On February 12, speaking with a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper, a representative of the Department of Education and Training (DET) of Thanh Hoa province said that regarding the implementation of Circular No. 29/2024/TT-BGDDT dated December 30, 2024, the Department has completed the draft, consulted with relevant departments and submitted it to the Provincial People's Committee to issue a decision on extra teaching and learning in the area.
"After the decision of the Provincial People's Committee, the Department will send detailed instructions to educational institutions in the area for deployment and implementation" - a representative of the Department of Education and Training of Thanh Hoa province informed.
Also according to the representative of the Department of Education and Training of Thanh Hoa province, previously, the Department also sent a document to the Department of Education and Training of districts, towns, cities, and units under the Department regarding the implementation, summarizing difficulties and problems when implementing Circular No. 29/2024/TT-BGDDT dated December 30, 2024 and Circular No. 30/2024/TT-BGDDT dated December 30, 2024 of the Minister of Education and Training.
In this document, the Director of the Department of Education and Training of Thanh Hoa requested heads of units and organizations to deploy to all managers, teachers, and employees of the locality and unit to carefully study the content of the above two circulars of the Ministry of Education and Training.
Along with that, summarize the difficulties and problems that will be encountered when implementing the circulars, send the results to the Thanh Hoa Department of Education and Training for research, synthesis, guidance or consultation with competent authorities in accordance with regulations.
Previously, the Ministry of Education and Training issued Circular 29 regulating extra teaching and learning, which stated cases where extra teaching and extra learning are not allowed.
Accordingly, teachers and schools are not allowed to organize extra classes for primary school students, except in cases related to arts, sports, and life skills training.
Teachers who are teaching at schools are also not allowed to teach extra classes outside of school for money from the students they are teaching.
Teachers in public schools are not allowed to participate in the management and operation of extra-curricular teaching but can participate in extra-curricular teaching.
Regulations on extra teaching and learning in schools: Extra teaching and learning in schools is only for 3 subjects, including: Students whose final semester study results are not satisfactory; Students selected by the school to nurture excellent students; Final year students who voluntarily register to review for entrance exams and graduation exams according to the school's education plan.
Regarding the cost of organizing extra teaching and learning, these three subjects are the responsibility of the school to train and are included in the school's educational plan to meet the school's educational goals, ensuring the rights of all students to meet the program's requirements and not collect tuition fees from students.
Extra classes are arranged by subject for each grade; each class has no more than 45 students; 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); extra teaching hours are not arranged alternately with the timetable for implementing the main curriculum (to limit the negative effects of forcing students to take extra classes); extra teaching content is not taught in advance compared to the subject curriculum distribution in the school's education plan...
