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Localities are urgently developing plans to arrange school networks, aiming to streamline management and improve operational efficiency. Agreeing with the policy, many localities believe that it is necessary to soon have specific instructions on the organizational model, staff arrangement, handling of redundant personnel and determining the size of schools and classes appropriate to the characteristics of each area. At the 2026 Conference of Directors of the Department of Education and Training held on the morning of July 24, Mr. Nguyen Van Hien, Director of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training, said that the city has issued Plan No. 272 to implement the policy. The arrangement of educational institutions follows the orientation of the Government and the Ministry of Education and Training. Hanoi aims to complete the arrangement of general education institutions before August 10, 2026, reducing about 50% of administrative management focal points in schools. The Department of Education and Training is synthesizing and evaluating the projects of communes and wards so that localities can continue to improve and ensure the set progress. Mr. Nguyen Van Hien assessed that the documents of the Government and the Ministry of Education and Training have clearly oriented the organizational model, implementation methods and job positions at the branches. This is an important legal basis for the city to make synchronous and convenient arrangements. Regarding the draft amendments to related regulations, Hanoi basically agrees with determining the minimum scale and number of classes but does not set a hard maximum level. The population size and school organization conditions between communes and wards in the city vary greatly, so it is necessary to leave room for localities to proactively develop appropriate plans. Download Mr. Nguyen Van Hien said that Hanoi has issued Plan No. 272 to implement the policy of arranging educational facilities - Photo: VGP/Thu Trang. Problems with organizational structure and personnel. In Bac Ninh, Mr. Ta Viet Hung, Director of the Provincial Department of Education and Training, said that a school arrangement plan has been developed and is being reviewed with communes and wards, with the goal of reducing about 50% of focal points. Immediate problems. There are no specific regulations on the number of deputies after arrangement; How to determine school sites, separate school sites and branches when many educational institutions are merged. Arranging redundant staff also poses many difficulties. For managers, localities need to be guided on position preservation, allowances and plans for changing work positions. The vice principal can return to work as a teacher, but administrative staff are more difficult to arrange because they do not have teaching expertise, while many are young and have not yet reached the age of retirement. Bac Ninh also faces difficulties when arranging vocational education facilities. Some vocational colleges are expected to be merged or converted into vocational high schools to meet the requirement that each locality has no more than three vocational education establishments. However, the regulations on the vocational high school model have not been completed, causing localities to lack a legal basis to develop and implement the plan. In addition to problems with the apparatus, some mountainous provinces have proposed that regulations on the size of schools and classes must take into account terrain characteristics, population and distance between school locations. Download Mr. Nguyen Van Khoa proposed to reconsider the requirement that preschools must have a minimum of 20 groups and classes - Photo: VGP/Thu TrangThe size of schools and classes must be appropriate for each area. Mr. Nguyen Van Khoa, Director of Nghe An Department of Education and Training agreed with the direction of not regulating the maximum size for educational establishments, but proposed to reconsider the requirement that preschools must have a minimum of 20 groups and classes. In some areas such as Ky Son district, the move From the provincial center to remote communes it can take 5 to 6 hours. Many schools are dozens of kilometers apart and each school has about 10 separate locations. If consolidated to achieve a minimum size of 20 groups and classes, a school may have to manage up to 20 odd schools in a large area with difficult traffic. This puts great pressure on management, especially at the preschool level, where child care and education activities and boarding organizations need to be closely monitored every day. From that reality, Nghe An proposed that the Ministry of Education and Training provide more flexible regulations on the minimum number of groups and classes for preschools in mountainous, remote and mountainous areas. From another perspective, Mr. Do Minh Tam, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Lao Cai province said that it is necessary to study the maximum scale for schools after arrangement in the northern midland and mountainous areas. The large area, scattered population and large distances between school sites make management difficult if the school scale increases too high. The large number of school sites and scope of responsibility can also affect the management and organization of teaching. Representatives of the Lao Cai Department of Education and Training proposed researching the maximum level suitable for each educational level, for example, preschools should not have more than 30 groups and classes; Junior high schools have no more than 40 classes and high schools have no more than 50 classes. Opinions show that the arrangement of educational facilities cannot be based solely on the goal of reducing focal points. Instructions from the Ministry of Education and Training need to clarify the organizational model, staffing plan, and criteria for determining the size of a school.classroom, while ensuring the nec
