Vietnam ranks first in SEA in primary student learning outcomes

PSNews - As announced bu the Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics (SEA-PLM) programme, Vietnam ranks first among Southeast Asian countries regarding primary school student learning outcomes.

The online conference of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) held on December 1. Within the conference, the results of the SEA-PLM in 2019 were announced. As reported, the survey was conducted at 150 schools in Vietnam with 832 teachers, 4,837 students and 4,160 parents taking part.

Accordingly, among the six participating countries including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar and the Philippines -, primary school students in Vietnam ranked first in all three competencies surveyed, namely Reading, Writing, and Mathematics.

Photo for illustration. Source: VNA.
Photo for illustration. Source: VNA. 

In particular, Vietnamese students showed the highest average competency level of 6/6 in the Reading competency. The percentage of Vietnamese students achieving the sixth level of competency is 82%. Malaysia ranked second with 58% of students achieving the sixth level. The percentages of the remainder were all below 10 percent.

In terms of Writing, Vietnamese students had an average capacity of 6/8. The percentage of students reaching the eighth proficiency level was 20%. This rate in the remaining countries was 2% - 4%.

In Mathematics, Vietnamese students had an average competency level of 8/9. The percentage of children with the highest level of competency (level 9) was 42%. The rates among the remainder were all below 10%.

Additionally, the learning gap between urban and rural students as assessed by SEA-PLM has narrowed, with almost no difference remaining. However, students in mountainous and remote areas are still lagging far behind students from other regions.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc said the programme results will help his Ministry identify immediate and long-term policies for the development of primary education. In particular, the ministry will focus on developing education for mountainous students, supporting ethnic minority students in difficult circumstances, and building a strategy to improve education for parents.

Launched in 2011, the SEA-PLM aims at assisting SEAMEO member countries to better measure and understand the learning situation of primary students according to both general and individual criteria, thereby helping countries improve the quality of their education system.

By Linh Bui

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