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Education Development Strategy through 2020 approved

VGP – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ratified the Education Development Strategy for the 2011-2020 period in a bid to raise the quality of education.

June 18, 2012 6:28 PM GMT+7

Under the strategy, Vietnam expects to complete the universalization of pre-school education for five-year-old children by 2015.

In terms of vocational and tertiary education, 70% of the laborers will graduate from vocational training courses and universities by 2020.

By 2020, 25% of lecturers at universities and 8% at colleges are PhD.

To achieve the targets, the country will enhance management over education quality and develop independent education quality control system.

By Thuy Dung