HCMC sets sights on becoming Asian education hub
The strategy, unveiled by its people's committee on Thursday, seeks to create a fair and conducive environment for lifelong learning for its citizens, enabling the development of a high-quality workforce to meet its development needs.
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Students of Thanh Da High School in HCMC's Binh Thanh District during an English class with a foreign teacher in 2023. |
While it does not spell out specific criteria for "high quality" are, the people's committee has outlined nine specific objectives to be achieved by 2030:
-Ensure a class size of 30-35 students at all levels
-Ensure 100% of primary schools, 70% of middle schools and 80% of high schools have two sessions a day
-Ensure 80% of high school students can fluently communicate and learn in a foreign language, 100% of high school graduates have basic IT application skills and 50% achieve international computer literacy standards.
-Ensure 100% of secondary school students are proficient in at least one art and play at least one musical instrument and one sport.
-Have 60% of kindergartens, 80% of primary schools, 70% of middle schools, and 50% of public high schools meet national standards in terms of facilities.
-Ensure each district has at least two schools at each level (kindergarten, primary, middle school, high school) offering high-quality, advanced international integration programs.
-Target making 100% of schools in the city smart schools.
-Build four new high-quality multi-level schools in Thu Duc City, and Binh Chanh and Cu Chi districts, each on a minimum area of five hectares.
-Reduce the number of educational staff paid by the city by 10% compared to 2021.
The city currently has nearly 1.7 million students, 90,000 teachers and more than 2,310 schools, with only 15% meeting national standards. Of the schools, 1,350 are public.
Source: VnExpress
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