Dr. Nguyen Van Hieu, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, spoke at the meeting about the teaching staff implementing the 2018 GET program.
On March 18, after the process of supervising and working with the Department of Education and Training of Thu Duc City, District 12, Go Vap, Can Gio, Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted and a number of non-public schools, the delegation The National Assembly of Ho Chi Minh City has reported to the supervisory delegation of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly to assess the advantages, limitations, difficulties and obstacles in implementing the renovation of programs and textbooks according to the 2018 GDPT program. in HCMC.
Lack of teachers, lack of schools
Specifically, the Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly delegation pointed out that the city still has limitations and difficulties in terms of teachers, such as the lack of synchronization in subject structure; teachers assigned to teach mixed subjects (natural sciences, history-geography) and new educational activities (experience activities and career guidance, local education) faced many difficulties due to teachers are only trained in a single subject or have to be part-time in a new subject but have not been formally trained, while the training period is short. Despite being interested in fostering and training, many teachers are still confused when they are assigned to teach integrated subjects.
The ratio of classrooms/classes has not yet met the population growth, the ratio of teachers/classes has not been able to meet the requirements to organize 2 lessons/day for the following years at primary level will be difficult. big city of Ho Chi Minh City. The student population in many educational institutions is still high compared to regulations, leading to difficulties in implementing active teaching methods and techniques to meet the goals of the 2018 GET program.
Some schools have a small area, some schools are located in border areas or areas with pressure on immigrants such as Binh Chanh, Binh Tan, Hoc Mon, District 12, the playground area is small, there is a lack of classrooms for subjects and functions. especially the computer room because all are focused on the classroom. Teaching equipment has not been fully equipped, specifically computers to serve teaching according to the 2018 GDPT program.
The teaching staff of some schools have not yet met the number and structure of subjects required by the program. The recruitment of teachers faces many difficulties, the number of candidates is often lower than the target, sometimes there are no teachers to apply, leading to a shortage of teachers, especially teachers of informatics, English, music, art, etc. .
Binh Hung Hoa A Ward, Binh Tan District (HCMC) has only 1 secondary school, even though it is the ward with the largest population in the city. Lack of schools is one of the outstanding issues when implementing the 2018 GDT program
Lack of land fund, teachers are slow to innovate
According to Ms. Van Thi Bach Tuyet, Deputy Head of the Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly delegation, the cause of the above existence is limited in land fund, the progress of new construction and expansion of the school has not actually met the requirements on area. playground, training ground.
Some teachers are still confused when implementing new programs, organizing teaching in the direction of developing students’ competencies and qualities. The number of teachers added annually by the school is not enough compared to the demand. Some teachers are slow to innovate, not actively self-study and self-improve professional skills.
Some students have not yet formed the capacity: self-control, self-study, creativity and problem-solving…, not really confident and bold in the learning process because teachers have not paid attention to guiding methods. learning methods, have not organized appropriate learning methods to help students be active and confident, and some parents are not interested in their children’s learning.
The National Assembly Standing Committee’s supervisory delegation worked on the implementation of the 2018 GDPT program in Ho Chi Minh City
The above-mentioned limitations require authorities at all levels and the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training to propose drastic and specific solutions to overcome and organize better implementation in the coming time. Besides, the Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly delegation suggested that it is necessary to overcome the lack of coordination among ministries and branches such as the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Finance in allocating training funds, training teachers to implement the program, new textbooks, regimes for staff when conducting training on the program, on teaching 2 sessions/day, on financial provision to purchase evening teaching equipment minimally used in school…
The monitoring team of the National Assembly Standing Committee said that they will implement groups of solutions in the process of performing tasks in the coming time, such as: Actively participating in the formulation and completion of policies and laws. related to the effective implementation of the National Assembly’s resolutions on the renewal of curricula, textbooks and other relevant legal documents, contributing to ensuring synchronous, complete and consistent with reality in education.
The monitoring team of the National Assembly Standing Committee will also strengthen coordination with the People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City to organize monitoring and surveying the implementation of the National Assembly’s resolutions on program renewal. programs and textbooks in the coming years; strengthen coordination with the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in Ho Chi Minh City through social criticism activities to synthesize information about the thoughts and aspirations of the people as well as the contingent of cadres, civil servants and public employees, workers in general education institutions.
In addition, the monitoring team of the National Assembly Standing Committee will evaluate the effects and impacts of the renovation of programs and textbooks on people’s lives as well as on educational activities of popular education institutions. local communication; promptly make recommendations to relevant agencies on contents related to the improvement of relevant policies and laws, continue to effectively implement the renovation of general education curricula and textbooks. through in the coming period.
In 2024, the first batch of integrated teachers will graduate
During the meeting, Dr. Nguyen Van Hieu, Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, said that the training of teachers to teach 2 integrated subjects at the lower secondary level is being implemented by the city in the spirit of providing knowledge. basic science in order to create a foundation for middle school students to further differentiate themselves in high school.
Currently, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training is coordinating with Ho Chi Minh City University of Education and Saigon University to train 100% of teachers to implement the 2018 GET program. In addition, in 2024, a generation of active teachers The first case to be trained at the two schools above will graduate. This is an ideal source of teachers to meet the teaching requirements of integrated subjects but the amount of training is not much. Therefore, Ho Chi Minh City will use this team as the core to effectively implement the new program, in parallel with continuing to train teachers in physics, chemistry, biology, history and geography. integrated teaching.
Proposing separate mechanisms and regimes for teachers of English and informatics
Also in the meeting with the supervisory delegation of the National Assembly Standing Committee, the Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly delegation proposed that the Government direct the Ministry of Education and Training and related ministries to issue guiding documents on the State budget. The country ensures funding and additional funds for the training and retraining of the 2018 GDPR program so that the Department of Education and Training has grounds to request districts to provide additional funding for educational institutions.
7th graders study integrated natural sciences
The Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly delegation suggested that there should be a separate financial mechanism for the training and retraining of educational staff; strengthen the examination and inspection of textbook publishing; The Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Home Affairs need to adjust job positions in high schools, specifically adding job positions for teachers of 2 subjects of English and informatics, and at the same time have documents guiding the recruitment of teachers. use, develop a separate mechanism and regime for teachers of English and informatics in order to attract and retain this team to stick with the primary education sector.
In particular, the Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly delegation suggested that it is necessary to develop mechanisms and policies for teachers to teach 2 sessions/day as soon as possible; allow the school to contract with job positions that cannot be recruited (still within the quota) and the budget to compensate for salaries when implementing the regulation of not collecting tuition fees for the second session for students. biology program GDPT 2018.
The Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly delegation also suggested that the Ministry of Education and Training regularly review and gather feedbacks from localities and educational institutions about inappropriate content in textbooks for additional orientation. , adjusted accordingly. At the same time, the Ministry of Education and Training should carefully study and evaluate the results of the implementation of teaching integrated subjects at the lower secondary level and have appropriate solutions to ensure the quality of teaching these subjects. Also in the 2018 GDPT program, local education subjects and career-oriented experience activities should be built more practically, avoiding empty theories.
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