VietNamNet Bridge – While a regulation on education quality
verification has taken effect since January 6, many schools in HCM City said
it’s unpractical and improper.
The Ministry of Education and
Training (MoET)’s Circular 42 is meant to guarantee education quality at basic
and continuing education institutions nationwide.
Under the regulation, schools
across the country will be verified based on new criteria set for school
management, teacher quality, class sizes, school infrastructure and study
facilities, cooperation with families and community and education results.
The new regulation stipulates 35
as the maximum number of students per class for primary education, at 45 for
secondary and high school education.
Schools in the inner city must
have at least six square metres per student and those in the outskirts must
have 10 square metres per student.
Difficult to meet new requirements
In mid-December 2012, the HCM
City municipal Department of Education and Training announced a list of 91
schools ranging from preschools to high schools that were to be subject to the
verification system. However, the list did not include any schools in District
1.
The leader of a secondary school
in the district said that none of the schools in District 1 were able to meet
the requirements pertaining to class size and area.
“The number of students has been
sharply increasing in recent years while the school’s area has stayed the
same,” he noted.
Even many schools well known for
their high quality of education fail to meet the new requirements, because they
lack space, such as playgrounds for students.
In District 4, Khanh Hoi A
Secondary School met the new standards at level 2 in 2012, but failed to meet
the standards at level 3.
Nguyen Van Troi Primary School is
one of the schools that will be subject to the verification system this year.
But the school’s principle Pham Thuy Ha said, “Whether or not a school meets
these specific requirements, the focus should be on the quality of education a
school provides. As a matter of fact, if a school provides good-quality
education, they are likely to attract a large number of student."
Ha Thanh Hai, Principle of Luong
The Vinh Primary School, said, “Our school can meet new requirements for
qualified teachers and infrastructure but the number of students per class is
much higher than the requirement. We don’t want to force students to move to
other schools just simply to meet the criteria.”
This year, five schools in
District 5 will be subject to the verification system and most of them have
already been recognised as a national-standardised school.
However, Vo Ngoc Thu, head of the
district Office for Education and Training, said these five schools would
easily be able to meet the new requirements, especially the criteria on the
number of students in a class. Still, the number of students could become much
higher in the next few years.
Meanwhile, some schools that
previously met the standards now fail due to unexpected reasons. Nguyen Thuong
Hien High School is an example.
The school was the first
institution in HCM City that met all criteria on education quality, teaching
programmes, infrastructure and development strategies. However, in the latest
enrollment season, the school was compelled to accept nearly 40 applicants who
had the same marks on their entrance exams, driving up the number of students
in a class.
Time needed
Dr. Nguyen Kim Dung, from the HCM
City Education Research Institute said, “It would take at least two months to
take good measure of the feasibility of the regulation and two years to assess
its efficiency. However, I’m sure that the regulation is the best criteria for
verifying education quality issued by the MoET so far.”
The institute is working in
coordination with the HCM City Department of Education and Training to choose
four schools for a pilot verification programme. Selected schools would include
different types: state, non-state, high and medium-quality institutions, Dung
added.
Source: DTriNews
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