(Dan Tri Newspaper) - Seeing that her child's return to school on the 6th day of Tet (Lunar New Year) was a bit rushed, Ms. Ha decided to let her child have an extra 3 days off, extending the Tet holiday to 14 days.
According to the adjustments, students in Ho Chi Minh City will have an 11-day Lunar New Year holiday in 2025, from January 23rd to February 2nd, 2025 (i.e., from the 24th day of the 12th lunar month to the 5th day of the 1st lunar month).
After considering the actual situation and airfare prices, Ms. Truong Ngoc Ha's family, residing in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City, decided to ask the homeroom teacher for their child to have an additional 3 days off after Tet compared to the original schedule.
According to the schedule, students in Ho Chi Minh City will have 11 days off for the Lunar New Year holiday of the Year of the Snake (Photo: Nam Anh).
Ms. Ha booked tickets for her two children; the older child, in 9th grade, and her younger sister, in 7th grade, will return to their hometown on January 23, 2025, and she and her husband will return three days later.
After Tet, the whole family will return to Ho Chi Minh City together on the afternoon of February 5th (the 8th day of the first lunar month). The children will return to school on the 9th or 10th day of the first lunar month, 3-4 days later than scheduled.
Ms. Ha explained that Ho Chi Minh City has adjusted the Tet holiday for students from 9 to 11 days. However, this increase in holiday time applies to the period before Tet, while children return to school on the 6th day of Tet.
In the guidelines for the Lunar New Year holiday schedule for students in 2025, Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu, Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, instructed heads of educational institutions to proactively develop their educational plans based on the principle of ensuring sufficient time for teaching, learning, testing, and evaluation, and to complete the school's educational plan for the 2024-2025 school year as prescribed.
In addition, Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu also emphasized that schools need to create favorable conditions and resolve issues fairly and reasonably for students who do not reside in Ho Chi Minh City during the 2025 Lunar New Year holiday.
According to this schedule, children will return to Ho Chi Minh City from the 4th to rest before going back to school.
Furthermore, many families who live far away travel by train or bus, and the children may leave with their families to return to the city from the third day of Tet.
Ms. Ha said that for those who live far away, returning to their hometown is difficult and very expensive.
This is also the only extended break between school years, so she wants her children to have more time to play and relax.
Therefore, the couple agreed to let their child have a few extra days off after Tet.
My children also regret that the first few days of the new year at school were filled with fun activities and lucky money, but going back to their hometown for the Lunar New Year celebration was too rushed, which they found even more regrettable.
Mr. and Mrs. Do Duc Vinh, residing in Linh Dong ward, Thu Duc city, Ho Chi Minh City, are also planning to let their child have a few extra days off because they don't want their child to return to their hometown too hastily during Tet.
My family lives in Thanh Hoa and we traveled back by train. My children went back to school on the 6th day of Tet, but we had to say goodbye to them on the 3rd day. School was off, and the first few days of the new year were also off. The children didn't want it, but it was the most suitable option to have a relaxed Tet holiday and spend more time with family.
Many families in Ho Chi Minh City are proactively scheduling extended Tet holiday breaks for their children (Illustrative photo: Nam Anh).
Mr. Vinh said that in recent years, Ho Chi Minh City has given students a Tet holiday break of 14-16 days. With this holiday schedule, some families have difficulty finding childcare, but generally, parents can arrange a suitable holiday schedule so that those living far away can return to their hometowns to celebrate Tet.
My nephew attends a private school, and the school scheduled a 14-day Lunar New Year holiday. He will return to school after the holiday on a Thursday in the middle of the week.
"In my opinion, Ho Chi Minh City should set a fixed Tet holiday period of at least two weeks for students, which is appropriate for a locality with a large number of migrant workers."
Students don't necessarily have to start school on Monday mornings, or they can postpone the start of the school year by a week. Summer is long, there's no need to rush," Vinh shared.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has requested schools to resolve issues fairly and reasonably for students from out of town during the Tet holiday (Photo: Hoai Nam).
According to current regulations, one of the conditions for promotion to the next grade or recognition of completion of the lower secondary or upper secondary education program is: "Absences must not exceed 45 school days in a school year (calculated according to the 1-session/day education plan stipulated in the General Education Program, including authorized and unauthorized absences, continuous or discontinuous absences)."
Regarding school regulations at all levels, there is a provision stating that homeroom teachers "have the right to allow individual students with legitimate reasons to be absent from school for no more than 3 consecutive days."
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