Free 2 sessions/day from next school year

The Central Party Office has just announced the conclusion of General Secretary To Lam at the working session on April 18 with representatives of the Government Party Committee and central ministries and branches on the implementation of the Central Committee's resolutions on education and training, preparing the new Resolution of the Politburo on breakthroughs in education and training development; on organizing 2 sessions/day but reducing study pressure, no fees; lunch for primary and secondary school students in mountainous areas.

After listening to the report of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Education and Training and the statements of the agencies, General Secretary To Lam concluded on a number of contents.

Agree to teach 2 sessions/day for free from next school year.

In particular, the General Secretary agreed on the policy that primary and secondary schools should organize two sessions per day depending on the conditions of each locality in terms of facilities, finance and teachers; there should be a roadmap to gradually implement this policy, in which it is necessary to combine State investment with encouraging socialization.

" Teaching two sessions a day ensures no fees and reduces pressure on students. Increasing teaching about culture and arts ensures students' comprehensive development, " the conclusion announcement stated.

The General Secretary assigned the Government Party Committee to direct the Ministry of Education and Training, ministries, branches and localities to fully prepare conditions in terms of facilities, teachers, teaching programs and educational activities so that primary and secondary schools can teach two sessions per day to ensure improving the quality of education. Implementation time is from the 2025-2026 school year.

The General Secretary also agreed on the policy of the State supporting lunch for primary and secondary school students in border communes, with priority given to mountainous border communes (including ethnic minority students and Kinh students living in border communes); localities need to focus on building and completing boarding and semi-boarding schools for border communes, creating favorable conditions for students' study and life.

The General Secretary noted that schools must have enough classrooms, labs, running water, kitchens, bathrooms, toilets, playgrounds, and accommodations for teachers; border communes bordering a country need to teach the language of that country to students so that in the future there will be conditions to increase people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.

Implement this policy according to a roadmap, in accordance with the country's economic situation. During the implementation process, it is necessary to strengthen inspection and supervision, and strictly prohibit the reduction of students' food standards.

In the immediate future, according to the direction of the General Secretary, this will be implemented in land border communes, starting from the 2025-2026 school year (September 2025); based on the implementation results, a preliminary review will be conducted to gradually expand nationwide. Localities that can balance the budget are encouraged to immediately implement this policy in their management areas.

Regarding this policy, the General Secretary assigned the Party Committee of the Ministry of Education and Training to preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to urgently report to the Government Party Committee to implement the above policy. Issues beyond its authority will be reported to the Politburo for consideration and decision.

At the meeting, the General Secretary agreed to assign the Government Party Committee to direct the Ministry of Education and Training to preside over and coordinate with the Central Policy and Strategy Committee and relevant agencies to research and develop a Project to submit to the Politburo for promulgation of a Resolution on breakthroughs in education and training development (similar to Resolution No. 57 of the Politburo on science and technology).

" This Resolution does not replace existing Resolutions, but selects the most critical issues and current major bottlenecks to focus on directing, creating clear and specific changes in the field of education and training. At the same time, submit to the Politburo the policy on the National Target Program on modernization and improving the quality of education and training; the deadline for completion is May 2025 ," according to the conclusion announcement.

The General Secretary assessed that over the past time, our Party and State have always considered education and training, along with science and technology, as the top national policy and have had many important policies and guidelines to develop and fundamentally and comprehensively innovate education and training, achieving many important results, contributing to the overall achievements of the country.

However, the education and training system has not yet made a breakthrough development, meeting the expectations of society, especially the requirements for comprehensive development of Vietnamese people and training high-quality human resources in the context of the country and the world facing many new development opportunities and challenges.

Although there are many national target programs, according to the General Secretary, the learning and living conditions of students in remote areas, ethnic minority and mountainous areas are still very difficult, and the number of children attending class is still low.

The General Secretary pointed out that the main reason is due to many bottlenecks and limitations in thinking, awareness, institutions, policies, leadership and direction methods, management mechanisms, allocation and use of resources for education and training development.

The new context of the country is posing the requirement of training a new generation of people with comprehensive development, with enough courage, intelligence, and health (both physical and mental) commensurate with the implementation of the country's two 100-year goals, including training human resources with high qualifications and skills, the key factor for making breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation and national digital transformation.

At the same time, along with economic growth, we must ensure the promotion of social progress, expanding opportunities for all people to access quality education, lifelong learning and maximize individual potential.

" In the face of these urgent requirements, it is necessary to have strong institutional and policy decisions to remove bottlenecks, focus investment resources to quickly modernize and improve the quality of education and training with the goal of comprehensively developing learners and creating high-quality human resources to meet the requirements of the country's breakthrough development in the new period ," the General Secretary concluded.

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