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The Minister of Education and Training, Phung Xuan Nha, explains and clarifies a series of issues that concern the members of the National Assembly – Photo: Quochoi.vn
Consequently, when exchanging views of the National Assembly delegates that the current price of grade 1 textbooks is higher than the previous one, Minister Phung Xuan Nha believes that this judgment is correct.
Mr. Nha estimated that the price of first grade books with the new program is approximately 2 times higher than that of old books.
According to Minister Nha, the reason for such an increase in book prices is that the current first grade textbooks are compiled under the reform program, focusing on teaching based on the quality and ability of the students. students. The more pages in the book and the better the print quality, the higher the price will be than the old book.
On the other hand, this series of books is compiled according to socialization policy, so there is no subsidy for compilation costs like above. Instead, this is charged at the cost of book volume.
We also offered to reduce the prices of books and publishers have also dropped 2-3 times. The reduction plan is also considered and approved by the Ministry of Finance. Currently, the National Assembly has also ordered and the Government is assigning to the Ministry of Finance the revision and modification of the Price Law to bring textbooks, ”said Mr. Nha.
Also in the explanation, the Minister of Education and Training spoke about the concerns of the participants about the quality of first grade textbooks and recently discovered that there are many “ hotels ”, many lessons. not suitable for the student’s age.
According to Mr. Nha, the renewal of the curriculum, especially the textbooks, has a 5-year roadmap and this year is the first year of implementation. While the entire education sector tries to implement the program, there are shortcomings. The Ministry of Education and Training continues to listen and will improve.
Speaking further about the fact that some schools force students to buy reference books, Minister Nha said that current documents only stipulate that textbooks are mandatory learning materials and that no books or references are required.
The Ministry of Education and Training has issued a circular that stipulates that students are not obliged to purchase reference books in any way.
” Unfortunately, some schools have not strictly enforced it. We have ordered the local rebar to verify the rectification. And we also continue to review the circular in the direction of increasing penalties to strictly manage the sale of reference books, ” Nha said.
According to Mr. Nha, publishers compile and print reference books in accordance with the Publications Law and the publisher’s director is responsible for managing this publication.
The Ministry of Education and Training has just worked with the relevant ministries to discuss strengthening the management of pirated books, without guaranteeing quality.
