An English lesson at the library of 10th grade IT students, Tran Dai Nghia High School, Ho Chi Minh City - Photo: NHU HUNG
"The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has said that it will not use the results of the English proficiency test to force teachers to attend training courses. But I received a notice about the English training course organized by the Foreign Language - Information Technology Center (under the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training) along with specific tuition fees, exam fees for obtaining certificates...
The English proficiency test score reporting system of the department also has the logo of this Foreign Language - Information Technology Center. What does that mean?" - quoted from a reader's opinion sent to Tuoi Tre Online.
The department said it was routine.
Regarding the above issue, Mr. Ho Tan Minh, Chief of Office of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, said that the announcement and introduction of English and IT training courses, professional training classes, master's and doctoral classes, etc. are regular and regular tasks of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City. The specific announcement along with tuition fees and English certificate exam fees organized by the Center for Foreign Languages and IT are also included in this group.
"I affirm that the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training does not use the results of the English proficiency survey of teachers to require teachers to perform any additional tasks. The purpose of the survey is to assess the overall picture of the English proficiency of the entire teaching staff. From there, the department will have a database to build the project "Gradually making English a second language in schools".
This is an important goal to improve the quality of education and international integration, following Conclusion No. 91 of the Politburo .
Specifically, how many English lessons will be built in the school, what activities will be organized in English, what is the training roadmap, and how will the team be supported to improve their foreign language skills?
This is not an exam to evaluate or classify the ability or expertise of each teacher. The results of the English proficiency survey will absolutely not be used for any other purposes such as competition assessment, salary consideration, discipline or other personal purposes.
The results of each individual will be kept confidential. Only the teachers themselves and the support team of the Project Steering Committee (a specialized department assigned to synthesize and analyze data to serve the development of the general plan) will have access.
Therefore, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training will not require teachers to perform any tasks related to the results of the English proficiency survey of teachers" - Mr. Minh affirmed.
What are the results of the English proficiency test?
According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, 50,278 teachers have taken the English proficiency test.
Specifically: primary school has 22,284 teachers, secondary school has 10,088 and high school has 8,229 teachers.
Of the 50,278 teachers, 4,721 are English teachers and 45,557 are teachers of other subjects.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training said that before conducting an official English proficiency survey, the department had teachers self-assess their proficiency.
The results of the teacher's self-assessment are as follows:
Of the 50,278 teachers who took the survey, 9.45% achieved A1 level; 11.35% achieved A2; 35.09% achieved B1; 13.63% achieved B2; 3.69% achieved C1; 0.29% achieved C2 and 26.5% achieved other levels.
In primary school, with 22,284 teachers taking the survey, 9.95% of teachers achieved A1 level; 11.85% achieved A2; 34.46% achieved B1; 13.43% achieved B2; 1.91% achieved C1; 0.17% achieved C2...
In the secondary school block with 10,088 teachers participating in the survey, 9.94% of teachers achieved A1 level; A2 was 12.05%; B1 was 34.57%; B2 was 14.24%; C1 was 3.14%; C2 was 0.22%...
High school level with 8,229 teachers participating, statistical results show that 7.23% of teachers achieved A1 level; A2 is 8.7%; B1 is 34.74%; B2 is 12.91%; C1 is 9.27%; C2 is 0.71%...
However, when teachers do an online survey in the form of an objective test, lasting 90 minutes at https://englishsurvey.hcm.edu.vn again gives very high results.
Although this is a survey designed and standardized by Cambridge Assessment English.
The test covers listening, reading and writing skills to assess English proficiency according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) (from A1 to C2).
The specific results are as follows:
Citywide teachers: 22% achieved B1 level, 28% B2, 29% C1, 4% C2, only 17% below B1.
Results by subject: 45% of English teachers achieved C1 level, 8% C2, 26% B2, 13% B1, only 8% below B1. Teachers of the remaining subjects: 27% achieved C1 level, 3% C2, 29% B2, 23% B1, only 18% below B1.
Results by level: 31% of primary school teachers achieved C1 level, 4% C2, 29% B2, 21% B1, only 15% below B1. 27% of secondary school teachers achieved C1 level, 3% C2, 28% B2, 22% B1, only 20% below B1. 29% of high school teachers achieved C1 level, 3.9% achieved C2 level, 31% B2, 20% B1, only 17% below B1.
Public opinion is abuzz about the fact that some teachers asked others to do the survey for them, which is why the results were so high.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/sau-khi-co-ket-qua-khao-sat-tieng-anh-giao-vien-co-phai-di-hoc-lai-20250509141336762.htm
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