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The Ministry of Education and Training (GDDT) has just issued a document soliciting comments on the draft Circular amending and supplementing Circular No. 29/2024/TT-BGDDT dated December 30, 2024 regulating tutoring and extra learning. The Ministry of Education and Training proposes new regulations on tutoring and extra learning. The Ministry of Education and Training said that in recent times, the Party and State have issued many new guidelines and policies with strong impacts, to promote development and breakthroughs in education and training. Therefore, reviewing and updating legal, political and practical bases in the new context is necessary to adjust and supplement appropriately in the implementation of Circular No. 29/2024/TT-BGDDT (Circular No. 29). The amended and supplemented contents of the Circular are to ensure that it meets practical requirements in the management of extra teaching and learning, consistent with the provisions of the amended and supplemented Law on Education; Law on Government Organization; Law on Teachers and other related laws. More flexibility in the amount of extra tutoring in schools According to Circular No. 29, there are three subjects allowed to teach and tutor in schools without collecting tuition fees from students and only for students who register for extra tutoring in each subject, including: students whose learning results in the subject at the end of the adjacent semester are at an unsatisfactory level; Students are selected by the school to foster excellent students; Senior class students voluntarily register to review for entrance exams and graduation exams according to the schools educational plan. Regarding the duration of extra teaching in schools, Circular 29 stipulates that each subject can be taught no more than 2 periods/week (point c, Clause 4, Article 5). In the process of implementing Circular 29, the Ministry of Education and Training plans to adjust and amend the regulations specified at Point c, Clause 4, Article 5 of Circular 29 in the direction of allowing more flexibility in the duration of tutoring in schools, through empowering the Director of the Department of Education and Training to decide on cases at the request of the school Principal. Specifically, in the draft Circular amending and supplementing, the Principal of the school, based on the actual conditions of the school (in terms of facilities, teaching staff, time to organize the second lesson according to the schools education plan, allocated budget...) to consider the necessity and appropriateness, add additional time for extra teaching and learning for some students of the school to propose to the Director of the Department of Education and Training to consider and decide for the benefit of the students. This amendment and supplement still ensures the core principles of Circular No. 29 on the management of extra teaching and extra learning in schools, which is not to collect money from students, not to increase learning pressure, and not to limit students right to learn; Strengthen and improve the quality of regular classes, set aside time and space for students to experience, practice, and train through educational activities according to individual needs for comprehensive development. Stricter regulations on reports of teachers participating in extra-curricular tutoring outside of school. The Draft Circular also adjusts business registration requirements for organizations or individuals that organize extra-teaching and extra-learning activities outside of school that collect money from students in order to comply with the provisions of the new Enterprise Law when the majority types of businesses. In addition, the draft adds regulations on regular updates on the electronic portal or posting at the place where the tutoring facility is headquartered when disclosing information for organizations conducting tutoring and extra-learning activities outside of school to increase the effectiveness of timely social supervision. The draft also provides stricter regulations on the reporting of teachers who are teaching at schools when participating in extra-curricular tutoring outside of school. Accordingly, teachers must report before starting and update the report when there is a change in one of the report contents. This regulation aims to strengthen the management responsibilities of Principals. Towards eliminating achievement disease in education Draft Circular amending and supplementing the responsibilities of Commune-level Peoples Committees (transferring the previous responsibilities of district-level Peoples Committees to Commune-level Peoples Committees) and provincial levels to comply with the Law on Organization of Local Governments No. 72/2025/QH15 dated June 16, 2025. The Ministry of Education and Training said that the amendment and supplementation of the Circular continue to affirm the spirit for the benefit of students, in accordance with the Law on Teachers No. 73/2025/QH15 when prohibiting teachers from Forcing learners to participate in private tutoring in any form, preserving the image and dignity of teachers according to the provisions of the Education Law 2019 on prohibited acts in educational establishments; contribute to ensuring legal and equitable benefits among teachers teaching different subjects in the school; Help students eliminate the tendency to attach importance to certain subjects, aiming to eliminate the disease of achievement in education./.See moreSee moreSee moreSee moreSee moreSee moreSee moreSee moreSee moreSee moreSee moreSee moreSee more
