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NGO PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION IN VIETNAM : A CASE STUDY IN THE DISTRICT OF SÓC SON

Petrelius, Mimmi (2007)
Centre for East and South-East Asian Studies, Lund University
Abstract
Vietnam's entry to market economy as a result of its "doi moi" programme of reform, shifted the responsibility of education financing to households. Although primary education in Vietnam should be free of charge, direct and indirect costs of education cause a great burden on household economy. This study elaborates on the extent to which access to education depends on the income of the household in the context of NGO school scholarships. As a result of this case study, I propose that even though the scholarship enhances the financial capacity of an household to put their children into school and weakens the impact of schooling costs in decising child's educational attainment, the educational scholarship is merely an incentive for the... (More)
Vietnam's entry to market economy as a result of its "doi moi" programme of reform, shifted the responsibility of education financing to households. Although primary education in Vietnam should be free of charge, direct and indirect costs of education cause a great burden on household economy. This study elaborates on the extent to which access to education depends on the income of the household in the context of NGO school scholarships. As a result of this case study, I propose that even though the scholarship enhances the financial capacity of an household to put their children into school and weakens the impact of schooling costs in decising child's educational attainment, the educational scholarship is merely an incentive for the families to keep their children at school, not a decisive factor. This assumption goes in line with Theis and Huyen (1997) argument that the attitude of parents towards education is more important than their economic situation. My claim is based on the fact that most of the interviewed households were willing to borrow money from relatives to provide schooling to their children. In this context, the educational scholarship is targeted at enhancing and widening households's socio-economical choices in combination with the rice donation. (Less)
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author
Petrelius, Mimmi
supervisor
organization
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Vietnam, educational scholarship, poverty, household socioeconomics, Non-Governmental Organization, Social sciences, Samhällsvetenskaper
language
English
id
1325070
date added to LUP
2007-03-13 00:00:00
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2007-03-13 00:00:00
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  abstract     = {{Vietnam's entry to market economy as a result of its "doi moi" programme of reform, shifted the responsibility of education financing to households. Although primary education in Vietnam should be free of charge, direct and indirect costs of education cause a great burden on household economy. This study elaborates on the extent to which access to education depends on the income of the household in the context of NGO school scholarships. As a result of this case study, I propose that even though the scholarship enhances the financial capacity of an household to put their children into school and weakens the impact of schooling costs in decising child's educational attainment, the educational scholarship is merely an incentive for the families to keep their children at school, not a decisive factor. This assumption goes in line with Theis and Huyen (1997) argument that the attitude of parents towards education is more important than their economic situation. My claim is based on the fact that most of the interviewed households were willing to borrow money from relatives to provide schooling to their children. In this context, the educational scholarship is targeted at enhancing and widening households's socio-economical choices in combination with the rice donation.}},
  author       = {{Petrelius, Mimmi}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{NGO PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION IN VIETNAM : A CASE STUDY IN THE DISTRICT OF SÓC SON}},
  year         = {{2007}},
}