Implementing the teacher contract solution in case the quota is not met for the academic year 2024 - 2025 in Vietnam

Implementing the teacher contract solution in case the quota is not met for the academic year 2024 - 2025 in Vietnam

According to Official Dispatch 4327/BGDDT-GDTH in 2024, the directives for preparing the 2024-2025 academic year are as follows:

Direct to review, inspect, and urge to ensure adequate facilities and educational equipment before the new academic year; promptly find solutions to address the structural issues of the local teaching staff according to their authority; implement flexible arrangements and layout of teachers to ensure sufficient quantity and synchronized structure, especially in subjects like English, Computer Science, Music, and Fine Arts. In cases where it is not possible to recruit enough teachers according to the quota, implement solutions for contracting teachers according to Decree No. 111/2022/ND-CP dated December 30, 2022, of the Government of Vietnam to execute the policy "where there are students, there must be teachers in class" suitable to the actual situation in the locality.

Thus, the Ministry of Education and Training suggested that the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-governed cities strengthen directives for flexible implementation, arrangement, and layout of teachers to ensure adequate quantity and synchronized structure...

In cases where it is not possible to recruit enough teachers according to the quota, implement solutions for contracting teachers to execute the policy "where there are students, there must be teachers in class" suitable to the actual situation in the locality.

Implementing the teacher contract solution in case the quota is not met for the academic year 2024 - 2025 in Vietnam (Image from the Internet)

Directing Schools in Vietnam to Organize Compact Opening Ceremonies for the 2024 - 2025 Academic Year

According to Official Dispatch 4327/BGDDT-GDTH in 2024:

Directing the Department of Education and Training to guide educational institutions to effectively organize several key activities at the beginning of the 2024-2025 academic year as follows:

a) Clean the school, classrooms, school premises to be clean, beautiful, and safe, with slogans welcoming the new academic year and demonstrating the determination to successfully complete the tasks of the new academic year, thoroughly preparing and readying for the New Academic Year Opening Ceremony to truly be a festival where the entire society brings children to school, a festival for teachers and students. At the same time, attracting the interest and support of the public and the whole society.

b) Regarding the reception of new students and organizing the New Academic Year Opening Ceremony:

- Guide educational institutions to organize activities to welcome new students, with special attention to first graders; organize for students to learn about the school's tradition and activities; disseminate school rules and regulations; introduce educational activities, educational programs, and learning and training methods at school and in class.

- Direct educational institutions to strictly follow the regulations on the time for students to start school and to organize the New Academic Year Opening Ceremony for 2024 - 2025 uniformly nationwide on the morning of September 5, 2024. Organize the opening ceremony in a compact manner, suitable to the actual conditions of the localities and schools, including two parts:

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One of the key directives that the Ministry of Education and Training suggested to the People's Committees of provinces and centrally-governed cities is to guide educational institutions to effectively organize the opening ceremony in a compact manner, suitable to the actual conditions of localities and schools, including two parts:

(i) The official ceremony which is conducted briefly but ensuring solemnity with protocols: flag salute, singing the National Anthem (not using recorded music with lyrics), reading the President's letter, etc.;

(ii) The festival section organizes collective fun activities that are absolutely safe and healthy, creating a joyful atmosphere for the new academic year opening ceremony.

Ensure No Students in Vietnam Miss School Due to Difficult Circumstances in the 2024 - 2025 Academic Year

According to Official Dispatch 4327/BGDDT-GDTH in 2024, the Ministry of Education and Training suggested that the People's Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities strengthen directives to implement one of the following measures:

Implement solutions to enhance state management responsibility to properly follow regulations on financial management, publicize revenue and expenditure right from the beginning of the academic year; on the selection, provision, and use of textbooks, local educational materials, and reference materials. Develop and implement support plans for students from poor households, near-poor households, policy beneficiaries, students in difficult circumstances, disadvantaged areas, remote and isolated areas, areas with ethnic minorities, ensuring they have enough textbooks, learning materials, and other essential conditions; ensuring no students miss school due to difficult circumstances.

One of the key focuses that the People's Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities must strengthen directives on is ensuring no students miss school due to difficult circumstances in the 2024 - 2025 academic year.

Preventing Accidents, School Violence, and Caring for Students' Mental Health from the Beginning of the Academic Year in Vietnam

According to Official Dispatch 4327/BGDDT-GDTH in 2024, the Ministry of Education and Training suggested that the People's Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities strengthen directives to fully implement the content and criteria for building safe schools, preventing accidents and injuries in preschool, general education, and continuing education institutions;

Enhance coordination between families, schools, and society to cater to, nurture, manage, and educate children and students both inside and outside of schools to ensure safety and effectiveness.

Particularly, preventing accidents and injuries, school violence, and caring for students' mental health right from the beginning of the academic year.