Teacher teaches 4 shifts/day, earns a lot of money from pre-primary class

At nearly 10 p.m., Ms. Pham Thi Nhung (35 years old), a teacher of a private primary school in Ha Dong district, Hanoi could rest and have dinner. On weekends, she teaches continuously from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. to finish 4 pre-primary classes – 1 morning class, 2 afternoon classes and 1 evening class.

The school year 2021 – 2022 is heavily affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, preschool children have 11 consecutive months off. The interruption of schooling makes parents worry that their children lack basic skills before entering 1st grade in September. That’s why this year, parents are massively enrolling their children in pre-primary classes, more than in previous years.

A week, Ms. Nhung will teach 12 pre-primary lessons, divided into 4 classes. Each class has 3 sessions. She arranges teaching time on weekday evenings and all day Saturday and Sunday. On average, each class has 5 to 10 students. The tuition fee is 1.5 million VND/class/session.

“Pre-primary classes can’t teach as many students as older classes. I have to teach letters while holding hands, neatly writing articles and sitting postures for each child. Each shift takes about 2 hours, I rotate like a pinwheel just enough to guide each student meticulously.” said the 35-year-old teacher.

In addition to teaching children to recognize letters and numbers, practice spelling, practice writing, she also teaches how to hold a pen, board, and chalk; how to write on the board and practice self-discipline and concentration while studying. “These skills should have been forged from the preschool level, but because of the long break, the children are disadvantaged.” Ms. Nhung said.

Similarly, Ms. Tran Thi Oanh, a teacher at Nguyen Khuyen Primary School (Hanoi) is organizing 4 pre-primary classes with nearly 70 children. Classes will take about 2 hours, an average of 150,000 VND/student. Each course lasts only 20 sessions.

As in previous school years, preschool children can go to school directly, when they complete the standard program at preschool level, children will have basic knowledge of face recognition, letters and numbers, enough to go to grade 1 without any problems. need to attend pre-primary classes. However, last school year, preschool children only had 2 months to go to school, the rest stayed at home to avoid the epidemic, so they almost did not have enough basic knowledge. Meanwhile, in grade 1, children have to get used to the new environment and new knowledge. Without the basic root it would be difficult to keep up. Therefore, it is understandable that parents need to invest and prepare carefully before their children enter this important transition period.

“Normally, private elementary schools will organize pre-primary courses, parents often register their children to participate before the start of the new school year. There is no such course in the public sector,” She said and said that pre-primary classes only last 1-2 months, she doesn’t teach first grade program.

Finding pre-grade 1 classes is of great interest to parents these days. On social networking forums, many parents posted questions about centers and classes as well as requests to find teachers to teach first grade.. Under the comment section, a series of information about the classroom, the teacher is shared by everyone. Most parents share the same fear that their children will lack confidence compared to their peers when entering grade 1 due to a lot of homeschooling last year.

Baby Shrimp from Le Thi Thu Hien (37 years old, Ba Dinh, Hanoi) has had to stay at home for the past two years. Ms. Hien said that by this time the children should have been taught by the teacher at school to recognize letters and numbers. Parents are busy and have no expertise, so they cannot tutor, making their children’s studies falter. She was worried that when she entered grade 1, it was difficult for little Ton to follow. After many days of pondering, the couple decided to find a pre-primary class for their child.

On the parent group, many people share their experiences in pre-primary classes, the lowest price is about 100,000 VND/student, the highest 300,000 VND/student. Hien invited a few more friends to let her children study. She opened classes at home, invited teachers to teach, both to ensure safety against epidemics, and to save time to pick up and drop off her children every day.

Tom’s class schedule starts from 19:30 pm to 21:30 pm, 3 sessions a week, expected to last until the end of August. The teacher will teach the children how to hold a pen properly, master the alphabet, rhyme, and read. spell, read smoothly; Familiarize yourself with basic numbers and addition and subtraction.

At the request of the parent group, the teacher forged more skills such as sitting posture, manners, concentration ability, teamwork, communication and self-directed learning… After the first month First, she gradually calms down and is ready to prepare her son for the first grade next school year. She also plans to let her children learn English at the center.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoai Lam, a teacher at Minh Quang Primary School (Vinh Phuc), said that the transition from a play environment, recognizing letters and numbers to serious learning in primary school, requires a period of time. enough transition to prepare fully to get used to learning. Therefore, pre-grade 1 classes are really needed.

“In my opinion, children only need to get used to the pre-primary class for about a month before entering grade 1, but it is not necessary to study for a long time. It is advisable for children to get used to and adapt to changes in different environments, but should not be overdone to put pressure on children.”she said.