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Ministry postpones national high school graduation exam again

The Ministry of Education and Training on March 13 sent an urgent official dispatch to cities and provinces across the country on the newly-adjusted 2019 - 2020 academic year calendar.
Ministry postpones national high school graduation exam again ảnh 1Students of a high school in Vietnam (Photo: VTV)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Education andTraining on March 13 sent an urgent official dispatch to cities and provinces across thecountry on the newly-adjusted 2019 - 2020 academic year calendar.

As the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) continuesspreading, forcing schools extend closure, the ministry has again rescheduled theclosing date of the 2019 – 2020 academic year to July 15 while the nationalhigh school graduation exam was postponed to August 8 – 11 this year.

Based on the revised calendar, chairpersons of the municipal andprovincial People’s Committees nationwide are asked to decide when schools arere-opened, depending on the real situation in each locality, according to the official dispatch.

The ministry also urged its provincial-level departments tostreamline curriculum and instruct schools to provide students with televisedand online lessons.

The ministry said it will continue keeping a close watch on developments of the COVID-19 outbreak in order to provide timelyinstructions to local departments and schools.

The Ministry of Education and Training revised this schoolyear’s academic calendar for the first time last month, in which the closingdate was delayed to June 30 while the national high school graduation exam wasrescheduled to July 23 – 27./.
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