However, the ministry would have gained more respect from the public, especially teachers and educationists, if they solved many problems in education.
Every night, teachers of elementary schools have to “prepare” – or in fact, copy – five or six lesson plans for the next day.
Why hasn’t the ministry changed this unhealthy and unscientific regulation? How can elementary teachers find the time to rest and find the energy to improve their knowledge?
It is too common now that an elementary teacher has to teach nine or 10 school subjects.
Think about it – how many mortals could be expert in ten different subjects? Why doesn’t the ministry let a teacher be in charge of just two or three subjects that relate to one another? Teachers could then triple their focus on their subjects and education would bemuch more effective.
And then, why do students of ethnic minorities in the highlands and mountains have to study the same curricula and textbooks as those in Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City? Why doesn’t the ministry allow different textbooks for different regions?
College and university students have always complained about the passive way of teaching in which they mostly copy what their teachers dictate.
The ministry, meanwhile, never seems to lose sleep over that.
And then the ministry said about a third of Ph.D.s in Vietnam turned out to be unqualified. But it has not lifted a finger to fix it. Why?
It also planned last year to train 20,000 Ph.D.s within 10 years? How? Would the existing under-qualified Ph.D.s be able to train them?
There are many more questions for the Ministry of Education and Training.
If only the ministry could be as open-minded as when it posted the recruitment announcement to listen to the public and deal with the problems thoroughly.
The problem-ridden education sector is in dire need of an overhaul.
By Cam Van Kinh |
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