Proposal to not teach after 20:00: Under what conditions can it be implemented?

An extra class at a tutoring center in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City

PHOTO: BAO CHAU

Mr. Ho Tan Minh, Chief of Office of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, said that the Department is collecting opinions from experts, schools, teachers, and parents on the conditions for organizing extra classes to advise the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City to issue regulations on extra classes.

This includes the condition that tutoring facilities will not be allowed to operate after 8 p.m. to ensure students' health.

According to Mr. Minh, Ho Chi Minh City is a large city, often experiencing traffic jams during rush hour. Students leave school at 4:00-5:00 p.m. After that, they need to have enough time to travel home, eat, and then go to the extra-curricular center if needed. Currently, many schools in Ho Chi Minh City have implemented two sessions per day. Thus, students are at school all day. If they have extra classes, they need to do so in moderation, ensuring their health. It is reasonable that extra classes end before 8:00 p.m.

Before this information, there were opinions from teachers and parents expressing their views.

If it is banned after 8pm, it will be difficult to arrange time.

Students have not kept up with the curriculum, so they need extra classes to consolidate their knowledge. If they are banned after 8pm, it will be difficult to arrange time.

Studying after 8pm is not always a negative thing. If studying is light, voluntary and of good quality, it should not be banned completely, otherwise the time limit is too strict. What about English centers that teach until 9:30pm?

Parents feel deprived of initiative in educating their children, when every decision is imposed by regulations.

We also gradually eliminate the "ban" culture according to some personal views. Tutoring centers are an economic model of educational business, let the investors decide because they also invest in facilities and pay taxes, all are buyers and sellers. Let the natural law govern, parents also assess their children's health and depending on the level, have the most reasonable study schedule for each child.

HPT

(Parent of a 10th grade student at Bui Thi Xuan High School, District 1, HCMC)

Should regulate extra study time

It is necessary to limit the end time of extra classes. In reality, after extra classes, students still have to go home, do personal activities, study and do homework.

The later the extra classes are, the later the students have to stay up to complete other study tasks.

However, there are cases where tutors have many students wanting to attend and have to divide shifts, so the lessons may have to last beyond 20 hours.

Therefore, in my opinion, it is necessary to set a deadline and calculate the time as reasonably as possible so that extra study meets the needs of students.

A student of Tran Dai Nghia Secondary and High School (District 1)

Need to go hand in hand with comprehensive reform from curriculum to assessment methods

Setting a time limit for extra classes is a necessary and correct step to protect the rights and health of students, while aiming for a comprehensive education. This is very positive because students need 8 to 10 hours of sleep per day to develop physically and mentally. Not having extra classes late helps them avoid exhaustion and stress.

This regulation motivates students to practice self-study skills, an important factor in the digital age where knowledge is always updated.

At the same time, it also balances the lives of both students and teachers. Students have time to participate in extracurricular activities, sports, and arts, in line with the spirit of the 2018 General Education Program. Teachers have more time to focus on the quality of regular teaching hours. Build a support system for weak students right in the school. Encourage learning through real-life experiences instead of exam preparation.

The regulation of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training is a positive signal, but it needs to be accompanied by comprehensive reforms from the curriculum to the assessment method. The ultimate goal is to build a generation of students who are not only good at knowledge but also healthy, creative and able to adapt to change.

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." Limiting late tutoring can be the first step to keeping that "fire" burning in the most sustainable way.

Master Pham Le Thanh

(Teacher at Nguyen Hien High School, District 11, HCMC)

After school, students need to have fun and participate in experiential activities.

PHOTO: BAO CHAU

Extra teaching and learning on Sundays should be banned.

In terms of physical and mental health, extra teaching and learning still causes the most disadvantages for students.

Now, Ho Chi Minh City plans to ban extra classes after 8pm, which is very necessary. Not only should extra classes after 8pm be banned, but they should also be banned on Sundays.

Students study many subjects and most subjects have homework, whether small or large. Students who have to take extra subjects (whether by their own choice or their parents’ choice) also need to spend time studying and doing homework in other subjects.

Studying too much and coming home late makes students have to struggle to study and do homework for the next day's subjects (not to mention that teachers also assign extra homework for extra classes). Not getting enough sleep causes lack of sleep and lack of concentration in class, affecting their own learning, the class's and the teachers'. Not getting enough sleep also affects many other aspects of mental health.

There should also be regulations from the Ministry of Education and Training on banning extra classes on Sundays. On weekends, after hard working days, adults need to relax and rest, so why force their children to go to school? Outside of books, outside of schools, outside of tutoring centers, there are so many interesting things, useful playgrounds, and valuable lessons from reality that students need to interact and have fun with.

"With the mind of a teacher, the heart of a father whose children are studying in middle school and high school, I hope that adults do not steal the innocent, naive, pure world and good values ​​of students. Do not study "for scores" or "for exams" so that the younger generation lacks and is weak in behavioral lessons, simple tasks, necessary skills... in life. In reality, this is very easy to do when parents do not register their children for classes, and teachers are determined not to teach after 8:00 p.m.

Thai Hoang

(Teacher at Dao Duy Anh Secondary and High School, District 1, HCMC )

39% of Thanh Nien readers think that extra teaching and learning should end at 8pm.

Before the information that the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City is seeking opinions to regulate that extra teaching and learning activities cannot be organized after 8:00 p.m., meaning that extra teaching and learning establishments are not allowed to operate after this prescribed time, Thanh Nien Newspaper conducted a survey to poll readers' opinions.

The results are as follows:

• 39% of opinions said that extra teaching and learning activities should end at 8:00 p.m. as the Department of Education and Training is planning.
• 58% of respondents said that it is possible to operate after 8pm but up to 9pm.
• 3% of readers participating in the survey have different opinions.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/de-xuat-khong-day-them-sau-20-gio-thuc-hien-duoc-trong-dieu-kien-nao-185250419172002241.htm