Grade 1 students return to school in the 2024-2025 school year in Ho Chi Minh City, primary schools strive to increase the rate of students studying 2 sessions/day
The above reader did not specify whether his child is a primary, secondary or high school student, in which locality or province, nor did he provide additional information or data on the fact that "Many schools organize 2 sessions/day, then add extra periods for some subjects to collect money, even though parents do not request this."
To help readers have more information about how teaching 2 sessions/day is currently regulated, Thanh Nien Online would like to provide some information.
What does the current general education program stipulate about teaching 2 sessions/day?
At primary level: According to the 2018 General Education Program, issued with the Circular promulgating the General Education Program of the Ministry of Education and Training (from the 2024-2025 school year, the 2018 General Education Program will be applied from grades 1 to 12), at primary level, compulsory subjects and educational activities include: Vietnamese; math; ethics; foreign language 1 (in grades 3, 4, 5); nature and society (in grades 1, 2, 3); history and geography (in grades 4, 5); science (in grades 4, 5); information technology and technology (in grades 3, 4, 5); physical education; arts (music, fine arts); experiential activities.
Elective subjects include: ethnic minority languages, foreign language 1 (in grades 1 and 2).
Regarding the duration of education at the primary level, the 2018 General Education Program clearly stipulates: " Teaching 2 sessions/day , each day arranging no more than 7 periods; each period is 35 minutes. Educational institutions that do not have the conditions to organize 2 sessions/day must implement the education plan according to the instructions of the Ministry of Education and Training".
First graders get to know their teachers and friends on the first day of school in the 2024-2025 school year.
At secondary school level: Compulsory subjects and educational activities include: literature; mathematics; foreign language 1; civic education; history and geography; natural sciences; technology; information technology; physical education; arts (music, fine arts); experiential activities, career guidance; local educational content. Elective subjects include: ethnic minority languages, foreign language 2.
The duration of education at secondary level is regulated by the Ministry of Education and Training: "Each day has 1 session, each session does not have more than 5 periods; each period is 45 minutes. Secondary schools that meet the conditions are encouraged to teach 2 sessions/day according to the instructions of the Ministry of Education and Training".
At high school level: Compulsory subjects and educational activities: literature; math; foreign language 1; history; physical education; national defense and security education; experiential activities, career guidance; local educational content.
Elective subjects: geography, economic and legal education, physics, chemistry, biology, technology, computer science, music, fine arts. Students choose 4 subjects from the elective subjects.
Study topics: Each subject of literature, mathematics, history, geography, economic education and law, physics, chemistry, biology, technology, information technology, music, and fine arts has a number of study topics that form study topic clusters of the subject to fulfill the requirement of deep differentiation, helping students enhance their knowledge and practical skills, apply the knowledge and skills they have learned to solve practical problems, and meet the requirements of career orientation. The time for each study topic is 10 or 15 periods; the total time for a study topic cluster of a subject is 35 periods/school year. In each grade 10, 11, and 12, students choose 3 study topic clusters of 3 subjects that suit their wishes and the school's organizational capacity.
Schools can build subject combinations from the above subjects and learning topics to both meet the needs of learners and ensure compliance with the school's conditions regarding teaching staff, facilities, and teaching equipment.
Elective subjects: ethnic minority languages, second foreign language.
The duration of high school education is regulated by the Ministry of Education and Training: "Each day has 1 session, each session does not have more than 5 periods; each period is 45 minutes. High schools that meet the conditions are encouraged to teach 2 sessions/day according to the instructions of the Ministry of Education and Training".
Students participate in a competency assessment test for grade 6 at a secondary school in Ho Chi Minh City.
Thus, from the 2024-2025 school year, organizing 2-session teaching/day at primary level is included in the overall program of the 2018 General Education Program, while at secondary and high school levels it is "encouraged". Secondary and high schools that meet the conditions are encouraged to implement 2-session teaching/day according to the instructions of the Ministry of Education and Training.
According to the 2019 Education Law, primary school students in public educational institutions nationwide are exempt from tuition fees. Thus, primary school students in public institutions do not have to pay tuition fees to study 2 sessions/day.
Ho Chi Minh City is one of the localities making efforts to increase the rate of primary school students studying 2 sessions/day, because in some localities of Ho Chi Minh City, the target of 100% of primary school students studying 2 sessions/day has not been achieved due to the pressure of increasing population, high student numbers, and insufficient classrooms...
Statistics from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training show that in the 2023-2024 school year, the city will have 502,200 primary school students studying 2 sessions/day, accounting for 78.8% (up 4% over the same period last year). The city will have 14,362 classes studying 2 sessions/day out of a total of 17,382 classes, accounting for 82.6% (up 1.9% over the same period last year).
Tuition is free, why do many primary school students still pay more than 2 million VND per month?
Many parents often wonder, "Primary schools say tuition is free, but why does my child have to pay more than 2 million/month?" or "Why does it say tuition is free, but my child still has to pay millions in public school?"
In fact, there is no tuition fee, but public primary school students need to pay some fees from the fees specifically regulated by the resolution of the People's Council of the province or city.
Receipts of a primary school student in September 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City, this student studies 2 sessions/day, has meals at school
For example, according to the September 2023 receipt of a primary school student in Ho Chi Minh City for the 2023-2024 school year in the image above, these amounts are: money for organizing English enrichment classes; money for learning foreign languages with foreigners; money for organizing gifted classes, elective physical education, basketball/Vovinam/dance clubs... after school; service fees for boarding activities (for example, money for organizing services, management and cleaning of boarding; money for purchasing equipment and supplies for boarding students...); money for boarding lunch; money for drinking water; money for initial student health check-ups (including school dental check-ups)...
In fact, in addition to the compulsory subjects in the program, when using any educational services/activities in schools, from boarding (eating lunch, taking a nap at school) to learning gifted subjects, clubs, learning English with foreigners... parents must register with the school and "agree" when conducting surveys.
When seeing that a class or school does not conduct a survey of parents' opinions but still organizes classes/school programs that charge students, parents can completely give their opinions to the school's board of directors, the local Department of Education and Training, and the Department of Education and Training through current public communication channels.
School programs must have the consent of parents and the school board.
At the conference to summarize the 2023-2024 school year and deploy tasks for the 2024-2025 school year at the primary level, Mr. Nguyen Bao Quoc, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, emphasized that schools must proactively develop school programs and develop additional supplementary education programs to help perfect the 2018 General Education Program.
The school and its affiliates must proactively coordinate with the school in developing a content framework, ensuring consistency when communicating to parents and partners. "The school plan must be approved by the school board and communicated to parents in a spirit of agreement with parents. Parents can choose a number of activities to participate in, from which the school can arrange appropriate classes for students."
In primary schools, in addition to implementing the 2018 General Education Program, there are other supplementary educational activities. However, Mr. Nguyen Bao Quoc emphasized that the organization and implementation of the school program content must always have a clear content framework plan, must be approved by the school board, and must have agreement with parents.
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