Middle and high schools can teach 2 sessions a day.

The above issue was raised by Mr. Tai at the inspection and survey session of the Ministry of Education and Training on the implementation of digital transcripts, development of digital learning materials and organization of 2-session teaching/day for general education in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday afternoon (April 3).

Mr. Thai Van Tai said that the 2018 General Education Program's ultimate goal is students' capacity and qualities. In addition to teaching knowledge, the school's mission is to create an environment for students to develop their capacity according to the requirements of each subject. To do that, it is possible to teach 2 sessions/day.

Currently, primary schools are required to teach two sessions per day. In May, the Ministry of Education and Training will issue guidelines on this and clarify each content to facilitate schools in the new school year.

Department Head Thai Van Tai noted that when teaching 2 sessions/day, schools cannot combine teaching all subjects according to the 2018 General Education Program in the morning, but the timetable needs to be designed and arranged to spread evenly across both sessions to reduce pressure on students. In addition, it is necessary to exploit learning topics and subjects to turn knowledge into capacity for students. The topics and subjects are organized completely differently from the teaching of subjects of the 2018 General Education Program.

It is expected that there are 5 mandatory contents that schools must include in their educational content when organizing 2 sessions/day of teaching: Education to form digital skills for students; STEM education; career education; Traffic Safety Law; specialized topics and educational activities to form students' capacity.