What does the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training direct about school programs in the new school year?

Students of a public elementary school in Ho Chi Minh City on Open House Day, parents enter the school to participate in STEM activities with their children.

Yesterday afternoon, August 14, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training held a conference to summarize the 2023-2024 school year and deploy tasks for the 2024-2025 school year at the primary level. Speaking at the conference, Mr. Nguyen Bao Quoc, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, emphasized that the 2024-2025 school year is the final roadmap for implementing the 2018 General Education Program at the primary level for grade 5. Therefore, it is considered a pivotal year for effectively implementing the program at the primary level.

Regarding the implementation of the school program at the primary level in the new school year, Mr. Nguyen Bao Quoc requested that schools take the initiative in developing school programs and supplementary education programs to help perfect the 2018 General Education Program. Schools and affiliated units must proactively coordinate with the school in developing the content framework, ensuring consistency when informing parents and partners. "The school plan must be approved by the school board and informed to parents in a spirit of unity with parents. Parents can choose a number of activities to participate in, from which the school will arrange appropriate classes for students," said Mr. Quoc.

Mr. Nguyen Bao Quoc also noted that the school needs to coordinate with the implementing unit to arrange time and distribute teaching time. At the same time, these activities are no longer called "extracurricular activities" because it is easy to cause misunderstandings, parents may understand that after teaching all the main subjects, the above educational activities are organized.

Students of Nguyen Binh Khiem Primary School, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, at the Open House festival, participated in English games in the school yard.

In primary schools, in addition to implementing the 2018 General Education Program, there are other supplementary educational activities. However, Mr. Nguyen Bao Quoc emphasized that the organization of the implementation of the school program content must always have a clear content framework plan, must be approved by the school board, and must have agreement with parents.

Leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training also requested that schools review and select qualified units that are licensed to operate, and that teaching content must be evaluated as qualified to ensure that teaching is on the right track.

There will be a document guiding the development of school programs.

Speaking at the conference, Ms. Lam Hong Lam Thuy, Head of the Primary Education Department, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, emphasized that in the 2024-2025 school year, digital transformation and integrated teaching content will remain the focus. In the near future, the Primary Education Department will advise the Board of Directors and issue an official dispatch guiding the development of school programs.

"This document is more specific, adding the subject of information technology as well as providing specific exchange instructions for implementation. At the same time, partner units will have a legal basis to look at in order to prepare documents from establishment license, operating license to program content... The school principal will base on the above document to implement," said Ms. Lam Hong Lam Thuy.

Primary school students in Ho Chi Minh City in English class with foreign teachers

In the 2023-2024 school year, the leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training assessed that the primary level had effectively implemented the 2018 General Education Program in grades 1, 2, 3, and 4, creating a premise for the successful implementation of the 2018 General Education Program in grade 5 in the 2024-2025 school year.

In the last school year, 100% of students learned English from grades 3 and 4, contributing to the comprehensive education of students in schools. At the same time, primary schools have proactively built open lessons, digital classrooms, and primary schools in Ho Chi Minh City have implemented digital citizenship skills education programs, piloted digital report cards, etc.

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Source: https://thanhnien.vn/so-gd-dt-tphcm-chi-dao-gi-ve-chuong-trinh-nha-truong-trong-nam-hoc-moi-185240814204854203.htm