The kind of teaching that is widely practised in Viet Nam encourages students to focus more on mastery of theory and the acquisition of memorized knowledge than on the development of soft skills such as analytical, problem solving and communication skills. Teaching approaches remain largely traditional, with examinations relying heavily on the capacity of the students to reproduce knowledge and skills learnt in this way. New approaches to teaching are being adopted. MOET, with financial assistance from the World Bank, has begun developing a new student-centred learning program to improve the quality of teaching and learning in primary schools. Gender-based inequity is generally not evident as far as school enrolment rates are concerned,except among particular ethnic minority groups and in certain geographic regions. Differences between ethnic nationalities in school attendance rates are, however, a challenge. In 2006, for example, a national sample survey found that net attendance rates at secondary school were lower for ethnic minority groups than for all other young people – among girls, for example, the attendance rate was 61.6% for ethnic minority groups, but 82.6% for all other students.To improve enrolment rates in secondary and vocational education among ethnic minority groups, the Government and International Aid Organisations - are providing more scholarships, constructing more boarding schools, encouraging the learning of Viet Namese, and providing tuition fee exemptions.