"Final" teaching 2 sessions/day for general education

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has just issued guidelines for organizing 2 sessions/day of teaching for general education.

The Ministry of Education and Training has just issued guidelines for organizing 2 sessions/day of teaching for general education.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Education and Training requires that teaching 2 sessions/day must ensure the goal of effectively implementing the goals of the General Education Program, ensuring the duration of teaching subjects and organizing educational activities; not causing overload, suitable for students' psychology and health; ensuring the rights, meeting the needs and aspirations of students, suitable for the actual conditions of the school and locality...

Specifically, primary school teaches 2 sessions/day, no more than 7 periods per day, each period is 35 minutes; minimum 9 sessions/week (equivalent to 32 periods/week).

Secondary and high school levels implement teaching 2 sessions/day according to the roadmap, organize and implement teaching 2 sessions/day in schools with adequate facilities and teaching staff.

Schools arrange time and study schedule for a minimum of 5 days/week, a maximum of 11 sessions/week, with no more than 7 periods per day, each period lasting 45 minutes. Previously, teaching 2 sessions/day was carried out with a maximum of 7 periods/day for junior high school and 8 periods/day for high school, with no more than 6 days per week.

Teaching 2 sessions/day is clearly divided between session 1 and session 2 to ensure scientific , flexible and comprehensive development of students.

In which, session 1 is the time to implement the official General Education Program, including compulsory subjects and educational activities (for general education levels), elective subjects, selected subjects, advanced topics (for high school level) according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training. This is compulsory teaching content to ensure the requirements of the General Education Program.

Session 2 is the time to organize supplementary educational activities, develop capacity, nurture excellent students, tutor students who have not met the requirements of the General Education Program, life skills education, financial education, art education, physical education, STEM/STEAM, career guidance, artificial intelligence, foreign languages... in the direction of comprehensive development suitable for students' psychology at each level of education.

The organization of sessions 1 and 2 can be flexible in terms of time, balanced in terms of duration (not fixed in the morning as session 1 and afternoon as session 2), suitable to the conditions of each school. Encourage educational institutions to diversify teaching methods and organize educational activities to improve the quality of comprehensive education for students.

The Departments of Education and Training guide general education institutions in the area to develop plans to organize 2-session teaching/day in accordance with the practical situation, ensuring a clear implementation roadmap and clearly mobilized resources (including financial resources, socialized education, human resources, including high-quality human resources such as artisans, artists, professional athletes, etc.).

General education institutions are responsible for surveying students' learning needs in the second session before the start of the new school year; organizing communication so that students, parents and social forces understand and agree with the implementation of Directive 17/CT-TTg and the regulations on teaching 2 sessions/day in this document; performing accountability to management agencies and social forces when requested.

General education institutions develop lunch and break plans with content and forms suitable to actual conditions, ensuring the consensus and voluntariness of students and parents, and in accordance with regulations on school safety, food hygiene, and ensuring nutrition and health for students.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/chot-day-hoc-2-buoi-ngay-doi-voi-giao-duc-pho-thong-196250805173817406.htm