VietNamNet Bridge – There are many tricks teachers can play to
force students to their private tutoring classes, even though the Ministry of
Education and Training (MOET) has prohibited teachers to give extra classes to
primary school students.
Phuong Loan, a parent whose son
is a fourth grader of a primary school in Cau Giay district in Hanoi, said the
MOET’s ban just exists on paper, while her son still has to goes to the extra
classes run by the teachers, though he would rather spend free time on relaxing
than learning.
Loan said that her son goes to a
special class, which comprises of the selected excellent students. The teachers
here require deep knowledge from students. Therefore, if students do not attend
extra classes, they would not be able to do the difficult school works to be
assigned by the teachers.
A lot of other parents have also
complained that it takes them too much time and efforts to help their children
fulfill the school works, because the mathematics curriculums are too heavy for
primary school student.
Phan Xuan, the mother of a 7th
grader of the Vietnam-Algeria Secondary School in Thanh Xuan district, said her
son has to go to extra classes in math, literature, English and physics every
week run by his school teachers. Besides, the boy also attends other private
tutoring classes in English and math. As such, the boy’s learning schedule is
very busy and he has lessons all the time.
A group of parents sent a letter
to Nguoi lao dong’s Editorial Board, saying that the teacher of their children,
the students of the Luong The Vinh School in Thu Duc district, has suggested
that students should go to her private tutoring classes. Meanwhile, the parents
cannot understand why the children should learn so hard and what the teacher
would do in the classes.
In fact, some parents admitted
that they bring their children to extra classes in a “voluntary basis.” The
problem is that if students do not attend the classes, they would not pass the
exams.
Hoang Xuan Sinh, a math
professor, said one day she accidentally read the semester exam’s math
questions of her niece and she got so surprised because the questions were too
difficult.
Her niece could not do the
questions, and neither her classmates. “With the current ways of teaching and
raising questions, every student has to attend extra classes to pass exams,”
Sinh came to a conclusion.
Pham Hong, who lives in Dong Da
district in Hanoi, said he has to spend time to bring his son to private
tutoring classes every day to prepare for the university entrance exams, saying
that no one would pass the exams if they do not receive more knowledge from
extra classes.
Meanwhile, an educator, who was
an MOET’s official, has noted that students have to attend extra classes simply
because they cannot get sufficient knowledge from daily lessons and they cannot
read textbooks because the textbooks are written in the academic way.
The headmaster of a primary
school frankly said that students would only stop going to extra classes when
the textbooks are re-compiled and renovated. He said the current curriculums
are too heavy that students would not catch up with the curriculums if they
don’t attend extra classes.
Explaining why teachers “like
giving extra lessons to students,” the headmaster of a primary school in HCM
City said teachers need to take extra jobs because they need extra income.
Therefore, he closes his eyes to the extra classes run by his teachers.
NLD
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