Hanoi requires schools to strictly manage the use of mobile phones by students
The Hanoi Department of Education and Training requires affiliated schools to strengthen management of students' use of mobile phones to ensure security, safety and efficiency in teaching. Accordingly, schools need to organize phone collection before the first class and return it to students after the end of the class, management is carried out in each class. In case the teacher requests to use the phone for the lesson, students are allowed to bring it.
The Department also recommends that schools closely coordinate with parents to guide students to use phones for the right purposes, while carrying out propaganda and education on the law, preventing school violence and social evils. Schools need to publicize hotlines to promptly receive feedback related to security and order and school violence. See more...
New direction of the Ministry of Education and Training related to the arrangement and merger of schools
The arrangement and merger of schools focuses on weak, small, difficult schools to enroll, not ensuring quality to streamline the apparatus, improve management efficiency and create more focused and key investment conditions. The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) is developing a specific plan, expected to be submitted for approval in November 2025 and implemented from December 2025.
One of the highlights is the model of Party Committee secretaries and principals at higher education and vocational education institutions to ensure a smooth and smooth apparatus when the new education laws take effect from January 1, 2026. The school council will end its activities, and the current principals and directors will continue to operate in the transition period.
The principle of arrangement is based on practice, avoiding machinery; prioritizing the retention of schools with favorable conditions, not merging schools in remote areas and difficult traffic conditions; each commune and ward must have at least one kindergarten, primary and secondary school. The Ministry of Education and Training will also issue detailed instructions on standards, conditions, and arrangement procedures for units to implement synchronously, contributing to streamlining and improving the quality of education nationwide. See more...
Chairman of Lao Cai directs inspection of the case of "preschool teachers being charged additional hours"
The Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee has directed the Department of Education and Training to coordinate with Dong Cuong Commune People's Committee to organize an inspection and verification of the content of Lao Dong Newspaper's reflection on the fact that teachers at An Binh Kindergarten must return all monthly overtime pay to the school's treasurer from 2023 to present. At the same time, there are reports that parents pay for boarding facilities but the school uses used used used used and charity goods, and shops very little.
Mr. Luyen Huu Chung - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Lao Cai province - said: The information about the incident has been grasped and is coordinating to verify. The Provincial People's Committee requests to report the inspection results before October 30, 2025 to ensure fairness, transparency in teachers' rights and the effectiveness of the school's operations. See more...
