Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training guides on teaching 2 sessions/day

On the afternoon of September 10, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City issued a document guiding the teaching of 2 sessions/day in the 2025-2026 school year.

A class of 9/1 students at Lac Hong Secondary School, Ho Chi Minh City. This year, 9th grade students will be able to review for the 10th grade entrance exam for free - Photo: NHU HUNG

According to the guidance document on teaching 2 sessions/day in the 2025-2026 school year of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, the content of teaching 2 sessions/day has 2 cases:

One is that the educational activities in the second session are carried out from the budget (i.e. parents do not have to pay tuition), including: Reviewing for the 10th grade entrance exam, reviewing for the high school graduation exam no more than 6 periods/week; carried out from the beginning of the school year;

Consolidate so that students can complete their learning content; review and tutor students whose learning results for the previous semester's subjects are not at the required level (no more than 2 periods/subject/week; for first-level classes, this will be implemented from the second semester of the school year; for the remaining grades, this will be implemented from the beginning of the school year); Nurture excellent students by subject (no more than 2 periods/subject/week; implemented from the beginning of the school year until students take the exam).

Second, educational activities in session 2 are carried out from socialized sources, including:

Career guidance activities, experiences, STEM/STEAM, life skills, digital skills, AI, foreign languages, sports, culture, arts and career counseling...

Activities and learning content aim to organize and implement projects and plans of the city and the education sector.

The document of the department also clearly states: the organization of session 1, session 2, the number of periods for session 1 and the number of periods for session 2 per day and per week are flexibly arranged according to the prescribed duration, suitable and convenient for the implementation conditions of the school, students and parents.

The Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City requires that when teaching 2 sessions/day, schools need to organize diverse, rich, suitable, and effective teaching methods (group study, self-study, clubs; combination in/out of class; direct, online or coordinated; coordination between school teachers and experts from social organizations, universities, businesses)...

No formal class schedule on Saturdays

On the morning of September 10, speaking at a conference to contribute ideas to the secondary school education plan for the 2025-2026 school year, Mr. Nguyen Bao Quoc, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, emphasized:

" The Ministry of Education and Training stipulates that no more than 7 periods are taught per day, which means these 7 periods are used to implement the general education program. As for other subjects and educational activities, schools can balance them to teach, which means there can be more than 7 periods per day."

Also at the conference, Mr. Quoc directed schools: "Do not arrange official timetables on Saturdays. Saturdays should be arranged to nurture excellent students, tutor underachieving students, organize clubs, etc. with the active and voluntary participation of students."

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/so-giao-duc-va-dao-tao-tp-hcm-huong-dan-ve-day-hoc-2-buoi-ngay-20250910172554478.htm