In order for the General Education Program to be consistent with changes in administrative boundaries and the implementation of two-level local government, the Ministry of Education and Training recently published and widely solicited opinions on a draft circular to amend and supplement the program.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the change of administrative boundaries, the implementation of a two-level government, and the revised Constitution directly affect the curriculum of four subjects: History and Geography from grades 4 to 9; Geography grade 12; History grade 10 and Civic Education ( Economic and Legal Education grade 10), so it is necessary to revise the curriculum of these subjects.

The curriculum of subjects drafted and revised by the Ministry of Education and Training is as follows:

Primary School History and Geography Curriculum

History and Geography Program for Secondary School

High School Geography Program

High School History Program

Civic Education Program (Economics and Law Education Grade 10)

4 directions for amending and supplementing the General Education Program

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the revision and supplementation of the General Education Program is carried out according to 4 orientations: (1) Minimize the need to revise textbooks when revising the program; (2) Revise scientifically inaccurate content; (3) Revise content affected by changes in boundaries, government models and the Constitution; (4) If textbooks must be revised in a grade, other limitations of the program in that grade must also be revised.

Contents for comments and edits

The draft circular focuses on a number of contents, specifically:

For the Civic Education program: Amend and supplement the 10th grade program on the topics "Political system of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam" and "Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam".

For History: Revise and supplement the Selected Study Topic in Grade 10 - the topic of Vietnamese State and Law in History.

For the Geography subject in History and Geography: Amend and supplement the curriculum in grades 4, 5, 8, 9 and Geography in grade 12, the main revisions are on socio-economic regions such as: regional boundaries; names and number of provinces and cities, area size, population of the region; economic development resources and the development and distribution of economic sectors in socio-economic regions; administrative maps; population maps, maps of sectors and economic regions in Vietnam.

For the History sub-subject in History and Geography: revise and supplement the program in grade 7: the issue of historical divergence in feudal China; in grade 9: the division of stages in the renovation process in Vietnam from 1986 to present.

Use the selected textbooks for teaching in the 2025-2026 school year

The Ministry of Education and Training said that in the 2025-2026 school year, general education institutions nationwide will still use the selected textbooks for teaching.

The Ministry of Education and Training will organize training and instruct teachers on the revised curriculum; direct the review and revision of textbooks for a number of classes in the above subjects to match the revised curriculum and will implement the revised textbooks from the 2026-2027 school year.

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