Lecturer shortage prompts axing of 207 majors

Up to 207 majors in 71 universities in Vietnam will not be allowed to enrol students in 2014 because of a lack of permanent lecturers, according to a dispatch signed by Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga, reports VietNamNet Bridge.

Notably, most of the training majors of the Hanoi Stage and Cinema University will be suspended. Well-known universities such as the Hanoi Pedagogical University will have to stop enrolment students for eight fields, including civic education, art pedagogy, information technology, mathematics, chemistry, biology, literature and psychology.The HCM City National University will have four majors suspended, including oceanography, Spanish language, Italian language and Han Nom.
The Ministry of Education and Training says that by 31 December 31, 2015, if these universities have enough permanent lecturers for these majors, they will be allowed to resume, otherwise the ministry would revoke its licences for the majors.
Full report on the VietNamNet Bridge site