The Circular regulating extra teaching and learning was developed this time with the aim of specifying the provisions of the 2019 Education Law, in accordance with the practical situation in localities in the management of extra teaching and learning activities; ensuring consistency and consistency with the provisions of the General Education Program, the new Continuing Education Program for junior high school and high school, and relevant legal provisions.
Accordingly, at point b, clause 4, Article 5, the new regulations on timetable arrangement stipulate that extra teaching hours should not be arranged alternately with the timetable and that extra teaching content should not be taught in advance compared to teaching according to the subject program distribution in the school's education plan.
This regulation is expected to put an end to schools arranging alternating timetables to force students to take extra classes and joint classes. In addition, the new circular of the Ministry of Education and Training also stipulates that the arrangement of classes, assignment of teachers, arrangement of timetables and organization of extra teaching and learning must ensure the following requirements:
Extra classes are arranged by subject for each grade; each class has no more than 45 students according to the regulations of the General School Charter; in one week, each extra subject has no more than 2 periods (to ensure that it does not exceed the average number of periods of subjects according to the regulations of the general education program).
Do not teach additional content in advance compared to the subject program distribution in the school's education plan.
The above regulations aim to ensure increased responsibility of schools in fully implementing the requirements set forth in the general education program.
Schools have the opportunity to devote unused time and space to organizing educational activities, life skills training, cultural, artistic, physical education and sports activities, etc. to comprehensively develop students; at the same time, limit the behavior of "forcing students to take extra classes" that causes public outrage.
