On March 26, Pedagogical University Publishing House coordinated with Ho Chi Minh City University of Pedagogical Publishing House and Vietnam Educational Equipment Publishing and Investment Joint Stock Company to announce the price of a first grade book set called `

However, according to the notice sent to the Departments of Education and Training, due to economic difficulties and Covid-19 affecting the lives of each family and the entire society, the publisher has proposed to the Ministry of Finance to allow

The specific price of each book in the `Kite` series is as follows:

On March 25, Vietnam Education Publishing House also announced the prices of 4 sets of books.

The set of grade 1 textbooks for the 2019-2020 school year according to the current program is priced at 54,000 VND, much lower than the new books, but there are only 6 books: Vietnamese (two volumes).

Meanwhile, the new grade 1 textbook set includes 9-10 books (Math and Vietnamese usually include two volumes) used for 8 compulsory subjects: Vietnamese, Math, Ethics, Nature and Society,

In addition, the price of these 5 new book sets includes electronic textbooks.

Some new textbooks from Education Publishing House.

Mr. Ngo Tran Ai, General Director of Vietnam Educational Equipment and Publishing Investment Joint Stock Company, affirmed that it is inevitable that new textbook prices are higher than old textbooks.

Resolution 88 of 2014 of the National Assembly on reforming general education curriculum and textbooks clearly states the policy of socializing the compilation of textbooks, with a number of textbooks for each subject.

In 2019, the Ministry of Education and Training organized two evaluations of grade 1 textbooks according to the new general education program.

From the 2020-2021 school year, first grade students will learn new textbooks selected by school principals from among books approved by the Ministry of Education and Training.

Duong Tam