168.4 million textbooks have been published for the new school year.

On August 15th, the Vietnam Education Publishing House (NXBGDVN) announced that it had completed the training and professional development of teachers on the use of textbooks for grades 5, 9, and 12, and had fully prepared and supplied textbooks to localities nationwide.

Vietnam Education Publishing House has released 168.4 million textbooks for the new school year.

Specifically, regarding the training and professional development of teachers using textbooks for grades 5, 9, and 12, the Vietnam Education Publishing House has prepared a full range of diverse materials and data for training, including electronic versions of textbooks, teacher's books, training materials for teachers using textbooks, and videos introducing the textbooks. All these materials and data are posted free of charge on the website taphuan.nxbgd.vn so that administrators and teachers can proactively learn and study the textbooks for each subject.

The Vietnam Education Publishing House (NXBGDVN) has completed organizing training courses for all subjects and educational activities for grades 5, 9, and 12 in all 63 provinces and cities, ensuring the quality and progress requirements of the Ministry of Education and Training. Teacher training and professional development will continue to be organized by NXBGDVN throughout the school year whenever requested by localities.

Regarding the supply of textbooks to ensure students have enough books before the new school year, as of August 14, 2024, Vietnam Education Publishing House had completed printing and warehousing textbooks for all grades, reaching 96.7% of the plan, equivalent to 168 million copies.

Currently, Vietnam Education Publishing House is supplying textbooks to localities according to the number of orders placed. To date, 96.1% of the plan has been distributed, equivalent to 168.4 million copies.

Parents can purchase books at the stores of the Vietnam Education Publishing House and its member units, as well as local school book and equipment companies. A list of stores in the system is available on the Vietnam Education Publishing House website at www.nxbgd.vn.

Over the past period, the hotline of Vietnam Education Publishing House (0344.181018) has operated continuously from 8 AM to 10 PM daily, including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. Parents and students needing information about where to buy textbooks can call the hotline for assistance.

Regarding textbook prices for the 2024-2025 school year, in accordance with the Ministry of Education and Training's directive to strictly control production costs and reduce expenses to lower textbook prices, support consumers, and ensure social welfare; and in implementation of the recommendations in Resolution 686/NQ-UBTVQH15-2023 of the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Vietnam Education Publishing House (NXBGDVN) has adjusted the selling prices of reprinted textbooks (grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11) for the 2024-2025 school year. Accordingly, the new cover prices of the aforementioned textbooks, applicable from the 2024-2025 school year, have been reduced compared to previous years. Specifically, the cover price of the "Connecting Knowledge with Life" textbook series has decreased by 9.6%, and the cover price of the "Creative Horizons" textbook series has decreased by 11.2%.

For textbooks for grades 5, 9, and 12 (first edition), Vietnam Education Publishing House has developed and completed price declarations according to the reduced price structure for the reprinted grades.

To ensure accuracy, clarity, and ease of observation and identification for customers; and to protect the rights of students and consumers, the new textbook price list has been fully and publicly posted at textbook sales points nationwide; on the Vietnam Education Publishing House's comprehensive website (at www.nxbgd.vn) and on mass media as prescribed.

Regarding the fight against illegal publications, from May to July 2024, authorities discovered hundreds of thousands of counterfeit textbooks bearing the name of Vietnam Education Publishing House (NXBGDVN) in several provinces and cities. NXBGDVN is actively cooperating with relevant authorities in providing and verifying information, and supplying legal documents related to cases of illegal publication production and trading for processing according to the law.

The Vietnam Education Publishing House recommends that, to avoid buying pirated or counterfeit books, teachers, parents, and students should purchase books from official distribution systems of the Vietnam Education Publishing House and local school book and equipment companies, and not from unreliable sources on the market.

Regarding support for disadvantaged students, in accordance with the Ministry of Education and Training's directive to ensure sufficient textbooks for the 2024-2025 school year for students nationwide, and to create a source of learning and teaching materials for students and teachers to use jointly in school libraries, Vietnam Education Publishing House continues to implement the Shared Textbook Shelf program.

Specifically, approximately 1,000 shared textbook cabinets will be donated to secondary schools/school branches in disadvantaged, remote, border, and island areas nationwide, averaging 15 cabinets per province. Each cabinet contains 90 sets of textbooks and 6 sets of teacher's books for grades 6 to 8 according to the 2018 General Education Program. Additionally, approximately 30,000 sets of textbooks and 2,000 sets of teacher's books for grade 5 (each cabinet containing 30 sets of textbooks and 2 sets of teacher's books) will be added to the shared textbook cabinets for primary schools (already implemented by Vietnam Education Publishing House in 2023).

The program to donate shared textbook cabinets is expected to be implemented from October 2024, with a total value of approximately 27 billion VND.

PHAN THAO

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/da-phat-hanh-1684-trieu-ban-sach-giao-khoa-cho-nam-hoc-moi-post754246.html