The draft circular regulating supplementary teaching and learning, recently published by the Ministry of Education and Training for public comment, is attracting considerable attention from teachers, parents, and students.
Undeniably, this draft has many new and progressive aspects, such as: teachers are allowed to tutor their own students; organizations and individuals providing extracurricular tutoring must register their businesses according to regulations; school principals and vice-principals can participate in tutoring, provided they have the approval of the superior management agency as prescribed... This is the first time that tutoring has been openly recognized, and it expands to include both those who organize tutoring and those who participate in it. After gaining official recognition, the public is concerned about the requirements for management, however, there are still many loopholes in the draft regulations.
According to the principal of a high school in Ho Chi Minh City, the regulation requiring teachers to compile a list of students participating in extra classes and report it to the head of the school will not help manage this activity more effectively. In reality, this is merely a formality, a way to comply with regulations, and adds more paperwork and administrative tasks to the school. Instead, there needs to be more specific regulations on how to manage and penalize teachers who conduct extra classes in violation of the rules, providing schools with more management tools and simultaneously raising the self-awareness of the teachers themselves.
Furthermore, the regulation requiring individuals providing tutoring to register their business is considered "strict but not yet thorough," as it is not in line with the current reality of tutoring and supplementary education. The regulation is understood to mean that teachers are only allowed to participate in tutoring at licensed establishments, and are not permitted to organize tutoring or supplementary education, whether for regular students or students outside of school.
In reality, the majority of after-school tutoring classes are currently held by teachers at their homes or in rented spaces. This stems from the students' genuine need to learn from teachers who teach at their regular schools or to choose highly qualified teachers to enhance their knowledge; only a small number of students enroll in tutoring centers. Therefore, the draft once again does not acknowledge the practice of teachers independently organizing tutoring classes at home, leading to loopholes in management and supervision.
Many teachers involved in tutoring have expressed the opinion that the new regulations, which have "opened the door" to managing extracurricular tutoring, should acknowledge all forms of organization and not remain ambiguous, creating a situation where management is neither fully open nor fully closed, and the disadvantages outweigh the advantages for both students and teachers. Furthermore, the regulation stating that "teachers are not allowed to use examples, questions, or exercises taught in tutoring sessions to test or evaluate students in class," while receiving public support, is still considered unnecessary. It denies the role of subject-specific departments within schools and overlaps with the requirement that "teachers commit to not using any form of coercion to force students to attend tutoring sessions."
Previously, the Ministry of Education and Training had repeatedly proposed including tutoring in the list of conditional business sectors to provide a complete legal basis for managing, inspecting, and supervising this activity, but this proposal has not been approved. In this context, adjusting the regulations on managing tutoring to replace the regulations of Circular No. 17/2012/TT-BGDĐT issued by the Ministry of Education and Training in 2012 is necessary. However, it is crucial to avoid formalistic management and instead strengthen the supervisory role of parents and students through specific and clear sanctions, ensuring transparency and fairness in this unique teaching and learning activity.
MINH THU
Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/quan-ly-day-them-hoc-them-van-roi-post756008.html
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