According to Nguyen Xuan Thanh, Head of the MoET’s Department of Secondary Education, his ministry has granted permission to localities, depending on their pandemic circumstances, to hold the ceremony online.

Schools can hold their new school-year opening ceremony online early next month amid the complex developments of Covid-19.

The opening day of the new academic year should be held concisely and convey the message of "pausing going to school but not stopping learning” to students, Thanh said, suggesting schools ,depending on their conditions, can use a room and set up new school-year backdrop so that students at home can still follow new school-year messages delivered from the principals in a familiar “back-to-school” atmosphere across the country.

The ministry has planned several scenarios to prepare for the new school-year amid the Covid-19 epidemic, the educational official informed, stressing that localities that are implementing strict social distancing should put the safety of both students and teachers first.

The MoET also urged schools to promote IT and online teaching methods to cope with the complicated nature of Covid-19. The ministry is also streamlining the curriculum for the upcoming school-year and will issue it in the near future, Thanh said.

The new academic year will see students from preschools, primary, secondary, and high schools, along with those at continuing educational establishments, return to school before September 1, with the opening ceremony taking place on September 5.

The first semester is expected to conclude before January 16, while the second semester will be completed before May 25, so that the school-year can end before May 31.

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Source: NDO