Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on August 26 had a meeting with theMinistry of Education and Training (MoET) on textbook reform and optionsfor the national high-school graduation exam.
Regardingtextbook reform, members of the National Committee for Education Reformagreed that there might be many textbook packages for one standardprogramme.
The MoET proposed two options for the drafting oftextbooks. One put the ministry in charge of drafting sample textbooksand then getting individuals and organisations to take part. The otherwas for the ministry to only evaluate the quality of textbooks draftedby individuals and organisations.
While discussing the newnational high-school graduation exam, which is planned to replace thetwo separate high-school graduation and university entrance examscurrently in place, Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam said this was “a huge change”.
Vietnamese 12th -graders are now required to pass four MoETtests at the end of their school year to graduate from high school inJune and then sit for three MoET papers, depending on their majors, togain admission to college in July.
The Prime Minister, who isalso Chairman of the National Committee for Education Reform, asked MoETto quickly draft a standard textbook package while also studying otheroptions for textbook reform.
Regarding new high-schoolexamination, PM Dung asked the MoET to choose the best option forstudents and announce the reasons for its choice.-VNA
Regardingtextbook reform, members of the National Committee for Education Reformagreed that there might be many textbook packages for one standardprogramme.
The MoET proposed two options for the drafting oftextbooks. One put the ministry in charge of drafting sample textbooksand then getting individuals and organisations to take part. The otherwas for the ministry to only evaluate the quality of textbooks draftedby individuals and organisations.
While discussing the newnational high-school graduation exam, which is planned to replace thetwo separate high-school graduation and university entrance examscurrently in place, Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam said this was “a huge change”.
Vietnamese 12th -graders are now required to pass four MoETtests at the end of their school year to graduate from high school inJune and then sit for three MoET papers, depending on their majors, togain admission to college in July.
The Prime Minister, who isalso Chairman of the National Committee for Education Reform, asked MoETto quickly draft a standard textbook package while also studying otheroptions for textbook reform.
Regarding new high-schoolexamination, PM Dung asked the MoET to choose the best option forstudents and announce the reasons for its choice.-VNA
