The city’s Department of Health has issued
guidelines on implementing the pilot English teaching programme for third
graders and intensive English teaching for the first graders in the coming
2010-2011 school year.

Le Ngoc
Diep, head of the department’s Primary Education Office, said that nine primary
schools in the city would implement the pilot programme for the third graders.

The
schools are: Hoa Binh Primary School and Duoc Song Primary School in District 1;
Phan Dinh Phung and Truong Quyen Primary School in District 3; Phong Phu and
Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School in District 9; Ho Van Cuong and Au Co Primary
School in Tan Phu District; and Nguyen Thuong Hien Primary School in Go Vap
District.

The
programme will use the textbook “Family And Friends” published by the Oxford
Publishing House.

The
department has asked schools that will implement the intensive English teaching
for first graders to ensure that the number of students in each classroom is not
more than 35.

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