VN book appraisal council should be restructured

The fate of textbooks for general education programs depends on the sense of justice and qualification of the members of the book appraisal council.

Thai Van Tai, acting director of the Primary Education Department under the Ministry of Education and Training, said the book appraisal council comprises prestigious scientists, teachers from pedagogical schools.

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At least 1/3 of the council’s members are teachers who work at primary schools across the country.

According to Mai Ngoc Chu, a member of the sub-council for Vietnamese language, the sub-council includes professors in linguistics, education management experts and primary school teachers.

“Of 13 members, some are mathematicians, five are teachers from different localities, and others are teachers at pedagogical schools. They all deserve their work,” he said.

The members of the sub-council have experience in appraising books, but appraising textbooks for first graders of the new general education program is the hardest work for them.

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