70th anniversary of Hanoi's Liberation Day Vietnam - Asia 2023 Smart City Summit Hanoi celebrates 15 years of administrative boundary adjustment 12th Vietnam-France decentrialized cooperation conference 31st Sea Games - Vietnam 2021 Covid-19 Pandemic
Home / Health & Education / Education
Class resumption sparks social controversy amid Covid-19 epidemic
Anh Kiet 15:02, 2020/02/28
Debate on when reopening schools has heated up online and offline talks.

That Vietnamese students can return to school from next week has sparked controversy as the Covid-19 epidemic evolution is still complicated, VnExpress reported.

 Illustrative photo

Prof. Nguyen Minh Thuyet, former deputy chairman of the National Committee for Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children of the National Assembly, said that students should return to school since March because the Covid-19 epidemic has been controlled.

Since Covid-19 broke out, schools nationwide have been shut to avoid concentration of people, as instructed by the Health Ministry to prevent the spread of the disease. However, as Vietnam is well containing the disease and has achieved positive treatment results, students should be allowed to return to school, Thuyet explained.

However, former Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Vinh Hien disagreed, arguing that Vietnam has managed to prevent Covid-19, but it has only been the first battle won and epidemic developments are still complicated and it has spread to many countries. If students gather at school, making close contact with each other, the risk of infection would be high. Schools should be shut until the end of March, Hien suggested.

In another move, the Ministry of Education and Training on February 27 recommended that students in preschools, elementary and secondary schools nationwide should take one or two more weeks off to avoid Covid-19.

Students of high schools and higher education institutions can return to school from March 2, after a one-month break.

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha suggested schools should strictly take effective measures to ensure safety.

RELATED NEWS
TAG: Class resumption social controversy Covid-19 epidemic
Other news
21:52, 2024/03/23
Hanoi tackles overcrowded classrooms
Hanoi's education department has proposed adding more floors to schools to address the problem of large class sizes.
17:05, 2024/03/22
Vietnamese journalists get expertise from Indian experts
The well-organized training program is expected to foster cross-cultural exchange and reinforce bilateral ties between India and ITEC member countries for an extended period.
05:21, 2024/03/19
Effective STEM education in Hanoi schools
While STEM education has only recently found its way into official guidelines, several initiatives have been launched across Hanoi to give students of all ages access to this interdisciplinary approach to learning.
15:48, 2024/03/11
Vietnamese students' skills recognized in PISA survey
The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022 results show that Vietnam consistently ranks among the top performers in the ASEAN region, as well as high in the group of middle-income countries and territories.
21:21, 2024/02/20
Hanoi launches Reading Cultural Ambassador Contest
The Reading Culture Ambassador Contest has become an annual cultural activity that has attracted appreciation and interest from the community.
07:26, 2024/02/08
No homework for students over Tet: New thinking for greater efficiency
The general view is to assign a reasonable amount of homework to help schoolchildren have a cool holiday while encouraging them to learn more about traditional values.