colonized by China
The education were strongly influeced by Chinese Confucianism
Chinese Confucianism: , a system of thought and behaviors were created by Confucius who had faith and taught that everyone deserves happiness in life, thus education should be accessed to everyone
Vietnam was be colonized by the French
The Chinese education system had been collapsed but been replaced by French-Vietnamese education
“With the goal of training people to serve the colonial system.” ➡ The elementary schools, primary schools, college, secondary schools, and three universities gradually appeared.
However, due to the hardness of financial issues, not many schools were built thus education access was low, especially to children in a remote area. It caused about “95% of Vietnamese people were illiterate".
In 1954:
Vietnam successfully took its independence from France
President Ho Chi Minh set three ideologies for the country “fighting against poverty, illiteracy, and invaders”
Started over the whole education system:
➡ Focusing on reading, writing, and calculating skills
➡ Pay more attention to young citizens, who were the future generation
➡ Method: President Ho Chi Minh had encouraged people to know how to read and write teach for their neighbors, their friends, their children, their parents, anyone around them
RESULT: From 5% of literate to 2.5 million people know how to read and write
After Vietnam War (1955-1975)
Many damages were caused by the bombing during the war such as many buildings, farms, lands, and especially schools were destroyed disastrous.
➡ Millions of Vietnamese to go through famine, became refugees, the illiterate percentage increased dramatically.
Solution: To rebuild unify socialist school system, the government allowed the teachers from the North to take control and lead the education system of the public and private schools in the South.
The Doi Moi Reform (1986):
It is a huge impact on the revolution of national education and also on the economy of the country.
More schools were opened.
However, due to the politics and laws that were created by the newly independent government which lacked controlling experience, the education program and system are still backward compared to other countries.
Conclusion:
Pro: Many people from a rich family in Vietnam were allowed to study abroad in France and exchanged cultures, introduced Vietnam to other foreign nations.
Con: Since Vietnam was being controlled by China and France, this created lots of conflicts in the curriculum such as languages, exams, school systems, etc.
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