In over 20 days, students in Vietnam will officially attend the school enrollment ceremony for the academic year 2024-2025

In over 20 days, students in Vietnam will officially attend the school enrollment ceremony for the academic year 2024-2025

After the summer vacation, students are eagerly returning to their learning environment.

On August 1, 2024, the Ministry of Education and Training issued Decision 2045/QD-BGDDT regarding the Framework for the 2024-2025 academic year schedule for preschool education, general education, and continuing education, including the school starting date and the opening ceremony date for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Specifically, the decision outlines the key milestones for the 2024-2025 academic year as follows:

Milestone [1]: The earliest school starting date is one week before the opening ceremony. For first graders, the earliest school starting date is two weeks before the opening ceremony.

The opening ceremony for all educational levels will be held on September 5, 2024.

Thus, the opening ceremony for the 2024-2025 academic year is on September 5, 2024.

Milestone [2]: The first semester ends before January 18, 2025. The program and the entire academic year conclude before May 31, 2025.

Milestone [3]: Consideration for completion of elementary programs and middle school graduation before June 30, 2025.

Milestone [4]: Completion of enrollment for entry-level grades before July 31, 2025.

Milestone [5]: The high school graduation examination for 2025 is projected to occur on June 26 and June 27, 2025.

Milestone [6]: Other national exams will be organized according to the regulations and guidance of the Ministry of Education and Training.

MIn over 20 days, students in Vietnam will officially attend the school enrollment ceremony for the academic year 2024-2025 (Image from the Internet)

What are obligations of primary school students in Vietnam to fulfill upon returning to school?

Based on Article 34 of the Primary School Regulations issued alongside Circular 28/2020/TT-BGDDT, which outlines the duties of primary school students, it is imperative that new primary school students strictly adhere to the following responsibilities:

- Study and train according to the educational plan and the school’s regulations; practice self-discipline in learning and training to develop comprehensively in both virtues and abilities according to the goals of the elementary education program.

- Perform learning tasks fully and effectively; learn to study independently under the guidance of teachers; actively and positively participate in experiential activities and apply learned knowledge to real-life situations; train physically and maintain personal hygiene.

- Be filial to parents and grandparents; show respect and politeness to teachers and elders; show solidarity, love, and assistance to friends, younger siblings, the elderly, the disabled, and those in difficult circumstances.

- Comply with school rules, protect the school’s and public properties; observe traffic regulations and ensure hygiene and environmental protection.

- Contribute to the activities that build, protect, and enhance the school’s and local community’s traditions.

*Encouragement: Parents also need to share the responsibility to guide and instruct their children to properly fulfill these obligations when participating in the learning environment.

Do primary school students in Vietnam have to wear uniforms or self-made clothes?

At the beginning of a new academic year, while schools do not require parents and students to purchase new uniforms, as long as students wear clean and neat clothes, parents typically still purchase uniforms for their children each year.

According to Article 3 of Circular 26/2009/TT-BGDDT, which stipulates the principles for wearing uniforms, the following guidelines apply:

Principles of wearing uniforms and ceremonial attire

1. Principles of wearing uniforms

a) Ensure aesthetic value, suitable for the gender and age of students and the cultural identity of the nation, characteristics of each locality, while also ensuring stability and reflecting the traditions of the school.

b) Suitable for weather conditions, convenient for studying, living at school, and participating in other activities.

c) Ensure cost-efficiency, appropriate for the economic and social conditions of each locality and each school.

2. Principles of wearing ceremonial attire

a) Ensure uniformity within each school or each educational level.

b) Ensure aesthetics and educational value during graduation ceremonies.

c) Distinguish between graduates of different educational levels: intermediate, university.

d) Ensure scientific principles, reflecting the traditional cultural beauty of Vietnam.

3. In cases where uniforms are sponsored by domestic or foreign organizations or individuals, the uniforms and ceremonial attire must comply with the regulations of this document and sponsorship should not be abused for advertising.

4. Encourage students of ethnic minorities to wear their traditional costumes on holidays, New Year’s, festivals, and days when the school does not require uniforms.

Thus, according to the regulations, parents with children in primary school (grades 1 to 5) typically prepare uniforms, which often consist of trousers and white shirts, or specific uniforms as required by each school. These uniforms must also comply with the principles set forth above.