Students have just finished an extra class on the afternoon of November 23 on Cach Mang Thang Tam Street, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City.
The article 'A Thousand Reasons to Study Extra' published in Thanh Nien Newspaper on November 24 attracted much attention from readers. Many people sent in their stories about their children's daily extra-curricular schedules, the reasons why they had to let their children study extra, and proposed solutions to change this situation.
School ends at 4:20 pm and then at 5 pm we continue with extra classes.
A reader using the account name Vy Pham said that her child has just started first grade in Binh Thanh District (HCMC), but he goes to school in the morning and afternoon, comes home at 4:20 pm for a snack, goes to extra classes at 5 pm, and on days when he doesn't go to extra classes, he studies English. Only Sunday is a week without extra classes. In these difficult economic times, parents have to work hard to get by, and only have a day off on Sunday, so on Saturday they have to worry about finding a place to leave their children.
"We, the 8X generation, look back and see that education is getting more and more burdensome. Every parent wants their child to be good. It is heartbreaking to see that our childhood of flying kites, chasing butterflies, and playing is no longer seen in our children. Is it true that education is inversely proportional to the innocence of children? It is so heartbreaking. Why is the shirt of education constantly patched and revised...", Vy Pham commented.
Parent Tho Nguyen Phuoc shared: "To be honest, if the school and teachers taught the full curriculum like in the past, I would not let my child go to extra classes. Now, some teachers let them review in extra classes, so if I don't let them go to extra classes, it would be a pain for my child."
Students just finished school, were taken by their parents to extra classes at 5:00 pm yesterday, November 23, in an alley on Tran Dinh Xu Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
Mr Zero's parent said: "My child studies at primary school in District 7. It is impossible for him not to take extra classes, except for families with financial difficulties. The reason is that since the beginning of the school year, teachers have been "warning" parents: your child is a poor student... The extra class is right across from the school."
A parent was frustrated: "Every family took extra classes, everyone took extra classes. Half a century ago, we taught enough, the test content was in the curriculum, there was no pressure, and the results still produced people full of potential and intelligence. Why is teaching and learning now like a "calamity"?" This person also expressed that the education sector needs to act with the sole goal of "for the benefit of cultivating people for a hundred years", not for illusory achievements, not for reaching Asia's level soon because even a bamboo shoot must go through an unchangeable growth and development process.
Heavy program, parents can not teach their children
Reader Tran Thi Lien talks about the reason for the current widespread practice of extra classes and tutoring: "Textbooks have changed and curriculum has been upgraded, so most parents do not know how to teach their children. Partly because some teachers intentionally pressure students to take extra classes. So extra classes have become a daily occurrence in the district."
Analyzing the root cause of why extra classes have become an eternal story for many families with school-age children, a parent named Thao sent her opinion to Thanh Nien Newspaper: "The general education curriculum is too heavy, I thought it would be reformed but it turned out to be even heavier, with more time and more programs. It's unreasonable to call for a reduction, but it's not reduced, and it's increased, so why not take extra classes? The exams are strict, the 10th grade exams are stressful... so if all exams can be eliminated, there will be no extra classes. Banning extra classes and tutoring in primary schools is reasonable, but in middle and high schools, because students have to take many exams, they are free to take extra classes."
Students leave a tutoring center on the afternoon of November 23 in Ho Chi Minh City.
Reader Lam Nguyen believes that the reason students and parents have to struggle with extra classes is because the curriculum in textbooks is too heavy, academic, not suitable for students' level of knowledge absorption, and is also not practical.
A reader named SG pointed out that one of the reasons for the current boom in extra teaching and learning is low teacher salaries. When salaries are low, teachers teach according to regulations, but if they only teach according to regulations, students cannot pass the rigorous exams, so they have to take extra classes. "If salaries are increased like private schools, at least extra classes will be limited. But if there is any change in policy or program with low salaries, teachers will not be enthusiastic about it. Telling everyone to sell their efforts and youth for a few million a month, no one will do it...", this reader shared.
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