"Boarding" her house
With a child about to enter first grade, since May, Ms. Luong Thi Ha (residing in Thanh Binh ward, Hai Chau district, Da Nang city) has been looking for information about pre-primary classes to send her child to during the summer months. However, Ms. Ha has only been introduced to pre-primary classes held at teachers' homes.
“I went to several places to find out, and they all used the family’s space to organize teaching. The classrooms were just big enough to put tables and chairs, there was no space for the children to play or move around. That means they would only spend the whole day in the few dozen square meters of the classroom. They would eat and sleep right there,” Ms. Ha commented.
Ms. Le Thi Kieu Nga was introduced to an auditory teacher on To Hieu Street (Hoa Minh Ward, Lien Chieu District, Da Nang City). According to the teacher's advice, the class only accepts about 7 students, the tuition fee is 1.8 million/month, there is a lunch organized with the auditory classes, pre-primary for children born in 2019-2020.
The teacher will guide students on how to hold a pen correctly, how to sit and write, how to say hello, raise their hand to speak...; recognize letters, compound words, read long sentences without spelling; understand and get familiar with math and Vietnamese exercises for grade 1; practice writing standard squares.
Unable to register for a boarding class at the Da Nang Children's Palace, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Ha (An Hai Nam ward, Son Tra district, Da Nang city) chose to send her child to a small summer center after finishing first grade.
Ms. Ha said: “Each classroom is large enough to accommodate 12 wooden tables and chairs for 24 students. Although it has air conditioning, it is still quite cramped. The children will have breaks, play, and watch cartoons right in the classroom. Every week, there is an afternoon for drawing, and the remaining time will be for Math and Vietnamese. The tuition and boarding fees are 2.4 million/month.”
Mr. Nguyen Nhan, Director of Da Nang Children's Palace said: "In addition to the gifted classes taught in shifts, each lasting about 1.5 hours, the Children's Palace has about 400 boarding places for parents to register to choose from. However, every year, the number of parents registering must be 3 times higher, but we cannot meet the demand because we have to ensure the conditions and quality of service."
Mr. Nhan said that with 28 gifted subjects divided into aesthetic talents such as drawing, dancing, singing, playing musical instruments, etc. and sports talents such as swimming, basketball, table tennis, etc., each classroom here is a different world for both children and parents to choose from. The classes are designed in the spirit of both playing and learning. Each class lasts about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Children can choose to take two gifted classes in the same morning or afternoon for the convenience of their parents. Currently, Da Nang Children's Palace attracts more than 2,200 students. Among them, the gifted subjects with the largest number of students are dance, drawing, piano, basketball, table tennis, and swimming.
Supply "explodes" according to demand
As the school year draws to a close, entertainment services for children are flourishing in many different forms: cultural centers, accommodation centers with summer learning programs, life skills classes... Some centers that specialize in teaching English, life skills, mental math, STEM... also open summer boarding services for students.
As an intellectual math center on Dong Da street (Hai Chau district, Da Nang city), it teaches both math and Vietnamese according to the program of the Ministry of Education and Training in addition to intellectual math classes. In terms of study time, parents can choose to study 1 session, all day with or without boarding.
Boarding classes opened by individuals are also actively recruiting students on social networking groups. There are many announcements from individuals claiming to be teachers for the first grade audit program, calligraphy training... with very attractive commitments about the quality of teaching and care.
The calligraphy training center on Truong Dinh Street (Son Tra District, Da Nang City) enrolls students in pre-primary classes for students who are preparing to enter grade 1 and are studying in 5-year-old preschool; Math and Vietnamese tutoring classes for students from grades 1-3, calligraphy training classes and English tutoring classes for preschool and primary school students. The center has flexible class hours for parents to choose from and also has boarding classes.
However, among these facilities, not all teaching facilities have licenses or do not function properly compared to the original registration, have many potential risks in fire prevention and fighting, and lack space for children to relax and play...
In June 2024, the People's Committee of Cam Le District requested to stop a spontaneous tutoring facility. Previously, the People's Committee of Cam Le District (Da Nang City) received feedback about the tutoring facility in Hoa An Ward, when the teachers did not have qualifications, pedagogical skills and the facilities were not qualified. The People's Committee of Cam Le District assigned the People's Committee of Hoa An Ward to inspect and handle the matter.
According to the working minutes of the Working Group of the People's Committee of Hoa An Ward, this facility is located on Nguyen Dinh Tu Street, owned by Ms. TNT (born in 1994). At the time of inspection, the facility had 3 teachers, of which 1 teacher had a regular secondary school diploma majoring in fine arts education. The remaining 2 did not have any records, professional qualifications, or labor contracts. The class was organized to teach 45 children, there were no student records, the age of the auditors was from 5 to 7 years old.
This audit class was held from June 3. Previously, the owner of the facility only taught art to 10 children. However, the facility now organizes boarding classes at noon because parents are working and cannot pick them up. The working group requested the owner of the facility to stop spontaneous tutoring activities, return all students, and not organize boarding classes. In addition, the owner of the facility was asked to contact the competent authority to complete the procedures to request permission to operate in accordance with regulations.
Mr. Tran Nguyen Minh Thanh, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Da Nang, said: “Foreign language, information technology, and life skills centers absolutely do not organize summer English boarding programs, summer life skills boarding programs, boarding activities for students, and childcare at the locations of foreign language, information technology, and life skills centers. Organizing these activities is not within the center’s duties and authority.”
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