The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is seeking opinions on the draft Circular amending and supplementing Circular No. 29/2024/TT-BGDDT dated December 30, 2024 of the Minister of MOET regulating tutoring and extra classes.
This draft focuses on clarifying the responsibilities and limits of teacher participation in extra classes, especially public school teachers.
Cases where tutoring is not allowed according to Circular 29
Circular No. 29/2024/TT-BGDDT currently clearly stipulates cases where tutoring is not allowed, organizing tutoring in Article 4.
In which, no tutoring is organized for elementary school students, except for cases of fostering in art, sports, and life skills training. This regulation aims to ensure the goal of comprehensive education, avoiding causing early learning pressure for elementary school students.
For the remaining grade level, teachers currently teaching at the school are not allowed to teach extra classes outside of the school that collects money from the students that the teacher is assigned to teach according to the school's education plan. This is an important principle to prevent the situation of "forcing extra classes", creating fairness for students.
Circular 29 also clearly states: Teachers of public schools are not allowed to participate in managing and operating extra classes outside the school, but can still participate in teaching if they meet the conditions according to regulations.
Draft amendment: Clarify responsibilities and risks of conflicts of interest
Based on practical implementation, the Ministry of Education and Training proposes to amend and supplement Clause 3, Article 4 in a stricter direction.
According to the draft, teachers of public schools are not allowed to participate in managing and operating extracurricular activities outside the school.
In case of participating in extra classes, teachers must fully comply with the provisions of the Law on Teachers on obligations, powers, professional ethics standards and things that teachers are not allowed to do; and at the same time ensure exemplary conduct in performing tasks.
Notably, the draft emphasizes: Teachers are not allowed to take advantage of their positions, positions, powers or relationships with relatives to directly or indirectly organize and control extracurricular activities outside the school, if that causes conflicts of interest or affects the educational environment.
This regulation is considered an important new point, aimed at blocking "loopholes" in reality, when in some cases teachers are not named as tutors but control activities through relatives or social relationships.
What should teachers pay special attention to?
From the current draft and Circular 29, teachers, especially public school teachers, need to pay attention to some issues:
First, absolutely do not organize, manage, or operate extracurricular activities outside the school, whether directly or indirectly. Being "behind" or letting relatives be named but controlling the content, students, and revenue and expenditure can be considered a violation.
Second, not to teach extra classes with fee collection for the students they are teaching in the regular course, in any form. This is a prohibited act.
Third, when participating in extra classes outside of school (in permitted cases), teachers must maintain professional ethics standards, not put pressure, not suggest students to take extra classes, ensure voluntariness, and be in accordance with the spirit of regulations.
Fourth, teachers need to closely monitor the provisions of the Law on Teachers and related guiding documents, because this draft has closely linked tutoring activities with the legal responsibility and professional ethics of teachers.
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