More provinces allow all students to take Saturday off

Lai Chau Provincial People's Committee has just issued an official dispatch requesting the Department of Education and Training to implement teaching and learning 5 days/week for schools. Accordingly, students will study from Monday to Friday, with Saturday and Sunday off for all levels.

Thus, after Lao Cai, Lai Chau is the second locality in the country to give all middle and high school students Saturday off.

Lao Cai has piloted giving secondary school students Saturdays off since 2019 and completed this policy for high school students since March this year.

A week ago, the Department of Education and Training of Ha Tinh City, Ha Tinh Province, also piloted a program allowing middle school students to take Saturdays off from school in the 2024-2025 school year. This is to reduce pressure on teachers' working hours and increase students' rest time.

Currently, Ha Tinh city has 8/9 junior high schools piloting Saturday school breaks.

In Nghe An, many secondary schools in Vinh city and mountainous districts will pilot allowing secondary school students to take Saturdays off from 2023, based on the school's facilities meeting the 2-session/day schedule.

In Hanoi, Saturday school holidays are applied to most private schools and high-quality secondary schools. In the public sector, two schools that apply this policy are Phan Huy Chu High School and Yen Hoa High School.

Since 2019, the Ministry of Education and Training has provided guidance on teaching two sessions per day at secondary and high school levels.

Accordingly, if teaching all day, schools are not allowed to teach more than 4 periods in the morning for secondary schools, and more than 5 periods for high schools. The maximum number of periods in the afternoon is 3 periods. The maximum number of periods per week is 42 for secondary schools and 48 for high schools.

Schools are proactive in arranging a 5 or 6 day/week schedule.

However, implementing 2 sessions/day and 5 days/week is related to facilities, number of classrooms as well as teaching staff.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/them-tinh-cho-toan-bo-hoc-sinh-nghi-hoc-thu-7-20240925191339538.htm