Some Solutions to Reduce Educational Inequality between Males and Females in Vietnam

Education is given special attention by the Vietnamese government. People from all socio-economic classes are given opportunities to participate in learning. However, due to natural gender differences, and old prefudices, educational inequality between males and females still exists. This research is based on the Household Living Standards Survey Report, Statistical Yearbook, Labor and Employment Survey Report, Population Change and Family Planning Survey Report, and other official reports of General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Analysis results show that there is still inequality in opportunities to access education, to get high-status and high-income job between males and females. Based on these analysis results, this article proposes some solutions to improve females’s status and income at the same time with reduce gender education inequality in Vietnam.