Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training issued a set of criteria for Happy Schools.

The Department of Education and Training (DoET) of Ho Chi Minh City has just issued a decision on promulgating the Happy School Criteria Set in educational institutions in the city.

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Ho Chi Minh City issues Happy School criteria set

This is the first locality in the country to have a comprehensive set of criteria for this school model. The set of criteria includes 18 criteria, with 3 main groups of criteria. Specifically: the People standard group includes 6 criteria; the Teaching and educational activities standard group includes 8 criteria; the Environment standard group includes 4 criteria.

Each criterion consists of 3 levels of evaluation: Needs improvement, Fair, Good. On that basis, indicators that have been performed well need to be maintained, and those that have not been achieved well need to have goals and directions for improvement.

Respect diversity and differences in culture, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation

In the group of human standards, the Ho Chi Minh City education sector has proposed 6 criteria. These are: friendship and positive relationships in school based on trust, respect, tolerance, and fairness.

Officers, teachers and staff actively listen, give constructive feedback, share and support colleagues and students; continue to study and follow Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style and promote teachers' ethics.

Democracy is guaranteed; respect for diversity and differences in culture, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or physical and learning difficulties and disabilities.

Positive values and attitudes such as integrity, dedication, gratitude, cooperation, empathy, creativity, self-confidence and positive behaviours are encouraged.

The physical and mental health of teachers, staff and students through ensuring working conditions, honoring and recognizing the role of teachers, staff and students; Teachers' capacity and skills are demonstrated; promoting new and creative teaching methods.

Students have a sense of achievement and accomplishment, not just high grades.

The group of standards for teaching and educational activities includes 8 criteria. That is, assigning learning tasks reasonably and fairly; focusing on teaching to promote learners' qualities and abilities; innovating testing and evaluation activities, valuing students' progress, avoiding excessive pressure and ensuring fairness and equality among students.

Subjects and educational activities apply positive methods, promote teamwork and cooperation; learners are allowed to express their creativity and connect with each other, consider mistakes as part of the learning process; teach and encourage students to ask questions and think critically.

Students gain a sense of achievement and accomplishment, not only in high scores but also in recognition, encouragement and motivation from teachers, parents and schools; honoring typical students in the learning and training process.

Learning content is useful, engaging, highly applicable, and linked to practice.

Experiential activities, extracurricular activities and school events are organized effectively. Building clubs, teams, playgrounds, movement activities, scientific research;

Implement school health programs, ensure proper nutrition and improve physical fitness for students.

Pay attention to mental health and stress management through school counseling and school social work; incorporate social, emotional, and ethical education (SEE), social, emotional, and learning (SEL) and mindfulness and gratitude into teaching.

Effective application of information technology, artificial intelligence, digital transformation in management and teaching.

Applying positive discipline in schools

And for the Environmental standards group, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City sets out 4 criteria.

Specifically: A friendly, safe learning environment, free of violence, bullying, including online bullying; Positive discipline applied in the school; The school meets green school standards; The school's vision and leadership work are oriented towards priorities for building a happy school.

At the Conference on deploying the Criteria Set and Implementation Plan of the "Happy School" model held this morning (October 20), Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City - Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu, said that the process of building the Criteria Set of "Happy School" was carried out carefully, with contributions from experts and schools.

Mr. Hieu suggested that when implementing the set of criteria, schools need to implement them synchronously, in accordance with actual conditions, not based on formalities or achievements. At the same time, schools must pay attention to parents, including them as one of the important subjects, influencing the process of building happy schools.

According to the Department's plan, after issuing the Criteria Set and implementing the Happy School, it will continue to research and evaluate to build a Happy School model in line with the City's orientation of "civilized, modern, and affectionate".

From the 2024-2025 school year, we will continue to deploy and select good performing establishments to replicate the model of happy schools in educational establishments in the city in a synchronous, practical and effective manner. At the same time, the Department will continue to research and adjust the content of building Happy Schools.

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