Will consider and decide to adjust integrated subjects soon

At the event "Minister of Education and Training meets with teachers, managers, and employees of the education sector" held this morning, August 15, many teachers in localities continued to express concerns about teaching integrated subjects at the secondary school level in the context of not having teachers trained in integration, and teachers teaching single subjects after a short training period switching to integrated teaching, causing the teaching quality to not be as expected...

Minister Nguyen Kim Son said he will consider the decision to adjust integrated subjects in the near future.

Minister Nguyen Kim Son agreed with the above comments and said that these are new points, difficulties, obstacles, and bottlenecks in the recent innovation of the general education program.

According to Mr. Son, when designing the program, we want to develop comprehensive capacity for students. However, in the process of implementation, localities, educational institutions and teachers are facing certain difficulties.

There are teachers who are qualified enough to teach integrated with all the components. However, there are also many teachers who are still confused and it is a big challenge, especially for teachers in difficult areas, even though they have been trained and developed.

Minister Nguyen Kim Son informed: "Based on reality, the leaders of the Ministry of Education and Training will decide in the near future to consider adjusting the teaching of integrated subjects at the secondary level. It may still be persisted in primary school, but for secondary school, we will consult with experts, consider carefully and most likely make adjustments to integrated subjects."

However, Mr. Son also affirmed that no matter what adjustments are made, efforts will be made to not disrupt the current team, especially the team that has been trained and nurtured; the change will only be better and more effective for innovation. If there is any, it will be a major adjustment but in line with the requirements of educational innovation.

Recently, Thanh Nien Newspaper has published a series of articles reflecting the opinions and suggestions of teachers and experts on the implementation of integrated teaching. Among them, the article by teacher Nguyen Xuan Khang, Principal of Marie Curie School ( Hanoi ): "Should eliminate the integration of some subjects so that "we can return to the old way" received special approval from the teaching profession.

After specifically analyzing the shortcomings of integrated teaching, teacher Nguyen Xuan Khang said that the implementation of integrating 3 subjects of physics, chemistry, and biology into natural science ; integrating 2 subjects of history and geography into history and geography is too forced; he does not see any advantages, only sees trouble for the teaching of natural science teachers.

"I propose that after replacing all textbooks from grades 1 to 12 (in 2025), the National Assembly and the Government should evaluate the entire 2018 General Education Program and the textbooks that have been used. In my opinion, we should abandon the integration of some subjects in secondary school. The old way is: physics, chemistry, biology, history, geography are independent subjects, with separate textbooks printed for each subject," teacher Nguyen Xuan Khang wrote.

After this article, Thanh Nien Newspaper received opinions, shares, and recommendations to adjust integrated subjects from many teachers across the country.

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