JavaScript is off. Please enable to view full site.

Central college students fret over tutoring regulations

Central college students fret over tutoring regulations

Tuesday, January 07, 2014, 12:02 GMT+7

College students in Da Nang are worried about the city’s restrictions on teaching after-school classes that could deprive them of the monthly salaries used to support their studies and daily life, although local education officials say they cannot ensure enforcement of the regulation in all circumstances.

Regulations announced in March 2013 by the Department of Education and Training in Da Nang stipulate that anyone who teaches extra classes is required to have a pedagogical degree or a bachelor’s degree plus a pedagogical certificate.

A person can only tutor a group of five students at most while there is no cap for after-school classes at cram centers, according to the regulations.

They specify that those who teach high school students must have a college degree in education or a bachelor’s degree plus a pedagogical certificate, while tutors of middle school students must have at least a junior college degree and a certificate in education.

The new rules technically disqualify college students in Da Nang from teaching such classes for an additional income to support their student life alongside financial aid from their families.

Almost 100 percent of college students in Da Nang will not be qualified to tutor if the regulations are strictly enforced, Ngo Van Duc, a student at the Da Nang University of Technology, said.

Duc is tutoring five 12th graders for a monthly salary of almost VND2 million (US$95), an amount that helps cover his daily expenses substantially.

“Almost no one can meet the new requirements,” he said.

A student at the Da Nang University of Education, M.T. was also concerned when she learned of the regulations, as she is teaching an after-school class of ten students to support herself as well as her family.

College students must comply with the city’s rules or they will be fined, Nguyen Truong, a chief inspector at the local education department, said.

Almost all students have yet to earn a degree so they are not qualified to teach after-school classes, Truong added.

“But we will not strictly enforce the regulations, as they relate to college students’ jobs and daily life,” he noted. “And we do not have enough people to send to all cram school classes and tutoring groups to ensure there will be no violations.”

Tuoi Tre

More

Read more

;

Photos

VIDEOS

‘Taste of Australia’ gala dinner held in Ho Chi Minh City after 2-year hiatus

Taste of Australia Gala Reception has returned to the Park Hyatt Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City's District 1 after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Vietnamese woman gives unconditional love to hundreds of adopted children

Despite her own immense hardship, she has taken in and cared for hundreds of orphans over the past three decades.

Vietnam’s Mekong Delta celebrates spring with ‘hat boi’ performances

The art form is so popular that it attracts people from all ages in the Mekong Delta

Vietnamese youngster travels back in time with clay miniatures

Each work is a scene caught by Dung and kept in his memories through his journeys across Vietnam

Latest news