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Parents are impatient, private school ‘can’t wait’ when Hanoi preschool children have not been able to go to school

While preschool children in 62 provinces have been returned to school, Hanoi alone has not yet announced the school schedule for this age group.

Hanoi allows primary school students to return to school, kindergarten at home

Since the holiday from April 30 to May 1, 2021 when the COVID-19 epidemic broke out, baby Tran Anh Duc (Giang Vo, Ba Dinh) and his brother Tran Duc Minh had to stay at home to prevent epidemics. However, since April 6, while brother Duc Minh (7 years old) has been able to return to school, Anh Duc (5 years old) still has to stay at home.

Ms. Van Nga, mother of two children, said: “My wife and I have to take turns, different hours so that one person can take the older child to school and the other person at home to take care of the baby Duc. The company also creates conditions for being late to work or changing shifts. But we can’t ask for a break forever. Two children are 2 years apart, but one can go to school, the other has to stay at home, we find it very difficult to understand.Many parents also talk about it, but there is no announcement schedule for preschool children. young to go to school”.

Similar to Ms. Van’s house, Ms. Xuan Lan’s house (Hai Ba Trung) lives with her grandparents. However, despite trying to support the couple, the elderly grandparents cannot often take care of their grandchildren.

She used to let her children study with a group of children at a teacher’s house in the apartment complex she lived in, but then some of the children contracted COVID-19 so the class was closed. Baby Jack has stayed at home so far, parents take turns working remotely to take care of their children, but can’t maintain this way forever.

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For nearly a year, preschool children in Hanoi have not been able to return to school once.

“Children are in the golden period for intellectual and emotional development, they need exercise to develop all skills, but are being kept at home for too long. In fact, even though they don’t go to school, children follow their parents everywhere to learn. Currently, I see that almost all service and entertainment activities have reopened, but for some unknown reason, preschool children still have to wait and have not been able to go to school directly,” she said. Lan expressed.

Parents eagerly, preschool teachers eagerly await the reopening of schools

Not only are parents looking forward to their children’s return to school for the ‘new normal’, focusing on going to work and stabilizing their work schedule, the preschool teachers are also impatiently waiting every day to pick up their children. .

Teacher Mai Anh, who is on the payroll of a preschool in Dong Da district, said that for the past 1 year, she had waited and expected countless times to return to her familiar job when kindergarten Preschoolers are believed to be the age group most susceptible to the effects of COVID-19. However, at this time, the peak of the epidemic in Hanoi has passed, the pace of life has returned to normal, the professions have returned to almost full operation, but teachers have not been able to teach.

Even seeing her colleagues teaching primary and secondary schools go back to work a long time ago, Ms. Mai Anh couldn’t help but feel heartbroken. During the past 1 year, through many quarantines, she had to do many more jobs, including selling online to earn extra income.

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Many private schools in Hanoi are in danger of being dissolved. Illustration.

Meanwhile, a principal of a private school in Hanoi also confided that she is ready to ‘open underground’ classes in residential areas at the request of parents when it is not known when preschool children can return to school. back to school. In the past 2 years, her preschool has faced many financial and personnel difficulties.

Ms. NTT (Owner of a well-known private preschool system in Hanoi) confided: “I can’t wait anymore. It must be open under the form of grouping to both maintain teachers and meet demand. Parents”.

Ms. TT said that many schools she knew had to open underground. Outside the door is closed, bolted, inside, babysitting. However, with an average size of 5-6 children, the rest are allocated to the parents’ own homes. Ms. NTT said that the school has 5 campuses, so they have to pay 2 because they can’t stand the rental fee. Hanoi has had hundreds of private preschools “died prematurely” because of the COVID-19 epidemic.

Hanoi Department of Education and Training has not grasped the wishes of parents and teachers?

At the recent Government regular press conference, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son said that Hanoi is the only locality in the country that has not yet allowed preschool children to return to school. As soon as Hanoi has decided to send primary school students back to school, many kindergarten principals look forward to the city’s decision.

In response to the public’s reaction, Director of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training Tran The Cuong said that after nearly a year, preschool educational institutions stopped operating, so it is necessary to have time to review the entire institution. facilities, play areas to ensure the safety of children. In addition, schools must also clean and sanitize to ensure epidemic prevention plans for sustainable direct teaching.

Therefore, as soon as students in grades 1-6 go back to school, the Department will collect parents’ opinions as a basis for a plan to propose the City People’s Committee to send preschool children back to school. When understanding the wishes and wishes of parents, Hanoi will calculate the plan to open the school, and then send the children to school.

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