The Ministry  of Education  and Training  has completed the draft regulations on the operation of schools for the talented and gifted. There are many new provisions.

Every gifted class can teach one or two major subjects (two foreign languages at the same time is acceptable). The maximum number of students in a class is 30-35. They will follow the curriculum for one or several major subjects.

Gifted schools will have gifted classes in Mathematics, Physics, Informatics, Chemistry, Biology, Literature, History, Geography and Foreign Languages. However, the schools have the right to make suggestions on opening more gifted classes in other fields for the Ministry  of Education  and Training’s approval, aiming to meet the requirements of socio-economic development.

Gifted schools will also have ungifted classes. However, the total number of students in ungifted classes must not be higher than 20% of the total number of the schools’ students.

Students will have to take foreign language, math and Vietnamese language  exams as part of the general  entrance exam to get into gifted schools. Moreover, they will also have to take the exams of their major subjects.

Le Trong Tuan, Deputy Headmaster of Hanoi-Amsterdam Gifted High School, applauded the draft regulations, saying that the new regulations can meet the requirements for deeper education  in the modern age. However, Tuan has expressed his concern that the changes will have bad influences on students’ feelings.

Tuan, while believing that a foreign language  exam is necessary, said that the new regulation should not be valid right after it is promulgated. Students need to have more time to get used to the new regulations and they need more time to prepare for the exam.

Another new point in the new regulations is that the Hanoi-based Chu Van An School will enroll students who do not have Hanoi residence registration books.

Dinh Si Dai, Headmaster of Chu Van An High School, said that the new regulations will help his school enroll excellent students from other cities and provinces. “The opportunities will be equal for all students, no matter where they live, in Hanoi or not.”

However, only Chu Van An High School  has the right to enroll students from other cities and provinces, while Hanoi-Amsterdam Gifted School will only enroll students from Hanoi.

Regarding the technical issues of exams, Dai from Chu Van An School said that the examination time of 120 minutes for general  subjects and 150 minutes for major subjects proves to be unreasonable.

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