Meaning of social change in education

The People’s Committee of HCMC on February 24 issued an urgent document on reopening schools and sent it to the municipal Department of Education and Training, the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the Department of Health, the People’s Committees of Thu Duc City and districts, educational units, vocational training centers across the city. According to the decision, students of kindergartens, elementary schools, middle and high schools, universities and colleges, vocational schools and educational units throughout the city go back to school from the beginning of March. The municipal authorities have also asked relevant departments to provide instructions to schools to strictly implement Covid-19 prevention and control measures to keep students, school staff and families safe. In addition, schools’ administrators have to require teachers and students who returned from affected areas to submit health declaration form as well as continue to carry out daily online medical declaration for all teaching staffs and schoolers. By Thu Tam – Translated by Kim Khanh …

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All schools in Vietnam’s biggest southern hub have been closed since February 2, a week before the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases in the city. Students have shifted to online learning since then. In the notice, the committee ordered the city’s Departments of Education and Training; Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs; and Health to jointly issue guidelines on COVID-19 preventive measures to ensure safety for students at schools. It also requested that all students, teachers, and school staff complete health declarations on a daily basis, while educational institutions are responsible for telling students returning from or traveling to pandemic-hit areas to notify local medical units to receive health check-ups and monitoring. The municipal Department of Education and Training previously issued a document guiding local educational institutions in rigorously enforce precautionary measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including cancelling all extra-curricular activities. As of February 24, the city has gone through 13 days without any new community transmissions of the coronavirus. Source: VNA …

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The Hanoi Department of Education and Training has recommended local schools should reopen from March 2. Under the proposal sent to the municipal people’s committee, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training said that if there are no locally-infected Covid-19 cases by March 2, then local schools could reopen. It means that Hanoi would have witnessed no community transmission patients for 14 days by then. Schools in Hanoi may be re-opened from March 2 According to the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control, Hanoi has seen no new Covid-19 cases since February 17. People who are being quarantined in Hanoi after coming into close contact with Covid-19 patients have tested negative for the virus or have not shown any suspected symptoms. Despite positive signs, the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control advised local residents to strictly conform to Covid-19 prevention regulations. Meanwhile, HCM City has decided to allow local students to return schools from March 1. By February 22, 51 cities and provinces in Vietnam had reopened their schools. …

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