The above draft Circular has 4 chapters and 16 articles, which provide regulations on principles of extra teaching and learning, organization of extra teaching and learning inside and outside schools, collection and management of extra tuition fees as well as management responsibilities in the field of extra teaching and learning...
Accordingly, extra teaching and learning can only be organized when students have the need to learn extra, voluntarily learn extra, and have the consent of their parents or guardians. Organizations and individuals organizing extra teaching and learning must not use any form to force students to learn extra.
Specifically, the regulations on not cutting down the content of the subject program in the school's education plan to include extra teaching and learning; not teaching extra content ahead of the distribution of the subject program in the school's education plan; not using examples, questions, exercises that have been taught and learned extra to test and evaluate students. Especially the regulation on not organizing extra teaching and learning in schools for schools that have organized 2 sessions/day.
The new point of the draft Circular is that it does not stipulate cases where extra teaching is not allowed as in Article 4 of Circular 17/2012/TT-BGDDT.
Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thanh - Director of the Department of Secondary Education (Ministry of Education and Training) said that it is necessary to recognize that extra teaching and learning is a real need of both teachers and students.
This does not need to be banned or criticized. The issue that makes public opinion angry is that students have to attend extra classes taught by outside teachers, even though they do not want to. In other words, in these cases, students and parents have to "voluntarily" do so. This is an issue that the education and training sector must find a way to manage.
Regarding the new points of the draft circular as mentioned above, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thanh analyzed: Regarding extra teaching and learning in schools, the previous regulations specifically stated cases where extra teaching and learning are not allowed. With this draft, the Ministry found it unnecessary to include them anymore, or to adjust them to ensure fairness and appropriateness. Therefore, the draft eliminates formal procedures, such as teachers needing permission from the principal to teach their students as currently regulated (Circular 17). Instead, teachers can teach, but need to make a list of students, report to the principal and commit not to force them in any form. At the same time, teachers do not use examples, questions, and exercises that have been taught extra to test and evaluate students.
According to Mr. Thanh, the management of extra teaching and learning in schools that the draft is seeking opinions on is aimed at regulating the organization of extra teaching and learning in a public and transparent manner so that when there are questions or inspections, everything must have verification documents.
Previously, in 2019, the Ministry of Education and Training announced Decision 2499 amending Circular 17/2012 and considered it a document banning illegal tutoring and extra classes. However, “permitted” tutoring is a controversial issue because even this Circular’s regulations are not clear.
According to the 2022 Population Living Standards Survey results announced by the General Statistics Office at the end of April 2023, in the education sector, the average annual expenditure for 1 person going to school is 7 million VND. Notably, the expenditure for extra classes accounts for 16.6%.
Although the education sector has issued many documents to tighten extra teaching and learning, “banning” is one thing, in reality students still have to struggle with extra classes. And so, up to now, extra teaching has only emphasized the word “ban” instead of finding ways to “manage”.
This shows that extra teaching and learning are still “running underground”. The reason is that extra teaching is a need, but more importantly, many teachers consider this as a main source of income to supplement their meager salaries. So how to make extra teaching and learning not be distorted, exploited, meet the law of supply and demand of the market and become a useful activity… is still a problem that the education sector is struggling to find a solution. Going back in time, since 2012, regulations on extra teaching and learning have been available and very clear in documents of the education and training sector. However, over the years, the situation has not improved.
The draft Circular regulating extra teaching and learning has just been announced by the Ministry of Education and Training, and is seeking comments from August 22 to October 22. If approved, the official regulation will replace Circular No. 17/2012/TT-BGDDT dated May 16, 2012 of the Ministry of Education and Training.
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