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title: 'Evolution in South Vietnam: Education'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/evolution-in-south-vietnam-education-panel-4-1966/
description: A blue-toned English-language panel headed 'Education' lists enrolment and school-building figures beside photographs of children writing at desks.
section: Collection
---

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# Evolution in South Vietnam: Education

A blue-toned English-language panel headed 'Education' lists enrolment and school-building figures beside photographs of children writing at desks, children on a playground slide and laboratory workers with test tubes. The figures include enrolment rising from 330,000 to 1.75 million and secondary schools from 133 to 449. The tell is the one-directional statistics with no baseline year, source or cost given.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
EDUCATION

Student enrollment increased from 330,000 to 1.75 million.

Secondary schools increased from 133 to 449.

Elementary schools increased from 1,189 to 4,635.

More than 8,500 teachers have been trained.

Vocational classes increased from 38 to 110 with 14,000 students enrolled.

14 million textbooks being provided.

Universities have been expanded.

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```

[← Distribution of 75 Stock Pigs and 500 Chickens to the Peasants (Cấp phát heo giống và gà giống cho đồng bào nông thôn)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/distribution-of-breeding-pigs-and-chickens-1966/) [Evolution in South Vietnam →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/evolution-in-south-vietnam-panel-1-1966/)

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