After Tet, many schools in Nghe An stopped teaching extra classes.
The suspension of extra classes is carried out in accordance with the spirit of Circular 29. At the same time, schools are also discussing solutions to organize tutoring and review for students, especially for final year students.
The school stopped tutoring.
"Since Tet, our school has stopped organizing extra classes for students throughout the course," said teacher Tran Thi Thu Huong - Principal of Hai Hoa Secondary School (Vinh city).
Previously, according to the school's plan, the second semester would start on January 20. However, due to the long Tet holiday, students officially started the new semester on February 3, only about a week before the new semester.Circular 29effective. Due to the limited time left, the school has decided to temporarily suspend extra classes from semester II.
According to the school principal, stopping extra classes at this time will have difficulties. Because, although it is a school in Vinh city, Hai Hoa Secondary School is quite far from the center. There is currently no extra teaching or learning center in the ward. For a long time, besides studying at school, the remaining students (if any) mainly study at home with teachers in the school.
I think that with the current conditions, not organizing extra classes for students in school will cause many difficulties for parents and students, especially for final year students. If they go to school outside, parents will also have a hard time because the tuition fee will be different from 30,000 - 40,000 VND/session.
Teacher Tran Thi Thu Huong - Principal of Hai Hoa Secondary School (Vinh city)
Although there is no solution yet, to maintain the quality of teaching and learning at the school, Hai Hoa Secondary School has considered other options. It is expected that from the beginning of April, free review classes will be organized for final year students with each subject not exceeding 2 periods/week.
After Tet, most secondary schools in Vinh city have stopped teaching extra classes at school. Many school leaders said that this is to follow the direction of Circular 29 on extra teaching and learning. There is no feasible plan for teaching extra classes for other groups such as weak students, nurturing excellent students or final year students because they are waiting for instructions.
At the high school level, many schools will also stop providing extra classes this week. At Thai Hoa High School, the school principal said that at the party cell meeting at the beginning of the year, the school discussed calling on teachers throughout the school to volunteer to teach senior students for free.
It is not easy to call on teachers to teach extra classes for free. Therefore, before making the policy, the school discussed it with the Party cell to get their opinions. In the immediate future, they will mobilize teachers who are teaching grade 12.
Teacher Luu Cong Linh - Principal of Thai Hoa High School
Regarding the suspension of extra teaching and learning in schools, teacher Luu Cong Linh also admitted that it would lead to difficulties for the school, especially in improving the quality of education. However, according to the Principal of Thai Hoa High School, the implementation of Circular 29 is in line with the 2018 General Education Program with the purpose of "orienting and promoting students' self-study ability and improving the quality of teaching sessions".
Therefore, immediately after Circular 29 takes effect, the school will further tighten the quality of teaching in regular classes, and increase guidance on self-study for students at home. For final year students, the school will discuss plans to organize free teaching for students with the prescribed duration.
Mountainous schools are not under pressure with Circular 29
Que Phong High School has nearly 1,800 students, including nearly 600 12th graders. In preparation for the 2025 High School Graduation Exam, the school decided to continue to organize extra classes for students even though Circular 29 will take effect from February 14. Sharing about this, teacher Nguyen Hong Tu - Vice Principal of the school said: To prepare the best mindset for students, we have mobilized teachers in the school to continue to teach students extra classes in the afternoons. The school also determined that teaching will be free.
During the discussion, teacher Nguyen Hong Tu also said that, due to the characteristics of the mountainous district, many students have difficult circumstances, so it is not "unusual" that school teachers volunteer to teach students for free: In previous exam seasons, in addition to teaching in the afternoon, our school teachers also volunteered to tutor students for free in the evening. Although it is difficult, we determined that we could not interrupt the students' studies.
Not only organizing free teaching, Que Phong High School is also discussing to adjust some of the school schedules. It is expected that the number of morning periods will be shortened from 5 periods to 4 periods. Subjects such as physical education and experiential activities will be moved to the afternoon. In addition, the school is also proposing a plan to study one full session in the afternoon so that students can have a day off on Saturday and those who live far away will have more time to go home: More than 1,000 students of our school are studying away from home. Therefore, if we let them have too many afternoons off, it will be very difficult to manage. Therefore, we will adjust the school schedule so that students can still study at school during the two sessions.
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At Muong Long Secondary School for Ethnic Minorities, Mr. Lo Kham Phu - Principal of the school said: Our school teaches 2 sessions/day, in the morning for regular classes and in the afternoon for extra tutoring for students. For a long time, the school has not collected fees for extra teaching and learning, so even if Circular 29 is implemented, it will not affect the teaching and learning of the school.
Regarding Circular 29, according to the plan from February 14, extra teaching and learning at schools will be implemented with 3 subjects: tutoring weak students, nurturing excellent students, final year students and will not collect money.
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On February 7, the Prime Minister sent a telegram to the Minister of Education and Training and Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and cities. According to the Prime Minister, in recent times, the management of extra teaching and learning activities in some localities has been inadequate and has not been promptly handled, affecting teaching and learning activities at schools and creating negative public opinion in society. Based on the above reality, the head of the Government requested localities to strictly implement the regulations on extra teaching and learning issued by the Ministry of Education and Training. Violations must be strictly handled.
Previously, on February 6, at the Conference to disseminate and implement Conclusion 91-KL/TW, Resolution 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo and the Education Development Strategy organized by the Ministry of Education and Training, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong also said that the regulations on extra teaching and learning are to protect the dignity of teachers: “Extra teaching and learning are educational activities related to the professional activities of teachers and students. The Ministry's viewpoint is not to prohibit extra teaching and learning activities, but only to prohibit violations of regulations on extra teaching and learning; not in accordance with regulations. Extra teaching and learning must be in line with the interests of students. That is, there must be no coercion or any form of coercion.”
The Ministry's leadership's viewpoint is that in public schools, teachers receive state salaries and use state facilities, so there is no such thing as extra teaching for money from parents and students.
Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong gives his opinion on the issue of extra teaching and learning.
