Adjusting the curriculum and textbooks related to the merger of provinces and cities

The Ministry of Education and Training has identified a number of subjects that are directly affected by changes in administrative boundaries, including: History and Geography for grades 4, 5, and 9; Geography for grade 12; History and Economic and Legal Education for grade 10.

On June 14, the Ministry of Education and Training informed about the review and adjustment of some contents in the General Education Program to ensure suitability with reality and new development context.

The 2024-2025 school year is the year the 2018 General Education Program is organized to complete a cycle from grade 1 to grade 12 according to the roadmap.

The Ministry of Education and Training has organized steps to review and evaluate the implementation of the Program.

This is a regular, periodic task to ensure that the program is implemented in accordance with reality and meets the requirements of educational development through each stage.

During the assessment process, a number of subjects and educational content were proposed to be updated and adjusted to better meet the requirements of innovation and the country's socio -economic development.

In 2025, the review of curriculum and textbooks will be carried out in the context of the whole country implementing the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units according to Resolution No. 202/2025/QH15 dated June 12, 2025 of the National Assembly on the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units.

Based on the review, the Ministry has identified a number of subjects directly affected by the change of administrative boundaries, including: History and Geography for grades 4, 5, and 9; Geography for grade 12; History and Economic and Legal Education for grade 10.

These subjects will take steps according to regulations to edit the subject program as a basis for editing textbooks, such as updating requirements, knowledge content, place names, data, maps, charts and socio-economic information...

The revision of the subject program is carried out on the principle of minimizing changes to textbooks and strengthening guidance so that teachers and schools can proactively implement the program within their authority to suit reality.

The 2018 general education program reflects the goals of general education, ensuring unified orientation and core, compulsory educational content for students.

Textbooks specify the content of the Program and are identified as important learning materials and documents for schools to choose to organize teaching.

Teachers and schools are given the initiative to arrange learning topics, update and supplement content to suit the students, teaching and learning conditions and practical conditions.

Therefore, in the 2025-2026 school year, teachers and schools will continue to use the current curriculum and textbooks, and at the same time have the responsibility to proactively select and adjust teaching materials, lessons, and topics to suit local realities and the two-level government model.

In the coming time, the Ministry of Education and Training will issue documents directing and guiding localities and schools to ensure continuous, uninterrupted implementation in accordance with reality.

The Ministry is urgently completing the review and assessment of the implementation of the 2018 General Education Program to update and adjust a number of subjects to ensure that the Program is implemented in accordance with reality, better meeting the requirements of innovation and the country's socio-economic development through each period; including subjects affected by administrative boundary adjustments.

The Ministry will guide publishers, organizations and individuals with approved textbooks to make necessary adjustments to update new administrative information to ensure the stability of textbooks and effectiveness in teaching and learning.

Regarding local education content, based on Resolution No. 202/2025/QH15 of the National Assembly on the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units, on the basis of the framework program and documents issued by the Ministry of Education and Training, localities proactively select and develop local education content, ensuring that it is consistent with the characteristics of the new administrative unit and the two-level local government organization model, promoting the initiative of localities in organizing program implementation, while ensuring that education content is updated promptly according to new administrative-social changes.

Source: VNP

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