Under HCMC administration’s latest decision, the city’s over 1.7 million students would stay home until May 03.
Over 1.7 million students in HCMC have seen their prolonged school break extended to May 03 over the coronavirus crisis under a city decision issued Friday.
More than 135,000 students taking vocational training classes in secondary schools and colleges also stay home until May 3, according to the municipal People’s Committee. VNExpress, a Vietnamese media reports.
According to VNExpress, the local authorities have been tasked with ensuring that monitoring and tutoring schools, foreign language academies and life skills teaching facilities do not function during this time.
The city has been implementing a television teaching program for students in grades 9-12, helping them prepare for the upcoming national high school exams.
Since mid-March, the city has asked the municipal Department of Education and Training to work with the education ministry regarding the application of alternative teaching methods such as online lessons or educational television.
Students in other cities and provinces have remained on school break until further notice.
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Vietnamese students are often given a two-week spring holiday and a three-month summer break. This is the first time that more than 22 million students nationwide have had such a long spring break.