Problems in education sector mount
The educational sector has been blamed for the unemployment of 200,000 university graduates, among other issues. A report released by MOET and UNICEF shows that 80 percent of students suffered from gender-based violence at least once, while 71 percent suffered from school violence in the last six months. A report from Plan, an international non-government organization, showed that only 16 percent of female and 19 male students felt secure at schools. A fourth grader at Vo Thi Sau Primary School in Quang Ninh Primary School was at risk of becoming blind after a friend threw a pen into his eyes. Their teachers knew about the accident, but did not inform the parents and the school. A number of cases in which teachers raped, took liberties or sexually harassed female students were reported in 2016. LTH, a music teacher, harmed a sixth grader at a school in Tan Binh district in HCMC five times. LVH in Binh Thoi district of Ca Mau province had intercourse with a ninth grader in a sugarcane field. Dinh Hai H repeatedly deceived and forced schoolgirls to have relations with him.
