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

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 fro...

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Main Authors: Dang, Hai-Anh H., Glewwe, Paul W.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor and Francis 2018
Subjects:
EDUCATION
ASSESSMENT
ENROLLMENT
SURVEY
CENSUS
STUDENT TESTING
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
PRIMARY EDUCATION
GENDER
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29797
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spelling okr-10986-297972021-05-25T10:54:37Z Well Begun, but Aiming Higher : A Review of Vietnam’s Education Trends in the past 20 Years and Emerging Challenges Dang, Hai-Anh H. Glewwe, Paul W. EDUCATION ASSESSMENT ENROLLMENT SURVEY CENSUS STUDENT TESTING EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT PRIMARY EDUCATION GENDER 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. 2018-05-09T18:29:23Z 2018-05-09T18:29:23Z 2018 Journal Article The Journal of Development Studies 0022-0388 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29797 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
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ENROLLMENT
SURVEY
CENSUS
STUDENT TESTING
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
PRIMARY EDUCATION
GENDER
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STUDENT TESTING
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
PRIMARY EDUCATION
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Dang, Hai-Anh H.
Glewwe, Paul W.
Well Begun, but Aiming Higher : A Review of Vietnam’s Education Trends in the past 20 Years and Emerging Challenges
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description 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.
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author Dang, Hai-Anh H.
Glewwe, Paul W.
author_facet Dang, Hai-Anh H.
Glewwe, Paul W.
author_sort Dang, Hai-Anh H.
title Well Begun, but Aiming Higher : A Review of Vietnam’s Education Trends in the past 20 Years and Emerging Challenges
title_short Well Begun, but Aiming Higher : A Review of Vietnam’s Education Trends in the past 20 Years and Emerging Challenges
title_full Well Begun, but Aiming Higher : A Review of Vietnam’s Education Trends in the past 20 Years and Emerging Challenges
title_fullStr Well Begun, but Aiming Higher : A Review of Vietnam’s Education Trends in the past 20 Years and Emerging Challenges
title_full_unstemmed Well Begun, but Aiming Higher : A Review of Vietnam’s Education Trends in the past 20 Years and Emerging Challenges
title_sort well begun, but aiming higher : a review of vietnam’s education trends in the past 20 years and emerging challenges
publisher Taylor and Francis
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