Hanoi, February 19(VNA) - There will be more than 40,260 redundant teachers when the new nationalcurriculum for general education is implemented from 2019, according to theMinistry of Education and Training.

The largest redundancy is predicted to be at thesecondary level. Secondary schools currently have nearly 311,000 teachersnationwide. 

When the new educational curriculum isimplemented during the period between 2020 and 2024, there will be more than4,000 to 6,000 redundant teachers per year.

It is expected to have 21,663 redundantsecondary school teachers in the school year 2023-2024.

The ministry has warned localities to reviewsecondary school teachers and consider putting an end to new teacher recruitment.

Among 150,700 teachers currently teaching athigh schools nationwide, 4,508 will be redundant in the school year 2021-2022.As many as 4,387 other teachers will be unnecessary in the school year2022-2023. However, the high school level will need some 21 teachers in theschool year 2023-2024.

There will be some 4,700 redundant teachersamong the current 397,000 primary school teachers in the school year 2019-2020.

An additional 5,000 teachers at this level willbe redundant in the school year 2020-2021.

However, between 2021 and 2024, primary schoolswill need to recruit over 5,000 more teachers.

While teacher redundancy is predicted at alllevels, some subjects are predicted to still be in need of a large number ofteachers.

Primary schools nationwide now need some 5,610English teachers and 5,600 computer science teachers. To implement the neweducational curriculum, some 2,000 teachers need to be recruited each year foreach subject in the school years between 2021 and 2024.

Secondary schools will need to newly recruitsome 2,700 teachers every year for each of two new subjects: music and art.

The new national curriculum for generaleducation is expected to be implemented at grade one (primary school) since theschool year 2019-2020, at grade six (secondary school) since the school year2020-2021 and at grade ten (high school) since 2021-2022.

The Ministry of Education and Training haspublished the draft curriculum on its portal at moet.gov.vn tocollect public feedback within two months. The ministry plans to officiallyunveil the curriculum in April this year.

Under the draft new curriculum, students areexpected to have more out-of-school and creative experience, rather than onlytheory.

It will include compulsory practical activitiesfor pupils to experience. Activities for primary schools will focus ondeveloping their life skills, soft skills, relationships with friends, teachersand family. 

Meanwhile, secondary education will focus onactivities for social and community services and job-orientedactivities.-VNA