Is extra teaching and learning in schools a business?

Throughout the 2019 Education Law, there is no phrase that considers teaching and educational activities as business. Article 99 of the Education Law uses the phrase "educational and training services". Article 5 of the Draft Circular regulating extra teaching and learning states: "Organizations or individuals doing business in extra teaching and learning activities outside of school...", is this appropriate? If extra teaching and learning activities outside of school are considered business activities, then is extra teaching and learning in school considered business activities?

Will the Draft Circular regulating extra teaching and learning cause an "explosion" in extra teaching and learning?

Students have to take extra classes?

The draft circular does not prohibit teachers from tutoring students who are directly teaching at school. So, if a teacher tutors students at school, can he tutor those students when he teaches outside of school? If the draft circular does not clarify, students may fall into a "two-way trap". In reality, students are tutoring at school and at home with the same "owner".

Eliminate voluntary tutoring without collecting tuition fees?

Also according to the Draft Circular, extra teaching and learning are activities of teaching the content of the subject program, educational activities but outside the prescribed time of the program, with additional tuition fees. So, what is the voluntary teaching and learning activity outside the program time without collecting tuition fees? Tutoring weak students, nurturing excellent students is a responsibility, an educational activity that inherently demonstrates the dedication and passion of teachers for students, where will it stand in the school? Will it or not from now on turn into extra teaching and learning to… collect tuition fees?

Tuition on tuition

Circular 32/2020/TT-BGDDT promulgating the Charter of junior high schools, high schools and multi-level general schools, Clause 1, Article 19 states: "Educational activities are carried out according to the school's educational plan, organized during and after class hours, inside and outside the school campus, to implement the curriculum of subjects, educational activities of the general education program...". Is this content subject to a fee or not?

The draft circular stipulates that extra teaching and learning includes teaching and learning activities outside the prescribed time of the program. But in reality, the boundary between within and outside the program is very fragile. From here, is there an educational activity that students should have enjoyed now included in… extra learning? Tuition fees, how can poor children bear it?

The draft circular regulates extra teaching and learning, including teaching and educational activities outside the prescribed time of the program. From here, is there an educational activity that students should have benefited from now included in… extra learning?

Worried about the regulation "principals are allowed to teach extra classes"

According to the Draft Circular regulating extra teaching and learning, principals are allowed to teach extra classes. As a former principal, I am worried about this. In the position of the head of the school, in the context of educational innovation, the principal is busy with school affairs, devoting all his energy and time to management and teaching compulsory 2 periods/week for high school students, but now the principal is allowed to teach extra classes.

This is far from reality, very paradoxical. The principal has a high salary and "salary", so how can he teach extra classes?

The government has gradually reformed salaries, and proposed that teachers' salaries be ranked highest in the salary scale of administrative and career positions. Recently, the Politburo has requested the implementation of the policy of highest teachers' salaries. Such attention requires the education sector and each teacher to devote themselves to their students.

As a teacher, through reading and studying the Draft Circular regulating extra teaching and learning, and through practice, I have not yet felt deeply imbued with that precious sentiment.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/day-them-hoc-them-trong-nha-truong-co-phai-la-kinh-doanh-185240824220807944.htm