Decision No. 04/2002/QĐ-BGD on issuing the "Provisional Regulations on the Objectives and Educational Plans of Secondary Schools"

Pursuant to …;

Regarding the issuance of the "Provisional Regulations on the Objectives and Education Plan of Secondary Schools"

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MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Pursuant to Decree No. 15/CP dated March 2, 1993 of the Government on the tasks, powers, and responsibilities for state management of ministries and ministerial-level agencies;

Pursuant to Government Decree No. 43/2000/NĐ-CP dated August 30, 2000 detailing and guiding the implementation of certain provisions of the Education Law;

Pursuant to Decree No. 43/2000/NĐ-CP dated August 30, 2000 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of certain provisions of the Education Law;

Pursuant to Directive No. 14/2001/CT-TTg dated June 11, 2001 of the Prime Minister on reforming general education programs;

Pursuant to Directive No. 30/1998/CT-TTg dated September 1, 1998 of the Prime Minister on adjusting the policy of class division in secondary schools and two-stage training at universities;

Pursuant to Decision No. 4331/QĐ-BGD&ĐT-TCCB dated July 27, 2001 of the Minister of Education and Training on the establishment of the Steering Committee for developing curricula and compiling textbooks for secondary schools;

Based on the proposal of the Director of the General Department of Secondary Education and the Director of the Institute of Educational Science.

Pursuant to …;

Article 1: Issued with this Decision are the "Provisional Regulations on the Objectives and Education Plan of Secondary Schools" to serve as the basis for developing curricula, compiling textbooks, and determining necessary conditions for reforming the secondary school education program.

Article 2: THIS DECISION SHALL TAKE EFFECT 15 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF SIGNATURE.

Article 3: The Heads of the Office, Directors of the General Department of Secondary Education, Directors of the Institute of Educational Science, and Heads of relevant units shall be responsible for implementing this Decision.

TEMPORARY PROVISIONS

On the Objectives and Education Plan of Secondary Schools
(Issued together with Decision No. 04/2002/QĐ-BGD&ĐT dated March 8, 2002 of the Minister of Education and Training)

I- OBJECTIVES:

1. General objectives:

"Secondary education aims to help students consolidate and develop the results of their basic education, complete general education and acquire basic knowledge about technology and vocational guidance to continue higher education, college, vocational high school, vocational training, or enter the workforce" (Article 23, Point 2, Chapter II of the Education Law).

2. Specific Objectives:

Upon completion of secondary education, students need to achieve the following main requirements:

- Form and consolidate values regarding ideology, morality, lifestyle in accordance with the overall objectives of general education, the educational goals of the level, and appropriate to the age and grade of secondary school students. These include love for family, homeland, country, national pride; awareness of preserving and promoting cultural and traditional values, absorbing the best of world culture; loyalty to the ideal of national independence linked to socialism, readiness to defend the country; having ambition to establish oneself, not accepting poverty; being kind-hearted, behaving in accordance with ethics, having culture in family, friend, and social relations; living healthily, confidently, simply, thriftily; understanding, respecting, and complying with laws; paying attention to urgent issues of the country and the globe.

- Consolidate and develop the contents learned in basic education, including fundamental knowledge about Vietnamese language, mathematics, history; other knowledge about social sciences, natural sciences, law, computer science, foreign languages; have necessary understandings about technology and vocational guidance, ensuring the completion of general education content about nature, society, and human beings, connected to community life and local realities.

- Continue to develop and improve common learning skills and subject-specific learning skills, particularly the ability to apply knowledge to new learning situations, production practices, and daily life; reinforce habits and methods of self-study, information collection, processing, and transmission capabilities, problem-solving abilities, independent thinking, creativity in reasoning and action; have the ability to use a foreign language in ordinary communication and the application of some achievements of information technology at the general education level in solving tasks; have necessary knowledge and skills about integrated technology and vocational guidance to be able to apply in work life, in choosing suitable development directions based on personal abilities.

- Understand and have the habit of regularly exercising, meeting physical fitness standards according to age; maintain personal hygiene and environment; use time reasonably, know how to work and rest scientifically.

- Understand and have the ability to appreciate beauty in life and literature, art, have a desire to create beauty; live harmoniously with nature and society.

3. Special objectives of each stream:

- In addition to the common objectives that students must achieve upon completing secondary education, the special objectives of the Natural Sciences Stream, Social Sciences and Humanities Stream also reflect specific levels and orientations in terms of knowledge and skills.

- Natural Sciences Stream: On the foundation of general education, students are required to have higher knowledge and skills in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology (subjects that are differentiated), preparing a basis for further study in related fields such as Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Economics... or entering the workforce.

- Social Sciences and Humanities Stream: On the foundation of general education, students are required to have higher knowledge and skills in Literature, History, Geography (subjects that are differentiated), preparing a basis for further study in related fields such as Social Sciences and Humanities or entering the workforce.

II- EDUCATION PLAN OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS:

The education plan specifies the components of subjects and educational activities in the school, the sequence and duration for each subject and activity per week and throughout the academic year. The education plan defines the position and nature of each subject and activity within the level and reflects the key educational tasks of the school aimed at achieving the overall level objectives.

The education plan of secondary schools is developed in the following direction:

- Maintain the subjects and educational activities of the current secondary education plan, supplement Computer Science, extracurricular educational activities, and vocational guidance activities.

- Reduce the duration of some traditional subjects to allocate time for new content and for optional courses of secondary schools.

- Initially, the differentiation is carried out by organizing two departments: Natural Sciences (denoted as A) and Social Sciences and Humanities (denoted as C). Subjects are arranged into two fields: undifferentiated subjects are implemented identically in both departments, while differentiated subjects are implemented differently between the two departments.

- The curriculum standards are reflected through the programs of undifferentiated subjects, the Literature, History, and Geography subjects of department A, and Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology subjects of department C.

- Continue to include elective classes, part of which is dedicated to reinforcing and enhancing knowledge and skills of differentiated subjects, while another part is for providing new content according to students' needs and community requirements.

- Each class period lasts 45 minutes.

- The total number of cultural class periods in a week does not exceed 30 periods.

- The number of weeks of study in a year is 35 weeks.

Specific distribution table of hours for High School (periods/week)