Centers and business households have increased a lot
Circular 29 on management of extra teaching and learning of the Ministry of Education and Training takes effect from February 14. Schools are only allowed to teach three additional groups and are free, including: Group with unsatisfactory results; selected for excellent student training; senior students, voluntarily registering to review for the exam.
For extra-curricular teaching, individuals and extra-curricular teaching organizations must register for business, publicize information about tuition fees, duration, subjects, time, location, etc. At the same time, teachers are not allowed to collect extra teaching fees from students in their classrooms.
Ms. Nguyen Thu Hoai (Ba Dinh District, Hanoi) shared that since Circular 29 took effect, her two children's schools (currently in grades 6 and 10) have stopped holding intensive classes. Realizing that her child needed to supplement his knowledge of Math, Literature, and English, her family quickly found a center outside. The price ranges from 150,000 - 250,000 VND/session, depending on the subject and depending on the form of learning, it can be online or in person.
Ms. Hoai acknowledged that the regulations in Circular 29 avoid the situation where students, even if they do not want to, still have to take extra classes organized by teachers and schools. However, the problem of increasing tuition fees is a problem for many families.
The number of centers and businesses providing extra classes has increased significantly, and the price has also increased - this is the reality that Director of the Department of Education and Training Tran The Cuong raised at the Conference on the implementation of Circular 29 regulating extra classes and extra classes that have just taken place.
The head of the capital's education sector acknowledged that after 1.5 months of implementing Circular 29, there have been positive impacts. "Autonomousness and self-study have increased, returning the childhood framework to children, the circular also restores honor to teachers, helping schools proactively implement the education plan for the school year" - Mr. Cuong said.
It is estimated that about 15,000 centers and business households related to extra teaching have been established. According to Mr. Cuong, somewhere, the tuition fee is much higher than before, even if it is voluntary. The rapid increase in the number of extra-curricular teaching centers also puts pressure on inspection work while human resources for this work do not increase.
Pointing out the difficulties when Circular 29 does not stipulate sanctions for violations of extra teaching and learning, Mr. Cuong suggested that the ministry should have instructions so that the facility has a basis for implementation.
Not only in Hanoi, but also in Ho Chi Minh City, this situation occurs. Mr. Nguyen Bao Quoc - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City - informed that the city currently has more than 10,000 extra-curricular centers. The unit has also deployed software to manage extra teaching and learning, contributing to more convenient management of this matter.
However, the problem is how to organize extra teaching and learning to ensure teaching time, fire safety, fire fighting, and student health.
Ending the widespread spread of extra teaching and learning is an order
Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong repeatedly affirmed: "Austing tutoring, now is no longer a request for instructions, but must become an order for the entire education sector".
According to Mr. Thuong, this is an order on the spirit of responsibility, for the quality of students, to educate students for comprehensive development, implemented according to the 2018 General Education Program, according to the direction of the Party and State to bring education back to the original principle of education, returning childhood to students.
Understanding the difficulties that localities have encountered in the implementation of Circular 29, the Deputy Minister noted that solutions must be implemented synchronously. The viewpoint is that "a Circular cannot solve all specific problems".
"This work must be very persistent and persistent. There will be many difficulties in the immediate future, so we must regularly inform and update, have clear views, appropriate working methods, reasonable and determined, not be in a hurry to be satisfied with the results achieved, but continue to listen, continue to coordinate with departments, along with ministries to take good care of this work" - the second minister said.
