Teachers and students struggle to find extra teaching and learning places

Hope "parents and students understand"

“Before Tet, in addition to extra classes at school, I also took 12 extra classes outside for 3 subjects: Math, Literature, and English. However, since Tet, 2 classes have temporarily stopped teaching extra classes and I have not found a new class yet,” shared Vo Thi Yen Binh, a student from class 9A1, Nghi Kim Secondary School (Vinh City).

Yen Binh is an excellent student in the city in Literature and she is setting two goals for the upcoming 10th grade entrance exam, which are to pass the entrance exam to a specialized school and pass her first choice to Huynh Thuc Khang High School.

To prepare for this exam, for a long time now, for each subject, I have registered 2 teachers (both for the foundation subject and for the specialized subject), including the teacher who teaches my regular course in class. In accordance with Circular 29, which stipulates that "teachers currently teaching at schools are not allowed to teach extra classes outside of school for money from students that the teacher is assigned by the school to teach according to the school's educational plan", so these teachers are currently temporarily stopping their extra classes. The sudden stop has caused Yen Binh and many other students to face difficulties because they have many important exams ahead.

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Stopping extra classes both inside and outside of school at the same time made us very confused and we have not found another suitable teacher. Personally, I still like to study with the teacher at school because she teaches closely to the program and is suitable for my ability.

Student Vo Thi Yen Binh - class 9A1, Nghi Kim Secondary School (Vinh city)

A message with the content "hoping for parents and students' understanding" was also sent by the homeroom teacher to parents and students of a 12th grade class at Huynh Thuc Khang High School with the reason "it is not allowed to teach extra classes to students who are taught by the teacher at school".

Through text messages, this teacher also said that, in practice,Circular 29, he has contracted with an educational center in the city so that this facility can ensure the facilities and help him take responsibility for administrative procedures. However, this class can only be taught to a certain group of students and he will not teach students who are his homeroom teacher or teach in class.

Ms. Ngoc Huong, whose child is studying in the class, said: Although the teacher promised parents that he would teach students at the appropriate time to review for final exams and graduation exams, we cannot rest assured. I am very sorry that my child will not be able to study with him anymore even though he has been studying with him for nearly 3 years. The teacher is very dedicated, responsible and has contributed to improving the quality of the class's subjects to be among the top in the school.

Because the suspension of extra classes happened quite suddenly, the parents in the class do not know how to handle it when the 2025 High School Graduation Exam is approaching very soon. Meanwhile, the homeroom teacher's subject is the main subject, the admission subject of the majority of students in the class.

Teachers struggle to find extra teaching space

Up to this point, Nghe An still has no guidelines on extra teaching and learning inside and outside of school. This is causing many teachers to have difficulty organizing extra teaching outside of school, even though this is completely allowed.

An English teacher in a mountainous district said: In the city or central area, parents have many options and students can study with teachers inside and outside of school. However, in rural areas, for a long time, most students have studied with teachers at school and if it is banned, they will have no other choice. We ourselves really want to teach them but are currently stuck with Circular 29 so we are very confused about how to organize.

This situation is also happening in many other localities. At the Department of Finance and Planning, Vinh City People's Committee, Mr. Chu Tuan Anh - Deputy Head of the Department said: The process of registering a business for tutoring and learning is carried out according to Circular No. 02/2023/TT-BKH DT in the form of registering a business household and the city will process the application if it complies with the prescribed procedures and processes. However, according to statistics up to this point, there have only been about 7 applications for registration of a business for tutoring and learning and the applicants are all retired teachers, some of whom may be fathers, mothers or relatives.

In addition to registering their own businesses, some famous teachers in Vinh city said that they received many invitations from some newly established centers with the purpose of organizing additional teaching centers for teachers to join in teaching.

In addition, many other teachers have contacted tutoring centers themselves to rent teaching locations and the centers will take care of other legal procedures if any. However, through research, although they have contacted, the current "supply" is very low because the facilities of the centers are limited and have long been full.

Previously, through research at the Department of Education and Training, although tutoring and extra learning are directly related to students, this has long been a type of business without conditions. Therefore, in addition to business registration according to regulations, quality management at tutoring centers is being neglected. This means that inspection and supervision are facing many difficulties.

With the above difficulties, the issuance of Circular 29 with a number of specific principles is expected to be a legal corridor to contribute to strengthening the management of extra teaching and learning outside of school. According to regulations, when organizing extra teaching and learning, teachers are not allowed to cut down the teaching content according to the school's education plan to include extra teaching; it must not affect the organization and implementation of the school's education program and the implementation of the teachers' subject program.