Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam: "The Government has no policy to reform the Vietnamese language"

On the morning of September 12, at the discussion session of the National Assembly Standing Committee on the revised Law on Education, many delegates raised questions about an issue of public concern - the experimental education program.

Chairwoman of the Judiciary Committee Le Thi Nga raised the issue that recently there have been many conflicting opinions surrounding a number of educational pilots, especially the pilot in Vietnamese language reform. "I want to know the views of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Government on this issue," said Ms. Nga.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam affirmed that no matter how good education is, it still needs innovation and when it innovates, there will be testing and experimentation. "But I affirm that the Government has no policy to reform the Vietnamese language for at least the next few years," he said.

The Deputy Prime Minister said that education is always of interest to the whole society, when there is an event, the whole community contributes ideas and "that is a very good thing". Recently, there has been a story related to learning materials to teach Vietnamese to first graders, last year there was a story about the research work of scientist Bui Hien. "At that time, I said that the Government had no policy to reform the Vietnamese language" - the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized.

2018 - 2019 school year, continue to implement Vietnamese language teaching - educational technology in provinces and cities

Mr. Nguyen Duc Huu - Deputy Director in charge of the Department of Primary Education, Ministry of Education and Training said that in the 2018 - 2019 school year, the Vietnamese 1 - Educational Technology document will continue to be deployed in localities that are implementing it on a voluntary basis but will not be expanded to maintain stability until the new General Education Program is implemented.

The Government leader said that the recent debate on the documentVietnamese Grade 1 Educational Technology,The Ministry of Education and Training has commented. It is just a method of teaching Vietnamese, mainly teaching pronunciation to children who have just started school, not innovating or reforming Vietnamese.

Head of the People's Petition Committee Nguyen Thanh Hai continued to express his opinion that public opinion has many opinions about experimental education and "I wonder what will happen when experiments become widespread".

"I went to bookstores in Hanoi to buy this experimental education book but couldn't find it. Where can I buy this book? How can parents buy it to study with their children? Is there a monopoly on providing this type of book?", Ms. Hai asked.

Proposal to report to the National Assembly Standing Committee when piloting new education policies

Previously, in the report examining the bill, Chairman of the Committee for Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children Phan Thanh Binh said that education has a large scope of influence and long-term impacts on life and society, so it is necessary to be careful when deciding to change policies, especially those related to the organizational apparatus, programs...

The 27th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee. Photo: Quochoi.vn

“Due to the lack of a legal framework, pilot activities in the education sector have been confusing in recent times, and some pilot programs have caused mixed opinions among voters and public opinion,” Mr. Binh said.

The Standing Committee of the Committee proposed that, in addition to the regulation that "The Government shall submit to the National Assembly before deciding on major policies affecting the rights and obligations of citizens to study nationwide, policies on reforming the content of the curriculum of an educational level" as in the current Law, it is necessary to add a regulation that the Government shall submit to the Standing Committee before deciding on piloting new policies in education whose widespread application will affect the rights and obligations of citizens to study. In particular, it is necessary to clarify the content of the process, objectives, principles, subjects, scale, and time of pilot implementation.

Regrettable misconceptions about how to learn spelling Educational technology

(Baonghean.vn) - Recently, after a clip about teaching and learning Vietnamese using Educational Technology (CNGD) was posted online, an unprecedented wave of heated debate appeared. Parents strongly objected, some names in the entertainment industry quickly created mocking clips, and some individuals were extremely critical of the CNGD spelling method as "useless"...

At the end of August, a video of a teacher teaching how to pronounce the letters c/k/q as /cờ/ caused a stir in public opinion because it was different from the method commonly taught to students. That spelling is according to the book Vietnamese Grade 1 Educational Technology edited by Professor Ho Ngoc Dai and published by the Ministry of Education.

Chairman of the National Council for the Evaluation of the book Vietnamese Technology Education - Associate Professor Bui Manh Hung said that the document is controversial, but in reality, the method of teaching spelling in it has helped students develop quite effectively the skills of reading aloud and writing correctly. Up to now, nearly 50 provinces and cities with about 800,000 first graders (accounting for nearly half of the first graders) are using this book.

Professor Ho Ngoc Dai shared that the book is built on the principle of "if you want to learn something, you have to do it yourself". When applied, students will be the ones doing the work, while teachers will only assign tasks, observe, and guide methods. He is confident that the book will last forever, and that the education system he builds is correct because it has a theoretical foundation of philosophy, psychology, and is supported by educational technology.

Educational technology: "Spell, but don't spell Mr. Dai"

(Baonghean.vn) - The spelling method according to the Vietnamese textbook by Professor Ho Ngoc Dai has been taught in experimental schools for forty years; one small drawback should not deny the other advantages of this method.