The Ministry of Education requires that the opening ceremony must be short and appropriate to the students' age.

Accordingly, the opening ceremony of the new school year will be held simultaneously across the country on September 5 with a concise program, aimed at students, ensuring solemnity.

For preschool level, the Ministry requires schools to organize the opening ceremony in the form of "Children's School Day" in a flexible and creative manner suitable to children's psychological characteristics.

The Ministry of Education also noted that organizing activities at the beginning of the school year must be appropriate to the age of the students, the conditions of the school, and the local reality. "Activities need to promote the positivity, initiative, creativity, and self-management of students, avoiding formal organization that overloads students," the document stated.

The Ministry of Education requested the directors of the Departments to urgently complete the addition of teaching equipment, repair and upgrade facilities, and strive to have schools with toilets and clean water facilities that meet requirements by the start of the new school year.

Departments need to advise on reviewing and arranging the teaching staff to ensure the regulations on the number of teachers/class for all levels; sufficient quantity, structure and quality of teachers by subject. Localities must strengthen inspection and supervision of the activities of educational institutions in the area, focusing on revenue and expenditure activities at the beginning of the school year to detect and handle overcharging, if any.

Previously, on August 10, the Ministry of Education issued a directive on the main tasks in the 2018-2019 school year of the education sector with 9 specific groups of tasks.

In the 2018-2019 school year, the education sector will continue to review, plan, and develop the network of educational and training facilities nationwide; focus on improving the quality of teachers and educational managers at all levels; innovate preschool and general education, promote career guidance and orientation in general education; improve the quality of foreign language teaching, especially English at all levels and training levels.

In addition, the education sector will also promote the application of information technology in teaching and educational management; promote autonomy and accountability for educational and training institutions; focus on international integration in education and training; strengthen facilities; focus on developing human resources, especially high-quality human resources..