Hanoi proposes delaying summer vacation for high school students

Talking to PV Dan Tri, the leader of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training said that this unit is proposing and waiting for the opinion of the Ministry of Education and Training and the Hanoi People’s Committee on allowing students in the whole city to delay the time. end of the school year.

The leader of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training said that according to the regulations on the school year time frame approved by the City People’s Committee, schools end the school year before May 31, including 2 weeks of backup.

In the current context, if schools find it necessary, they can take advantage of the last 2 weeks of the school year to compensate and consolidate knowledge and skills for students to ensure that, from grades 1-11, End the school year no later than May 31.

“Particularly for 12th grade students, schools extend the school year longer in order for students to review and meet the high school graduation exam. How long the school year is extended depends on the schools so that the units can take the initiative. quality assurance of teaching and learning.

In view of the situation of the last school year, students across Hanoi city studied online for a long time, so the Department of Education and Training proposed to delay the end of the school year compared to the expected time to give them more time to review. , leader of Hanoi Department of Education and Training said.

It is known that, in an official dispatch sent to the Departments of Education and Training and affiliated high schools, the Ministry of Education and Training allowed localities to proactively adjust teaching plans to respond to the Covid-19 epidemic.

Schools still have two weeks of spare time to implement their school year plans. If really necessary, the locality can extend the time frame of the school year wider than prescribed so that students have more time to make up for the gap in knowledge and skills due to having to conduct the school year in the form of a school year. online, via television during epidemic conditions.

The flexible implementation of the school year time frame can be applied in the smallest area, namely wards and communes, for the smallest students, which are preschool and primary school children, in the spirit of prioritizing quality and to schools have a certain amount of time after the end of the school year to prepare for the next new school year.

Particularly for the 2020-2021 school year, the Ministry of Education and Training has twice adjusted the end of the school year and the time for the high school graduation exam due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic.

For the first time, the end of the school year is decided before June 30, 2020 and the high school graduation exam is on July 23-26, 2020.

In the second delay, the end of the school year is July 15, 2020, and the high school graduation exam will be held on August 8, 9, 10, and 11 August 2020.

In the 2021-2022 school year, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training proposed to delay the end of the school year due to the complicated situation of the Covid-19 epidemic, students mainly study online.

According to Dan Tri