Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son said the education sector has been determined to organize direct learning because the people expect children to return to schools.
Hanoi authorities decided to stop direct learning and teaching for first to sixth graders from February 21 due to the complicated Covid-19 situation in the city with a rise in Covid-19 cases.
The Department of Culture and Society of the HCMC People’s Council on January 11 had a working session on in-person learning for students in grades 1-6 with the Nguyen Thai Hoc Primary School and Chu Van An Secondary School in District 1.
After one week, preschools and primary schoolers in Ho Chi Minh City come back to schools for direct learning, the number of Covid-19 students tends to increase. Although the health sector has had guidelines on treating students with Covid-19, schools are still confused about handling the cases.
The Department of Education and Training of HCMC has proposed the municipal People’s Committee to approve a plan on in-person learning for students in grades 7, 8, 10 and 11 starting on January 3, 2022.
Currently, thousands of students at universities, colleges, and intermediate schools in Ho Chi Minh City have returned to schools for direct learning. Students’ need for accommodation is huge; therefore, the communist youth unions in schools and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union has helped students to find proper accommodation and jobs.
Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Chairman Phan Van Mai said that in the immediate future, direct learning will be piloted for students in grades 9 and 12.
The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has proposed the municipal People's Committee to support Covid-19 rapid test kits for educational institutions which organize in-person studying.
In order to live safely and adapt to the pandemic, after completing vaccination campaigns against Covid-19 for people 12 years of age and older, Ho Chi Minh City is prepared to administer the Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11 years old.
The Southeast Asian country has 45 provinces and cities that have been classed as green zones and the country has no more high-risk coronavirus alert areas.
The Department of Training and Education of HCMC has asked secondary schools in districts and Thu Duc City to build the plan on in-person learning for 6th graders starting on February 14 that was approved by the municipal People’s Committee.
The return to class of primary school students after Tet holidays will be based on spirit of volunteering, said the Department of Training and Education of HCMC.
On February 7, nearly 600,000 students of grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 in Ho Chi Minh City returned to schools to study directly after the 2022 Lunar New Year holidays while their peers in the Mekong Delta also started in-person classes.
The Department of Education and Training of HCMC has proposed the municipal People’s Committee to approve a plan on in-person learning for Kindergarten and primary school students starting on February 14.
In its document to the departments, agencies of HCMC, the People's Committee of Thu Duc City and the districts, educational institutions citywide, the People's Committee in Ho Chi Minh City directed educational institutions to provide face-to-face teaching for students in grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 from January 4, 2022.
Secondary schools and high schools in Thu Duc City and 20 districts throughout the city are collecting parents’ opinions on organizing in-person learning for students in grades 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11.
A leader from the Department of Education and Training in Ho Chi Minh City said that there has been no regulation that students have negative certificates when returning to schools in person.