Circular 29 is not to ban teachers from teaching extra classes
On the morning of June 20, the Minister of Education and Training and related Government members continued to answer questions on a group of education issues.
Participating in the debate, many National Assembly deputies said that regulations on tutoring have been clearly regulated in Circular 29 and most recently, the Law on Teachers, which has just been approved by the National Assembly.
However, the situation of additional disguise teaching in many forms is still quite common, showing that there is still a gap between policy and practice.
Regarding the story of extra teaching and learning, Minister Son said that Circular 29.2024 is not to prohibit extra teaching and learning, but only prohibit a few things. Students are free to study with good teachers.
However, the Minister noted: "For teachers who have taught their students in class, they should not take each other to teach at the center anymore. Because there are benefits to jostle, transparency decreases and conflicts of interest occur".
He also explained that Resolution 29 of the Party until the Law on Teachers only prohibits that detail, not any other issue. This is a circular issued for management, not for ban.
Root solutions for extra teaching and learning
According to the Minister, to solve the root problem of widespread extra teaching and learning, the core solution is to improve the quality of regular teaching hours in class.
In which the top important factor is the teaching staff. "The first important factor is the team of teachers. Teachers must be quantity-rich and wholeheartedly devoted to the main teaching hours, not distracted, not dispersed, and not have to worry too much about other things" - the Minister said.
Accordingly, to teach a full hour of quality teaching in class, teachers need a lot of time to prepare, prepare papers, grade papers, professional activities and support students. If time and effort are concentrated on other activities (including extra teaching), the quality of regular school hours will hardly be guaranteed.
The Minister affirmed that in addition to class hours, teachers can participate in extra teaching activities according to regulations. However, if the number of teaching sessions outside of regular school takes up too much extra teaching time, there will be no time to focus on regular teaching hours.
Meanwhile, the 2018 General Education Program requires teachers to be more active, more creative, and no longer depend on textbooks. Therefore, it is even more important for teachers to focus all their efforts on the main teaching hour.
Next, it is necessary to ensure reasonable facilities and class numbers. If classes with 60-70 students are of good quality, it will be very difficult to be good. With this goal, teachers cannot innovate methods, cannot care for and look after each student.
Therefore, investing to ensure adequate facilities, teaching equipment, spacious classrooms and a reasonable number of classes is a prerequisite for implementing the education program well.
Other synchronous solutions include reviewing programs, applying information technology, enhancing databases and libraries for students to self-study, and innovating in testing and evaluation.
