Vietnam: What are the lesson norms of lower secondary school students in the 2023-2024 academic year under the new General Education Program?
What are the lesson norms of lower secondary school students in the 2023-2024 academic year under the new General Education Program in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the General Education Program promulgated together with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDĐT, the lesson norms of lower secondary school students in the 2023-2024 academic year in Vietnam as follows:
Educational content | Grade 6 | Grade 7 | Grade 8 | Grade 9 |
Compulsory subjects | ||||
Philology | 140 | 140 | 140 | 140 |
Math | 140 | 140 | 140 | 140 |
Foreign Language 1 | 105 | 105 | 105 | 105 |
Civic education | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
History and Geography | 105 | 105 | 105 | 105 |
Natural Sciences | 140 | 140 | 140 | 140 |
Technology | 35 | 35 | 52 | 52 |
Informatics | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
Physical education | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
Arts | 70 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
Compulsory educational activities | ||||
Experiential and vocational activities | 105 | 105 | 105 | 105 |
Local educational content | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
Elective subjects | ||||
Ethnic minority languages | 105 | 105 | 105 | 105 |
Foreign Language 2 | 105 | 105 | 105 | 105 |
Total number of lessons/academic year (excluding elective subjects) | 1015 | 1015 | 1032 | 1032 |
Average number of lessons per week (excluding elective subjects) | 29 | 29 | 29.5 | 29.5 |
Educational content:
Compulsory subjects and educational activities: Language Arts; Math; Foreign Language 1; Civic education; History and Geography; Natural Sciences; Technology; Informatics; Physical education; Arts (Music, Fine Arts); Experiential and vocational activities; Local educational content.
Elective subjects: Ethnic minority languages, Foreign languages 2.
Educational time
There will be 1 lesson per day and 45 minutes per lesson, each session must not exceed 5 lessons. Eligible lower secondary schools are encouraged to conduct 2 lessons/day according to the guidance of the Ministry of Education and Training.
What are the viewpoints of the new General Education Program in Vietnam?
In the General Education Program issued together with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDĐT, the viewpoints of the new General Education Program in Vietnam are as follows:
The General Education Program is a document expressing the objectives of general education, specifying requirements to be achieved on the quality and capacity of students, educational contents, educational methods, and methods of evaluating educational results, as a basis for managing the quality of general education; at the same time, it is the commitment of the State to ensure the quality of both the system and each general education institution.
- The General Education Program is developed on the basis of the Party and State's views on fundamental and comprehensive reform of education and training; inherit and develop the advantages of Vietnam's existing General Education Programs,
At the same time, absorb research achievements in educational sciences and experience in building programs according to the capacity development model of advanced education systems in the world; associated with the development needs of the country, the advances of the times in science - technology and society; in accordance with the human characteristics, Vietnamese culture, traditional values of the nation and common values of humanity as well as UNESCO's general development initiatives and orientations on education; provide equal opportunities for students' rights to protection, care, learning and development, and their right to be heard, respected and participated; laying the foundation for a humane, sustainable and prosperous society.
- The General Education Program ensures the development of learners' qualities and capacities through educational content with basic, practical, and modern knowledge and skills; harmonizes virtue, mind, body, and beauty; focuses on practicing, and applying learned knowledge and skills to solve problems in learning and life; highly integrated into the lower classes, gradually differentiated in the upper classes; Through methods and forms of educational organization that promote the initiative and potential of each student, assessment methods suitable to educational goals and educational methods to achieve that goal.
- The General Education Program ensures close connections between classes and education levels and links with preschool education programs, vocational education programs, and higher education programs.
- The General Education Program is developed in an open direction, namely:
+ The General Education Program ensures uniform orientation and core educational contents, compulsory for students nationwide, and at the same time empowers localities and schools to take the initiative and responsibility in selecting and supplementing a number of educational contents and implementing educational plans suitable to educational objects and local conditions, of the school, contributing to ensuring the connection of school activities with families, authorities, and society.
+ The General Education Program only stipulates general principles and orientations on requirements to be achieved in terms of students' qualities and capabilities, educational contents, educational methods and assessment of educational results, without too detailed regulations, in order to create conditions for textbook authors and teachers to promote initiative, creativity in program implementation.
+ The General Education Program ensures stability and ability to develop in the process of implementation in accordance with scientific and technological advances and practical requirements.
What are the objectives of the new General Education Program in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the General Education Program issued with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDĐT, the objectives of the new General Education Program in Vietnam are as follows:
- The General Education Program concretizes the objectives of general education, helps students master general knowledge, know how to effectively apply the knowledge and skills learned in life and self-study throughout life, have an orientation to choose appropriate careers, know how to build and develop harmonious social relationships, have a rich personality, personality and soul life, thereby having a meaningful life and contributing positively to the development of the country and humanity.
- The primary education program helps students to form and develop the basic elements that lay the foundation for harmonious physical and mental development, qualities, and abilities; The main orientation is education about self-worth, family, community, and necessary habits and habits in learning and living.
- The lower secondary education program helps students develop the qualities and competencies that have been formed and developed at the primary level, adjust themselves according to the general standards of society, know how to apply active learning methods to perfect basic knowledge and skills, have an initial understanding of the professions and have a sense of career guidance to continue their education to upper secondary school, apprenticeship or participate in working life.
- The upper secondary education program helps students continue to develop the necessary qualities and competencies for workers, the sense and character of citizenship, the ability to self-study and a sense of lifelong learning, the ability to choose a career suitable to their abilities and interests, their own conditions and circumstances to continue their education, apprenticeship or participation in working life, their ability to adapt to changes in the context of globalization and the new industrial revolution.
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