Students leave a tutoring center in Ho Chi Minh City - Photo: TTO
After Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son responded to voters' petitions about allowing extra teaching and learning at schools under the management of the education sector, many Tuoi Tre Online readers responded with different perspectives.
If you understand the lesson in class, why do you need to study more?
Many readers believe that the underlying reason why students still have to attend extra classes is because the quality of formal teaching does not meet requirements.
SG Readers asked the question: "Teaching 2 sessions/day from morning to afternoon but students cannot understand the content the teacher teaches in class, but when they go out to study extra, they understand the lesson. So where is the main mistake?".
This opinion received the agreement of many readers. Reader Teddy said: "Students find other teachers to understand the lessons more easily. Therefore, schools need to check the quality of teaching in the school. Once they understand the lesson in class, there is no need to study more."
"If the curriculum is well designed, the teachers are qualified and the teaching time is sufficient, then why do we still need extra classes?", a reader with the email pham****@gmail.com asked.
Many readers have a very strong opinion: it is necessary to ban extra teaching and learning in schools in all forms.
"There is no need to discuss any further. Parents who want their children to take extra classes should inform the school so that teachers can support them during regular school hours," emphasized a reader with the account Mien Tay.
Meanwhile, reader NT wrote: "Studying in the morning, doing activities in the afternoon, resting at night. Expecting your child to study extra at school is no different than turning them into machines."
Readers have email namn****@gmail.com worried: "Public schools are free of tuition, and we study 2 sessions, so how can we have extra classes until 9-10pm?"
Many opinions warn of the risk of "new shell, old core". Minh Tuan Evidence: "There are schools that stop teaching extra classes, but establish clubs that require voluntary payment of fees."
Reader Van Dien pointed out another form of distortion: "The centers circumvent the law by offering free offline classes, but charging money for online classes... without actually organizing online classes."
Private tutoring in schools is cheaper, safer, and easier to manage?
Contrary to the above opinions, many readers believe that extra classes should be organized right in schools, with the condition that they are managed transparently, publicly and without coercion.
Reader hoan****@gmail.com listed the benefits of tutoring and learning at school: "First, maximum use of facilities, second, tuition is less than outside schooling, third, strict management, and finally, easy to monitor students' progress."
Account Luu analyzed: "Parents can rest assured, tuition is cheap, authorities can manage cash flow, teachers and schools both pay taxes. Facilities are also better."
This view is agreed upon by many people, seeing it as a compromise solution when the need for extra classes still exists, but can be transferred to schools to avoid external distortions.
However, reader Dan also noted: "Even when organizing in school, there should be clear regulations, such as teachers teaching regular courses are not allowed to directly teach extra classes for their own students, except for team classes."
Reader Cam Than pointed out the consequences: "If extra classes are banned in schools, outside centers will spring up like mushrooms and tuition fees will skyrocket."
Other opinions do not focus on banning or not banning, but propose more long-term solutions: improving the program, reducing exam pressure, and increasing the quality of formal teaching.
Reader Toan Nguyen frankly said: "The education sector needs to reduce competitions, reduce chasing after achievements, increase real study time and teaching and learning quality."
Meanwhile, readers have Hai Lua MT accounts. "Many additional programs and clubs are unintentionally taking away from students' learning time, forcing them to study more in the evening," he added.
"If we eliminate the need for high school transcripts to enter university, and only need one national exam, the negative aspects of tutoring will be significantly reduced," reader Binh An suggested.
Flexibility is needed, not extremes.
Besides, there are also readers' opinions analyzing both sides. Linh wrote: "Studying outside, you can choose the right teacher, small class size, and have your own space. Mainstream schools are crowded, students who can't keep up will still have to find another place to study."
Another reader commented: "Everything has two sides. If you see benefits, let your child take extra classes, otherwise, keep them at home. Don't blame everything on the teachers."
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/day-them-nen-cam-tuyet-doi-hay-hop-thuc-hoa-trong-nha-truong-2025080113570555.htm
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