Ho Chi Minh City continues to promote preschool children to become familiar with English

GD&TĐ - On August 19, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City held a conference to summarize the 2024-2025 school year and deploy preschool education tasks for the 2025-2026 school year.

According to the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, in the 2024-2025 school year, the education sector has directed preschools to continue to innovate content and improve the quality of education in accordance with the actual conditions of each school and class. The sector focuses on enhancing experiential activities, life skills education, and thinking development for children, while focusing on building a model of "happy school, focusing on children".

By the end of the 2024-2025 school year, the whole city will have 24,951 classrooms (formerly Ho Chi Minh City: 17,010; former Ba Ria - Vung Tau : 2,870; former Binh Duong: 5,071), an increase of 730 classrooms compared to the 2023-2024 school year. Of which, there are 16,928 solid classrooms and 82 semi-solid classrooms.

The number of independent facilities and classes also increased compared to the previous school year, contributing to meeting the demand for childcare, creating more choices of schools and classes for parents, and opening up job opportunities for a segment of the workforce.

Ms. Luong Thi Hong Diep informed at the conference.

After the merger, Ho Chi Minh City has 492/1,839 kindergartens meeting national standards (old Ho Chi Minh City 278/1,206; Ba Ria - Vung Tau 109/190; Binh Duong 105/443), reaching a rate of 26.75%. Of which, the public sector has 455/692 schools, non-public 37/1,147 schools.

In the 2024-2025 school year, the whole city has 2,093/4,942 preschools organizing English classes for children (formerly Ho Chi Minh City: 1,728/3,281; former Ba Ria - Vung Tau: 182/473; former Binh Duong: 183/1,188).

The implementation of this program has contributed to improving the quality of preschool education, helping children gain a basic language foundation before entering primary school, while also achieving the goal of making English a second language.

According to the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, over the past year, the English introduction program for preschool children in the area has basically met the requirements of the Ministry of Education and Training, thereby continuing to affirm its role in improving the quality of preschool education and preparing children's language skills.

EMG Education representative presented a paper on: Applying digital transformation in English familiarization and assessment of preschool children from 3 to 6 years old at the conference.

Ms. Luong Thi Hong Diep, Head of the Preschool Education Department, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, said that the unit will continue to guide preschool education facilities to seriously implement Circular No. 50/2020 of the Ministry of Education and Training on the English familiarization program for preschool children.

Accordingly, the implementation will be carried out at facilities that fully meet the regulatory requirements and on the basis of parents' voluntary participation, in order to support language development and help children become familiar with English effectively. The education sector will also coordinate the implementation of the integrated English program, while continuing to pilot a survey on the need for preschool children to become familiar with English at preschools.

Ms. Le Thuy My Chau spoke at the conference.

Speaking at the conference, Ms. Le Thuy My Chau, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, emphasized that the 2025-2026 school year is the first year the education sector operates under a new organizational mechanism after the arrangement of administrative boundaries.

Consolidating resources, expanding school size, teaching staff and locations places high demands on the flexible and creative adaptability of the entire industry.

The Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City requested the People's Committees of wards and communes to soon complete the management model, and at the same time promote the effectiveness of digital transformation to build a public and transparent management system.

The Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City will strengthen coordination regulations and promote the application of information technology in connecting with local authorities to ensure absolute safety for children.

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