Notice on Extracurricular Life Skills Education Activities

Circular 04/2014/TT-BGDDT explains in detail about life skills education activities and extracurricular educational activities as follows:

- Life skills education activities: understood as educational activities that help learners form and develop positive, healthy habits, behaviors, and attitudes in dealing with personal life situations and participating in social life. Through this, they perfect their character and orient themselves towards better personal development based on the foundation of life values.- Extracurricular educational activities: understood as educational activities that meet the needs of learners that are not part of the program and plan approved by competent authorities.

Based on the above explanations, Circular 04 also sets out several principles for life skills education activities and extracurricular educational activities, specifically:

- Life skills education and extracurricular educational activities contribute to reinforcing and enhancing knowledge, skills, and character education for learners; the content is suitable for the psychological characteristics of learners and conforms to Vietnamese customs and traditions.- Educational institutions are responsible for the content and quality of life skills education and extracurricular educational activities.- Do not violate the Regulations on additional teaching and learning.- Learners participate on a voluntary basis.

Details can be found in Circular 04/2014/TT-BGDDT, effective from April 15, 2014.

Thu Ba

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