Opening ceremonies for 2021-2022 new school year may be held online

Localities that practice social distancing must put the health and safety of students and teachers above all else.

According to the decision of the Ministry of Education and Training promulgating the 2020-2021 school year timeframe framework for preschool, general education and continuing education, the earliest back-to-school time is September 1 and the deadline for the new school year opening is on September 5.

With only two and a half weeks to go before the new school year begins on September 5, the COVID-19 situation remains complex, said Nguyen Xuan Thanh, Director of the Secondary Education Department at the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), adding that the ministry has prepared for different COVID-19 scenarios.

When health and safety can’t be guaranteed, opening ceremonies should be held online, but a message should be conveyed that studies definitely continue.

The Ministry of Education and Training will also require schools to promote the application of information technology in teaching. The ministry will soon promulgate a regulation on online teaching to make it an official teaching method at school./.