Education Report - 'Parent Libraries' in Rural Schools in Vietnam

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VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report in English. A Vietnamese man hopes to raise the quality education in his country by building "parent libraries" in schools. Nguyen Quang Thach provides libraries to the schools books are more available in farming communities. He works publishers in Hanoi to get the books at reduced for teachers and their students. By talking with farmers, and students, Mr. Thach discovered most schools have enough , but many poor families have few books at home do not visit school libraries. More than 90 percent Vietnam's population can read and write. But academic performance the schools remains low compared to other Southeast Asian . Corruption is a big part of the problem. Vietnamese often report stories of teachers giving high grades in for money. Some experts criticize teaching methods that depend on dictation. They say asking students to repeat everything teacher says to the class harms their ability to for themselves. Nguyen Quang Thach says he wants people invest money in books for a better future. To , almost 1,000 parent libraries have been built in Thai Province. Hundreds of books are in each one. Several provinces have copied this model. For each school, Mr. helps build libraries for up to four classes. Others follow his example. The head of the AnDuc secondary says Mr. Thach's work has improved the quality of . She thinks Mr. Thach's example helps students think more , or to put it in an American expression... "outside boxFor VOA Learning English, I'm Carolyn Presutti. (Adapted from radio program broadcast 20Dec2012)

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