Students in Ho Chi Minh City do not arrive at school before 7am on the opening day.

TPO - The Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City requires schools to organize light activities on the morning of September 5 and not mobilize students before 7:00 a.m.

The Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City has just issued a document guiding the organization of the opening ceremony and implementing a number of activities at the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year.

Accordingly, the opening ceremony of the 2025-2026 school year will be held at the same time from 8:00 to 9:30 on September 5 at educational institutions in the area.

As planned, the Ministry of Education and Training will hold the ceremony at the National Convention Center, Hanoi, from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. on September 5. The event will be broadcast live on VTV1 and connected online to all public and private educational institutions nationwide, from kindergarten to university.

The Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City requires schools to equip themselves with the means to broadcast live the national opening ceremony program.

Therefore, the Department of Education and Training requires schools to equip themselves with the means to broadcast the national opening ceremony live. Arrange audio-visual equipment to ensure that the entire school can attend and follow the program.

The Department requires schools to organize concise activities, ending before 8:00 a.m. or organizing after 9:30 a.m., and not to mobilize students before 7:00 a.m.

For preschool level, based on actual conditions, organize "Children's Day to School" ending before 8:00. Only organize the opening ceremony in the yard for preschool children, the remaining classes watch live TV in the classroom group.

For newly built schools, the inauguration ceremony will be held on a different day, September 5. Schools will not hold the opening ceremony at the same time as the inauguration ceremony and will not mobilize students to attend the inauguration ceremony.

For units receiving Medals, the reception ceremony will start at 7:30 a.m. and end before 8:00 a.m. The program will be concise, with the reporting of achievements and congratulatory speeches simplified.

The Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City requires schools to stabilize learning immediately after the Opening Ceremony and organize age-appropriate activities at the beginning of the school year.

In addition, the city's education sector requires schools to strictly prohibit forcing students to make or buy uniforms; only specify uniform models so that students' families can equip and purchase them themselves, avoiding waste. Strictly implement regulations on financial management of revenue and expenditure, and publicize revenue and expenditure from the beginning of the school year.

The 2025-2026 school year is the first year the country operates under a two-tier government model, in which kindergartens, primary schools, and secondary schools are under the direct management of the commune level. The opening ceremony of the new school year will be associated with activities to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Ministry of National Education (now the Ministry of Education and Training).

This school year, the education sector will continue to implement the 2018 general education program, promote the organization of 2-session teaching/day at all levels, promote digital transformation, develop digital capacity, apply artificial intelligence (AI), enhance STEM teaching...

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