The Prime Minister requested a comprehensive assessment of History subject in the high school curriculum

In addition, the Ministry of Education and Training urgently organizes seminars with relevant agencies and units, experts and scientists, to discuss thoroughly and comprehensively evaluate to propose appropriate plans. report to Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam; do better communication work so that society is more fully updated with the Party’s guidelines and the State’s laws in history education for students.

On the morning of June 1, at a discussion session on the socio-economic situation of the National Assembly, delegate Nguyen Thi Quyen Thanh (Vinh Long) emphasized, history must be a compulsory subject at the upper secondary level in the New General Education Program.

Delegates said that history is the past, which contains cultural values, knowledge treasures and cultural quintessence of mankind; are rich lessons learned; is the truth about life during the existence, construction and defense of the Fatherland.

“With history, there is a future. Studying history will help students understand their roots to be grateful to their ancestors, understand virtues, suffer pain, work hard, unite, heroic, creative and intelligent. the wisdom of so many generations in the struggle to protect the countryside, to appreciate the value of life and to nurture faith, to help students gain knowledge about the quintessence of human culture.” – Ms. Nguyen Thi Quyen Thanh stated.

Previously, the National Assembly’s Committee for Culture and Education had submitted a thematic report to the National Assembly Standing Committee on “Implementation of the 2018 GDPR program for history high school level”.

The Committee for Culture and Education believes that History should be identified as a particularly important position in the General Education Program in the spirit of President Ho Chi Minh’s teachings and in the spirit of Resolution No. /2015/QH13 dated November 27, 2015 of the National Assembly, at the same time ensuring the goal of “focusing on ideal education, cultural traditions, history …”, forming personality, patriotism, understanding , awareness of ethnic traditions of students and for the younger generation.

The Committee for Culture and Education proposed the Ministry of Education and Training to absorb the opinions of the people, history experts, and National Assembly deputies, and prescribe History subjects at the upper secondary school level. General Education Program 2018 is a compulsory subject with an appropriate amount of knowledge; continue to innovate teaching methods and methods of examination, examination and evaluation of educational results for the subject; and at the same time inspire students to love History.

The Ministry of Education and Training needs to strengthen communication about the 2018 General Education Program in general and the History Program in particular to increase the consensus and support of the society in the implementation.

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