Nghe An directs the teaching and learning of French for primary, secondary and high schools

Regarding this content, previously, at the end of July 2024, parents of grades 2, 3, 4, 5 and parents preparing to have children enter grade 6 at Le Loi Primary and Secondary School (Vinh City) submitted a petition to stop teaching French at secondary school level in Vinh City. This content is to implement Official Dispatch No. 3365/BGDĐT – GDtrh on organizing teaching of bilingual classes and enhancing French from the 2024-2025 school year.

Regarding this issue, on July 26, 2024, Nghe An Electronic Newspaper also had an article "Parents in Vinh City worried about news of French class cancellation".

After the above incident, the Vinh City Department of Education and Training also had a meeting with schools, listened to parents' opinions and wishes and sent a document to the Department of Education and Training on instructions for teaching and learning French from the 2024-2025 school year.

In response to this content, on August 6, 2024, the Department of Education and Training issued a guiding document.

Accordingly,at Le Loi Primary School:

For Grade 1: Do not implement the French Foreign Language Program. Implement the English familiarization program, an elective subject according to the 2018 General Education Program.

For grade 2: Conduct a survey of parents and students' wishes to choose whether to continue implementing the French Bilingual Program for students who have studied this Program or to implement the English Familiarization Program, an elective subject according to the 2018 General Education Program.

For grade 3: Conduct a survey of the wishes of parents and students who have studied the French bilingual program in grades 1 and 2 to decide on 1 of 3 options: Continue implementing the French bilingual program; Implement French teaching according to the 2018 General Education Program; Implement teaching English as the 1st Foreign Language according to the 2018 General Education Program.

For grades 4 and 5: Continue teaching the French bilingual program until the end of the grade. The implementation of French language assessment in all programs must comply with the Ministry of Education and Training's regulations on primary school student assessment.

At Le Loi Secondary School:For grade 6, continue to implement the Bilingual Program of French and English as a Second Foreign Language for students who wish to continue studying French. Stop teaching and learning French when there are not enough students wishing to do so according to regulations.

For grades 7, 8, 9: Continue to implement the French bilingual program issued with Decision No. 3452/QD-BGDDT and the second foreign language is English until the end of the grade.

During the learning process, French and Math tests will be conducted in French and English according to the Regulations on Assessment and Classification of Secondary School Students of the Ministry of Education and Training. The French bilingual program for secondary school will no longer be held and graduation exams will be considered.

For French specialized classesat Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted: Continue to organize Math teaching in French according to the French Bilingual Program issued with Decision No. 3452/QD-BGDDT if students have a need. Do not continue to organize exams and consider graduation from the high school bilingual program for 12th grade French specialized students./.