We had a opportunity to visit a village primary school , and like all government buildings throughout Vietnam, it was painted pale yellow with a red roof. Yellow for the color of their skin and red for the blood of the people liberating their country.
I peeked in one classroom with a mixed age group of kids, second/ third grade. They used individual chalkboards, no paper or pencils. They were practicing spelling. A nearby group of preschoolers were being taught the Vietnamese language ( they all spoke their tribal tongue).
The school day begins and ends with a beating of the drum.
How long are the children educated for? Do they complete any secondary school? What is the literacy rate?
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