Abstract
Given its modest position as a lower-middle-income country, Vietnam stands out from the rest of the world with its remarkable performance on standardised test scores, school enrolment, and completed years of schooling. We provide an overview of the factors behind this exemplary performance both from an institutional viewpoint and by analysing several different data sources, some of which have rarely been used. Some of the highlights are universal primary school enrolment, higher girls’ net enrolment rates, and the role of within-commune individual factors. We further discuss a host of challenges for the country–most of which have received insufficient attention to date.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1171-1195 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Journal of Development Studies |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 3 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has collected primary school census (PSC) data annually on all primary schools in the country. It was supported by a World Bank project between 2005 and 2011, and is
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Department for International Development [RISE Programme].
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