Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training stated the reasons affecting the policy of socializing education.

On October 11, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City reported to the Ministry of Education and Training on the preparation and implementation of tasks for the school year and made proposals for the upcoming implementation period.

Secondary school students in Binh Tan District start the new school year. Binh Tan District is one of the localities in Ho Chi Minh City facing pressure on class size.

Lack of teachers, not enough functional rooms...

According to the Department of Education and Training, currently, Ho Chi Minh City still has some districts, districts 12, Binh Tan, Hoc Mon, Binh Chanh... where the rate of teaching 2 sessions/day has not reached 100% because the condition of 1 classroom/1 class has not been ensured, the school does not have enough functional rooms according to regulations. In some schools, the number of students is still too large, affecting the quality of learning. In addition, there is a shortage of teachers for many subjects, so contracts and guest lectures must be signed to ensure enough teachers to teach, mainly focusing on English, IT, physical education, music, and fine arts due to the lack of qualified teachers.

According to the Department of Education and Training, the locality is still facing difficulties in developing a team of teachers in the subjects of information technology, technology and arts. Investment in developing the school and classroom system in some districts, especially those with large populations, is currently facing difficulties.

Organizing extracurricular activities faces difficulties in arranging implementation time to ensure student agreement with the school's implementation conditions.

Teachers have not been trained in depth and have little experience in organizing life skills education activities, so most educational institutions coordinate with businesses to implement them. Having additional educational activities outside of regular school hours contributes to the comprehensive education of students. However, organizing these activities is a voluntary activity with the participation and contribution of learners, so there are different views when implementing these activities.

Some educational institutions have not provided full information about extracurricular activities to parents, causing confusion and misconception that these are compulsory educational activities. This has affected the policy of socializing education in enhancing experiential, practical, and real-life activities for students.

Ho Chi Minh City Solution

With the above limitations, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City said that it has coordinated with local departments and agencies to complete a project to attract teachers in English, information technology, physical education, music, and fine arts. It has organized training courses on organizing life skills education activities for teachers.

Life skills lesson for students in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City

The Department coordinates with departments, branches, sectors and the People's Committee of Thu Duc City and districts to deploy solutions to effectively implement the 4,500 classroom project towards the goal of reaching 300 classrooms per 10,000 people, celebrating the 50th anniversary of national reunification. Thereby increasing the rate of studying 2 sessions/day, reducing the number of students in class, and improving the quality of teaching and learning.

In addition, when implementing educational programs, the Department of Education and Training only directs schools to have coordination, consensus and supervision from parents, ensuring that the policy of socializing education is implemented closely and in accordance with the provisions of law.

Recommendations to the Ministry of Education and Training

Also in the report on the inspection work at the beginning of the school year, the Department of Education and Training proposed to the Ministry of Education and Training to provide unified guidance on determining service fees to serve and support educational activities in schools and the authority to issue collection levels for educational services other than tuition fees that are not services to serve and support educational activities so that localities have a basis for implementation.

Ho Chi Minh City proposed that the Ministry direct the assignment of building and selecting school programs to the school board, because this is a form of collection and payment on behalf of others, not a budget expenditure.

Provide specific instructions on organizing the teaching of the school program in addition to implementing the 2018 General Education Program flexibly, assigning authority and responsibility to the principal and school board.

At the same time, documents guiding the teaching activities of 2 sessions/day, instructions on the management of extra teaching and learning adjusted according to the new orientation of the 2018 General Education Program, at the same time creating favorable conditions for the City to effectively implement programs and projects in the direction of smart education, digital transformation and reaching international standards in a number of contents and fields of education and training.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/so-gd-dt-tphcm-neu-nhung-ly-do-anh-huong-den-chu-truong-xa-hoi-hoa-giao-duc-18524101112194297.htm