Assessment of secondary education services and facilities for ethnic minorities in rural Vietnam

Author: Pham Thi Tam

AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.RD-13-04

Year: 2013

Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)

Type: Thesis (M. Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2013

Examination Committee: Soparth Pongquan (Chairperson); Jayant K. Roytray, Kyoko Kusakabe (Examination Committee Members)

Abstract: The research examined the education performance of ethnic minority pupils who are at upper secondary education. Also, the research investigated the school personnel, facilities, and financial and technical support that were provided in Boarding school in the link with assessment of pupils and their parents on those aspects of education services. The main objective of the research is to examine the education services for the ethnic minorities in rural of Vietnam, especially, for the X0 Dang ethnic group in Tu Mo Rong district. The study was covered on only the upper secondary level of education which associates with the pupils from grades 10 to 12 and their parents at two communes in the poorest district of Kon Tum Province of Vietnam . The ethnic minority to be covered in this research is from Xo Dang ethnic group, one out of six indigenous in Kon Turn province. Tu Mo Rong Boarding school is the unique education institution that the study conducted by. Major target groups were covered are pupils who are studying and have completed the secondary education. * The research was conducted in the unique boarding school and two poor communes Dak Ha and Ngoc Lay in Tu Mo Rong district, Vietnam. The main method for data collection is using a survey questionnaire With a total of 72 sampled households and 72 pupils at boarding school. Moreover, in order to get unbiased and deeper information, observation on households’ living condition and school as well as interview with head teachers, principle and provincial education manager were implemented. Also, for getting the deeper understanding on the needs of the ethnic minority youth, group discussion and in-depth interview with some case of studies were included. The research was focused on qualitative analysis but qualitative technique was also applied. The main findings showed the backwardness of ethnic minorities’ education are still remaining such as high rate of drop-out, taking repeated exams, and repetition class while the rate of enrohnent an

Scholarship Donor(s): International Fellowship Program-Ford Foundation (USA), AIT Fellowship

Note: A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of science in Regional and Rural Development Planning

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