Teachers directly teaching in class need to participate in compiling textbooks.

GD&TĐ - The Ministry of Education and Training agrees that textbooks must have sufficient basic knowledge and meet the requirements of the Program, as a foundation for building common tests and exams.

Stick to the standard program framework

The unification of a set of textbooks is a topic of interest within and outside the education sector. Many opinions say that this is a necessary solution, but the implementation process requires careful consideration to ensure both scientificity and suitability for teaching and learning practices.

Mr. Phan Quoc Duy, Vice Principal of Nguyen Trai High School (Lien Chieu Ward, Da Nang City) said that Resolution 71 - NQ/TW of the Politburo on compiling and using unified textbooks nationwide is a timely policy.

According to Mr. Duy, when implementing the 2018 General Education Program, although the program framework was issued, there were no specific regulations on the order of chapters, lessons or key knowledge areas. This led to a clear difference between the book sets: With the same content, one book can be arranged in semester I, another book in semester II. Some knowledge even appeared only in this book but not in the other.

From here, Mr. Duy recommends that the common textbooks must ensure the following requirements: Clearly specify the order of chapters and lessons; have sufficient basic knowledge, meet the requirements of the Program, and serve as a foundation for building common tests and exams to ensure the development of learners' abilities and qualities. Have enough examples and illustrative exercises so that teachers can use them as teaching standards and students can study effectively on their own. In particular, it is necessary to unify interdisciplinary knowledge, ensuring consistency between subjects.

Nguyen Trai High School students participate in extracurricular activities.

Sharing the same opinion, Ms. Huynh Thi Thu Nguyet, Principal of Le Dinh Chinh Primary School (Hoa Cuong Ward, Da Nang City) said that the textbooks must closely follow the overall program issued by the Ministry of Education and Training and must follow the standard knowledge flow.

"If a common set of textbooks is developed, special attention should be paid to Vietnamese dialects. The books must ensure standard language while being flexible for each region. Examples of parentheses can be provided in the book (such as "hoa - bong") or teachers can be instructed to supplement them themselves so that students can easily absorb them.

A key requirement is that the books must be compiled scientifically, balancing the duration and the psychology of the age group. It is impossible to "condense" the content from many existing books into one, but must be designed scientifically, balancing the duration and psychology of the age group; ensuring both review, learning new knowledge and application. A 35-minute class must have enough space for reviewing old lessons, learning new knowledge and applying. This requires careful calculation, instead of "collecting" them separately" - Ms. Nguyet suggested.

Need a voice from teaching practice

For Social Science subjects, according to Ms. Huynh Thi Thu Nguyet, the requirement is to update the practice according to the new administrative boundaries and the 2-level government model, ensuring that students both grasp the basic knowledge and understand current social life. Thus, if moving towards a unified set of textbooks, the Ministry of Education and Training needs to mobilize professional councils to sit together to select and inherit the quintessence from many current sets, but absolutely adhere to the standard curriculum framework.

Students of Le Dinh Chinh Primary School write their wishes for the new school year to their teachers.

"More importantly, the book compilation council must have teachers who directly teach the class. They are the ones who understand best the psychology of students, the appropriateness of the materials, as well as how to organize lessons. In reality, many lessons and materials today are not really attractive, lack context, making it difficult for students to remember. Therefore, we need feedback from the teaching staff so that the book series is both scientific and closely linked to reality" - Principal of Le Dinh Chinh Primary School suggested.

In another direction, Mr. Phan Quoc Duy said that the set of shared textbooks should be designed simply, not too fussy in form to have low cost, easily provided free of charge to school libraries. Students can use this set of books as standard documents for studying, teachers also use this set of books as a basis for teaching, creating test questions, exams; other textbooks, if any, are used for reference.

Ms. Nguyet also said that after a cycle of the 2018 General Education Program, teachers have closely followed the framework program issued by the Ministry of Education and Training to teach. Therefore, when compiling a common set of textbooks, it is necessary to ensure inheritance, consistency in knowledge flow and suitability with teaching and learning practices. More importantly, the books must design a reasonable system of exercises, helping students access knowledge easily, while creating conditions for teachers to exploit and be creative in teaching.

"Having a set of basic, unified textbooks does not go against the policy of diversifying books. This set of books will help guide, ensure the quality of education and resolve existing shortcomings. Other sets of books from publishers can still be used to further develop students' qualities and abilities," said Mr. Phan Quoc Duy, Vice Principal of Nguyen Trai High School.

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