Ministry of Education and Training informs about comments on revising geography and history subjects after administrative unit arrangement

(NLDO)- The Ministry of Education and Training said that the revision and supplementation of the General Education Program will be carried out according to 4 orientations.

On the afternoon of August 12, the Ministry of Education and Training informed about the comments on the revised curriculum of some subjects.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the 2018 general education program has been implemented for 5 years nationwide, in one round for all grades. The Ministry of Education and Training has organized a review and research to develop the general education program to find solutions to limit the program's shortcomings, making the program more suitable to reality.

The Ministry of Education and Training said that the revision and supplementation of the General Education Program will be carried out according to 4 orientations.

Currently, the whole country has implemented the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units. The change of administrative boundaries, the implementation of a two-level government and the amended 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 issuance of the Circular amending and supplementing the General Education Program issued together with Circular No. 32/2018/TT-BGDDT of the Minister of Education and Training is necessary to ensure the scientific and practical nature of the program.

The revision and supplementation of the General Education Program is carried out according to 4 orientations.

First, minimize the need to revise textbooks when editing the program.

Second, edit content that is not scientifically accurate.

Third, revise the contents affected by changes in administrative boundaries, implementation of two-level local government and changes to the Constitution.

Fourth, for the program of any grade that needs to be revised, which leads to revision of the textbooks of that grade, all the limitations of the program in that grade must be revised.

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 subject: Revise and supplement the Selected Study Topic in grade 10 - the topic of Vietnamese State and Law in history.

For the Geography sub-subject in History and Geography: Amend and supplement the program 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 development situation 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: Amend 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.

In the 2025-2026 school year, general education institutions nationwide will use the selected textbooks for teaching.

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

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