The Education Ministry has come in for a lot of criticism from parents, teachers and educators for its ham-handed enforcement of a controversial circular that bans teachers from offering extra classes to students they teach at school and for elementary school students in general. In reports published in Tuoi Tre this week, several teachers said they were humiliated and were even reduced to tears as authorities in many localities implemented the circular that took effect on July 1. The manner in which inspections were launched into local extra classes was “rude” and “offensive” to teachers, traditionally accorded great respect by Vietnamese society. Speaking to the newspaper, a literature teacher in Hanoi said she was teaching a group of ninth graders, when a team of police officers, along with the representatives of local authorities, educational agency and her school raided the class. Since she failed to present licenses for the class, the inspectors wrote down the record of her violation and asked her sign it in front of her students, which made her “feel terribly ashamed,” although she knew that she was wrong according to the regulations. Another teacher in the central province of Phu Yen said he was very upset…
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