VietNamNet Bridge – After the Ministry of Education and
Training (MOET) issued the new circular on private tutoring management, local
authorities have been controlling the private tutoring with harshness, while in
other localities, extra classes have been shut down because the local
authorities do not accept private tutoring under any forms.
Tutors caught red handed
T, a literature teacher of PM
School in Hanoi, related that she was teaching a group of ninth graders when a
group of inspectors rushed in. There were the representatives from the school
where I work for, the education and training sub-department, local authorities
and the police.
The literature teacher was caught
red handed when she was giving private tutoring.
Under the new regulations, the
teachers can run extra classes if they can satisfy some requirements. T said
she has asked for the permission to run extra classes, but the procedure has
not been completed yet due to some reasons.
T admitted that it was her fault
when she ran the class even though I did not have necessary documents. However,
she complained about the way the inspectors forced her to stop the class.
“I could not show the documents
stipulated in the newly issued Circular No. 7. However, is it really necessary
to catch me red handed on the spot, where there were my students?” T said,
adding that she felt so ashamed at that time.
H, a teacher of the HD High
School in Hanoi, does not have a private tutoring class herself, while she
takes the extra teaching job at a refresher training center.
“The inspectors found problems at
the center, and it was not my fault. However, I still had to sign in the report
of violation before my class with the witness of students,” H said.
“I still feel ashamed about the
fact, even though it was not my fault. I strongly believe the watchdog agency
needs to apply other measures to stop the private tutoring, rather than showing
teachers up in the public,” she said.
A teacher, who has been found as
giving private tutoring lessons to students in Phu Yen province, also said she
has the morale undermined after the fact.
“What was I punished for? For
giving my knowledge to students?” she questioned.
The teacher complained that it
would be unfair to prohibit teachers to give private tutoring lessons to earn
their living.
“I know a music teacher who has
to sign at wedding ceremonies to earn his living, while another teacher sells
groceries after school hours, because she cannot live on the modest salary paid
by the State budget. Why can we not run extra classes to earn extra money
then?” she complained.
The drastic measures taken by the
local authorities have caused a big surprise in the public. In Vietnam, teacher
has always been considered one of the honorable careers. Therefore, people have
agreed that such a gross behavior should not be applied to teachers.
“I feel a pity when the
inspectors not only asked me to acknowledge my fault before my students, but
also discussed with my students to obtain proofs about my fault,” he said.
“It would be better not to
conduct such a gross behavior to teachers, because this would spoil the image
of the teachers and discredit them,” he said. “We are the teachers, who give
knowledge to students, not the crimes in the society.”
The Ministry of Education and
Training should understand that going to private tutoring class is the
students’ demand. That explained why students asked the inspectors to overlook
the teacher’s fault.
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