VnnNews – Private universities are costly. Students are choosing to attend less expensive, state-owned institutions if they can.
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Registering for studying at the HCM City Polytechnique and Technology University |
Only a handful of students arrived at the HCM City Economics and Finance University on September 8, even though the deadline for students to apply under the second choice option was just two days away (September 10).
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After the first round, HCM City Economics and
High costs mean lowered standards
“Our university combines high quality training with modern teaching methods. We have invested heavily in teaching technology. However, students lose interest as soon as they hear that our tuition is 45 million dong (just under $3000) per annum on average,” said Nguyen The Loc, an officer in the Training Division of HCM City Economics and
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The university will have to accept students making a third choice round of applications in order to enroll enough students.
Bac Ha International University was ready to enroll 600 students under the second choice, but only 250 students applied. An enrollment officer explained that this year it could be more difficult to enroll students because many state-owned universities have lowered their own qualifying exam scores.
To fill classes, many state-owned institutions chose to accept scores at or near the floor mark for the 2009-2010 academic year (The floor mark is the minimum score that students must have to be eligible for enrollment at any university).
However, the enrollment officer also admitted that Bac Ha’s relatively high tuition level of 18 million dong (for economics study branches) and 20 million dong (for polytechnical branches) is a real barrier for students, especially students from rural areas.
Third choice schools and students
Those students who have not been admitted to their second-choice universities still have the chance to study at other universities which require lower marks. Private and people’s universities that have not found enough students still have the chance to meet their enrollment goals.
Most of people’s and private universities said that they will still accept students who register with them as their third choice. These will be students who have failed to gain admission at state-owned universities.
Hong Bang, Hung Vuong and Van Hien Universities have all reported low numbers of second round applications. Van Hien University has received 1,000 applications and needs 700 more students.
Tran Huu Nghi, Vice President of the
HCM City Polytechnical and Technology University Vice-President Luu Thanh Tam reported that only 20-40 applications have been made to some departments, including English and electronics-telecommunications. They too will have to lower their standards.
VietNamNet/NLD
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