Schools in Nghe An proactively adjust school schedules to prevent Covid-19 epidemic

Speed ​​up final exams

Today (May 5), secondary school students in all schools in Vinh city entered the new school year.checkYear-end survey. In which, grade 6 and grade 9 will take 4 subjects with the same exam for the whole city including Math, Physics, History, Literature (grade 6) and Math, Literature, English (grade 9).

In addition, schools have also started organizing semester exams for grades 7 and 8.

Previously, the schedule for the city-wide student assessment survey was announced by the Vinh City Department of Education and Training in April, so schools proactively had students review for the exam before the holiday. Therefore, although the exam was held quite early, students still felt comfortable when taking the test.

The reading test for first graders at Hung Binh Primary School was conducted nearly 2 weeks earlier than the school year plan. Photo: MH.

In recent days, due to the complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic, many localities across the country have allowed students to stay home from school and switch to online teaching.

In Nghe An, yesterday, the Department of Education and Training directed the Departments of Education and Training, high schools and educational institutions in the province to focus on reviewing the curriculum, speeding up the periodic assessment of the end of the year for all three levels of education: primary, secondary and high school. In particular, striving to complete the contents before May 15. Immediately after this decision was made, many schools also quickly adjusted teaching and learning.

At Hung Binh Primary School, this morning, first graders began their reading test, third, fourth, and fifth graders began their IT test and are urgently reviewing for the remaining tests on the last two days of this week.

Although the exam schedule was pushed earlier than planned, the teachers have arranged their teaching schedule quite reasonably. Teacher Ho Thi Vinh, homeroom teacher of class 1D, said: Up to this point, the teaching program has basically been completed and we have organized both exam review and testing for students. We will continue to supplement the unfinished lessons for students after the exam is over.

Primary school students in Vinh city strictly wear masks. Photo: MH

With this method, Hung Binh Primary School is expected to complete the second semester exam before May 15 and ensure the school year plan is followed.

Teacher Tran Thi Viet Ha - Principal of the school said: Although our school has nearly 1,600 students, since the beginning of the school year the school has developed a scenario to respond to the Covid-19 epidemic, so even if the teaching program changes, the school will still proactively adjust accordingly.

Specifically, we will adjust the teaching plan, integrating thematic content to streamline the content but still ensure the amount of knowledge. In addition, we have taught up to week 33, mainly review and practice content, so there is not much disruption to learning. In addition to teaching in class, we guide students to review more at home. For the year-end assessment, the school has directed to only test content from week 33 and earlier (2 weeks earlier than planned) and has promptly communicated to teachers and parents to share.

Schools strictly implement health declaration and temperature measurement for visitors entering the school. Photo: MH

Prepare online teaching and exam preparation plans

At high school level, schools have also started final exams this week, and many schools have completed the exams for grade 12 students.

At Ha Huy Tap High School, many lessons this morning focused on testing and students were quite calm while doing the test despite the adjustments to the test schedule.

Teacher Nguyen Thi Huyen Nga - Head teacher of class 10 D2 said: For History, we will focus on the parts that students have learned. We will study the rest of the program during the remaining time of the school year. I am not too worried about switching to online teaching because the school has implemented it since the previous school year and the students are already familiar with this form.

Ha Huy Tap High School organizes final exams for students. Photo: MH

Teacher Cao Thanh Bao - Principal of the school said: In addition to promoting solutions to prevent and fight Covid-18, the school has strictly implemented the documents of the department, including proactively implementing the school year plan.

In fact, we had previously planned to complete the program on May 22, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the final exams were completed earlier and are expected to be completed by May 11 at the latest. The school also organizes online classrooms, organizes online review sessions for students, and if the pandemic becomes more complicated and students have to stay at home, the school's teaching and learning organization will not be disrupted and will still be suitable for the new situation.

After completing the final exam, 12th grade students continue to review for the High School Graduation Exam. Photo: MH

Similar methods have also been implemented simultaneously in many other districts, cities and towns in the province. The positive thing is that although the school year plan has changed, parents, students and teachers all identified this as a possible situation when the Covid-19 epidemic is complicated and proactively adapted quite quickly.

As in Ky Son district, Mr. Phan Van Thiet - Head of the district's Department of Education and Training said: According to the plan, this year we will still conduct a second semester survey with students across the district according to a common exam to assess the actual teaching and learning plans of schools. It is expected that this Friday, it will be organized for primary school students and in the middle of next week for secondary school students, thus ensuring the organization of teaching, review and final exams for students.

Ha Huy Tap High School established an online subject club to prepare for online review. Photo: MH

Before that, to prepare for the end of the school year,Department of Education and TrainingThere has also been a document guiding schools in implementing the year-end review program and year-end assessment. At the same time, it has directed professional groups and teams to develop year-end review plans for subjects, paying attention to guiding students to create detailed review outlines and self-study to complete year-end tests and assessments well.

In addition, organize review sessions for students in all subjects suitable to the characteristics of the subject and the students, avoiding overloading students at the same time.

Especially for final year students, it is necessary to pay attention to students' skills and methods of doing exercises in order to have a plan to adjust teaching methods appropriately and effectively.