(Dan Tri) - Currently, many localities are piloting teaching 2 sessions/day, with Saturday off. Is this a way to circumvent the regulations of Circular 29/2024/TT-BGDDT to teach and learn extra?
Responding to the press, Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thanh, Director of the Department of Secondary Education (Ministry of Education and Training) said that if schools follow the regulations and instructions previously issued by the Ministry of Education and Training, there will be no concept of "circumventing the law" to teach and learn extra.
No need to bend the law if the school follows the rules
According to Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thanh, the instructions on teaching 2 sessions/day are shown in Official Dispatch 7291/BGDĐT-GDTrH guiding teaching 2 sessions/day for high schools issued by the Ministry of Education and Training since 2010.
In particular, the Ministry of Education and Training regulates many activities such as: Teams, experiential activities, reading books at the library, self-study activities... In addition, there are activities at playgrounds, training grounds, multi-purpose houses with invested equipment.
Not having to teach 2 sessions/day, in the afternoon students are put into class to teach cultural subjects (Photo: My Ha).
Thus, there are many activities that the school may not have fully planned to effectively exploit the facilities and equipment that have been built, instead of teaching 2 sessions/day, the second session still puts students in class to teach cultural subjects.
"Learning is also regulated in Article 19, Clause 2, School Regulations, the form of organizing educational activities in schools such as learning theory, doing exercises, experiments, practice, clubs, community activities...
Schools must develop such a plan, not organizing 2 sessions/day but still "filling" the class in the afternoon, which is a violation of the regulations on extra teaching and learning.
If schools organize correctly, with 2 sessions per day as I said, they cannot violate regulations on extra teaching and learning," Mr. Thanh affirmed.
Preliminary statistics show that there are currently about 10 localities nationwide piloting the program for middle and high school students to study 5 days a week and have Saturday and Sunday off, including: Lao Cai, Lai Chau, Yen Bai, Phu Tho (14 high schools and 22 middle schools), Ha Tinh city, Vinh city (Nghe An), Thanh Hoa city (Thanh Hoa), Nha Trang city (Khanh Hoa), Bac Ninh city (Bac Ninh)...
Many localities pilot teaching 2 sessions/day
It is known that after not being allowed to organize extra classes in schools, some localities such as Ninh Binh, Yen Bai, Phu Tho, Vinh Phuc..., piloted the model of teaching 2 sessions/day before expanding it widely.
On February 19, the Department of Education and Training of Vinh Phuc sent a document to the Provincial People's Committee requesting approval for the pilot policy of teaching 5 days/week.
The subjects of application are junior high schools, high schools and educational institutions implementing the High School Continuing Education program with sufficient facilities and teaching staff. The proposed pilot implementation period is from March 1 to the end of the 2024-2025 school year.
Accordingly, teaching and educational activities are organized 2 sessions/day from Monday to Friday every week. Students will have Saturday and Sunday off. Each day, there will be no more than 7 teaching periods, each week, no more than 35 teaching periods.
Many localities are piloting teaching 2 sessions/day (Photo: Son Nguyen).
Educational institutions develop a plan to organize teaching 5 days/week in accordance with the actual conditions of the unit, without affecting the learning progress and quality of education; and without overloading students.
Arrange teachers' teaching hours reasonably according to prescribed norms. For final grades (grades 9 and 12): arrange a team of experienced teachers to teach, train and review for students.
In the immediate future, this locality is allowed to use the regular budget allocated to schools to support additional teaching hours beyond the teachers' teaching hours.
Encourage the organization to teach 35 periods/week for students in grades 6, 7, 8 and grades 10, 11 on the basis of voluntary participation of teachers and students.
Previously, the Department of Education and Training of Phu Tho issued document No. 1918/SGD&DT-GDTrH on piloting teaching 5 days/week and allowing middle school and high school students to have Saturday off.
The pilot will be carried out for grades 6, 7, and 8 of junior high school and grades 10 and 11 of high school in a number of schools representing regions from the second semester of the 2024-2025 school year.
Ninh Binh is piloting a model of studying two sessions a day, five days a week. The pilot period is from February 3 to February 28. After the pilot period, the locality will organize a summary to draw experience before mass implementation at all levels of education across the province.
Yen Bai province will pilot teaching according to this model from the beginning of January 2025 for junior high school students across the province.
Thanh Hoa City Department of Education and Training has also proposed to Thanh Hoa City People's Committee to implement 2 sessions/day.
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