| Shrnutí: | This fact sheet presents findings from the fifth round of the Young Lives survey in Viet Nam in 2016. Young Lives has followed two cohorts of children, born seven years apart. This fact sheet gives a snapshot of key education indicators for 15-year-olds in 2016 (Younger Cohort), and compares that to the data for 15-year-olds in 2009 (Older Cohort) to show changes and recent progress in the context of children’s education over that period. At age eight almost all girls and boys were attending school, most enrolling in the right grade for their age. However, from the early grades, proportionally fewer ethnic minority children are reported as being in school, with this gap widening especially between ages 12 and 15. The scale of this gap is also evident in learning outcomes at higher levels of schooling. At ages 12 and 15, we find consistent inequalities in terms of enrolment, over-age, and cognitive outcomes between the ethnic minority and the Kinh majority, and between the children of caregivers with no education or few years of schooling and the children of caregivers with more years of schooling. Overall, Younger Cohort children performed better than their Older Cohort counterparts in attaining the right grade for their age and scored higher on comparable maths questions. Rather than evidence of a gender gap in favour of boys, we find girls doing better than boys. However, even with the progress made among marginalised children, educational differentials between disadvantaged and advantaged children remain significant.
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