Ho Chi Minh City decides not to let school end before 4pm

(Dan Tri) - Students in Ho Chi Minh City will start class from 7am onwards and will not finish school before 4pm, according to the latest instructions from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training.

Students of Hiep Tan Primary School, HCMC (Photo: Huyen Nguyen).

On the morning of September 12, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City issued a daily study schedule for kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools, and high schools for the 2025-2026 school year.

Accordingly, the Department recommends that schools review and adjust the time for organizing educational activities during the day with the school start and end times for each level.

For preschool education, school opening time is from 6:30 am, pick up children from 7:00 am onwards, no later than 8:00 am, drop off time is from 4:00 pm.

The Department requires preschools to arrange adequate teachers and staff to ensure absolute safety for children during their time studying and living at school.

For general education, the first period in the morning starts at 7:00 a.m. and no later than 8:00 a.m. The end time of the morning class is no earlier than 10:30 a.m.

For the afternoon, the first class of the afternoon starts no earlier than 1:00 p.m. and no later than 1:30 p.m. The end time of the afternoon class is no earlier than 4:00 p.m. and no later than 5:00 p.m.

The school has a plan to open the school gates to welcome students from 6:30 a.m., not allowing students who come to school late or leave early to gather in the area in front of the school gate.

The arrangement of time slots must ensure smooth traffic in front of the gate and around the school during rush hours.

The Department of Education and Training further noted that schools located close to each other on the same road should coordinate to stagger school dismissal times (at least 15 minutes) to reduce traffic congestion in the area.

In the guidelines on implementing the school time frame, the leaders of the Department of Education and Training require schools to proactively arrange school plans, build flexible and suitable timetables, ensure the correct time frame; ensure the health of children, students and workers at the unit.

The People's Committees of wards, communes and special zones monitor, inspect and urge the implementation at educational institutions under their management; promptly report and strictly handle violating units. The Department Office, the Department of Preschool Education, the Department of General Education and the departments under it coordinate to monitor, inspect and report to the Department's leaders.

The Department of Education and Training requires principals to seriously deploy and fully disseminate the contents to all cadres, teachers, employees and parents of students; proactively review, promptly adjust, and closely coordinate with relevant departments to ensure proper implementation of regulations and achieve the highest efficiency in terms of school entry and dismissal times.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/tphcm-chot-khong-tan-hoc-truoc-16h-20250912103635782.htm